Marcus (son of Basiliscus)
| Marcus | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire | |||||||||
 Solidus of Emperor Marcus with his father Basiliscus. | |||||||||
| Emperor of the Roman Empire | |||||||||
| Reign | 475 – August 476 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Zeno, deposed | ||||||||
| Successor | Zeno, restored | ||||||||
| Co-emperor | Basiliscus | ||||||||
| Western Emperors | Julius Nepos (475–476) Romulus Augustulus (475–476) | ||||||||
| Died | winter 476–477 Cappadocia | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| House | House of Leo | ||||||||
Marcus (Latin: Flavius Marcus Augustus) (died 476/477) was the son of the East Roman or Byzantine general and usurper Basiliscus, and Zenonis. He was acclaimed Caesar in 475 and later promoted to Augustus, ruling as junior co-emperor to his father. When Zeno reoccupied Constantinople in late August 476, Marcus, with his parents, took refuge in a church. Zeno promised not to spill their blood, so he exiled them to Limnae in Cappadocia and subsequently starved them to death.
Sources and citations
- Elton, Hugh (1998), "Marcus Caesar (AD 475-476)", De Imperatoribus Romanis, retrieved 23 March 2012
- Martindale, John R.; Morris, John (1980), "Marcus 4", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II, AD 395–527, Cambridge University Press, p. 720, ISBN 978-0521201599