Nikephoros I
760 CE–811 CE · Constantinople
Nikephoros I was Byzantine emperor from 802 to 811, a former finance minister who seized power from the empress Irene. He is remembered chiefly for his thorough overhaul of imperial taxation and administration, reforms that filled the treasury but earned him a reputation for harshness among contemporary chroniclers. He campaigned energetically against the Bulgars under Khan Krum, initially with success. In 811 his army was ambushed and destroyed in a mountain pass, and Nikephoros himself was killed, one of the few Roman emperors to die in battle against a foreign enemy.
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- Harun al-Rashid· 763 CE–809 CE
- Charlemagne· 747 CE–814 CE
- Irene of Athens· 752 CE–803 CE
- Hisham I· 757 CE–796 CE
- al-Hadi· 764 CE–786 CE
- al-Hakam I· 771 CE–822 CE
- Emperor Kanmu· 737 CE–806 CE
- al-Amin· 787 CE–813 CE
- Jayavarman II· 770 CE–835 CE
- al-Mahdi· 744 CE–785 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat (Cauac Sky)· –785 CE
- Yaxun Bahlam IV (Bird Jaguar IV)· 709 CE–
- Rurik· –879 CE
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang· 685 CE–762 CE
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