id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9692 Leo II (emperor) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2197 396 72 His father Zeno was made co-emperor by the Byzantine Senate on 29 January and they co-ruled for a short time before Leo II died ten months later,[4] probably on 17 November.[5] However no contemporary sources raised this suggestion, even though Zeno was unpopular, thus it is considered likely that Leo II's death was natural, especially when the high child mortality rate of the time is considered.[6][7][10] Victor of Tonona, a 6th-century chronicler, says that Leo II did not actually die, but was rather taken by Ariadne and hidden at a monastery. Additionally, because he was an Isaurian, he was seen as a foreigner by the Byzantine elite, and the treasury was empty on his ascension.[15] Zeno's sole rule was opposed by the Leonid dynasty, with Verina, the widow of Leo I, proclaiming her brother Basiliscus as emperor in January 475. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9692.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9692.txt