Basil the Copper Hand
Basil the Copper Hand (
Byzantine rebel leader active in Bithynia
in the 920s and early 930s.
Biography
Basil was born in
Eparch and had his hand cut off.[1]
Upon returning to Opsikion, he fashioned for himself a
Forum Amastrianum.[1] The revolt, dated to between 928 and c. 932, is often seen as a popular revolt expressing peasant discontent, and a major incentive for Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos's (r. 920–944) agrarian legislation of 934.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Kazhdan 1991, pp. 268–269.
Sources
- Kazhdan, Alexander (1951). ""Великое восстание" Василия Медной руки". Византийский Временник (in Russian). 4: 74–83. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.