User:Alexander VIII

Hello I am Alessandro VIII of Bizantium and I live in Vicenza, Italy.

Alessandro Del Piero is my favourite football player.

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[edit] Byzantine Flags (Under Construction - Work In Progress)

Date	Family	Description
c. 1000	Argyros [Argyrus]	Or, a cross between four stars Azure.
1204-1460	Doukas [Ducas]	Azure, a cross Argent.
c. 1400	Frangopoulos [Phrangopoulos]	Sable, a fleur-de-lys Or.
c. 1350	Kantakouzinos [Cantacuzene, Kantakouzenos]	Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or.
c. 1057	Komnenos [Comnenus, Comneno]	Or, a double-headed eagle Sable.
1184-1195	Komnenos [Comnenus, Comneno]	Azure, an estoile above a crescent moon Or.
1204-1461	Komnenos [Comnenus, Comneno]	Argent, three bars Sable.
c. 1300	Koressio	Sable, beneath an imperial crown proper, a two-headed eagle displayed Or, holding in each claw a sword paleways Argent.
c. 1210	Lascaris [Laskaris]	Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, beaked Gules, beneath an eastern crown Or.
1080-1259	Palaiologos [Palaeologus]	Gules, a cross Or.
1259-1453	Palaiologos [Palaeologus]	Gules, a cross and four Bs Or.
1262-1453	Palaiologos [Palaeologus]	Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed crowned, Or.
c. 800	Rangabe [Rhangabe]	Azure, a cross flory between the letters "E", "N", "T", "N" Argent.
c. 1400	Raoulis [Rallis, Rhaoules]	Azure, a leopard rampant Or.
c. 1225	Vatatzes [Vatatzis]	Vert, a double-headed eagle displayed Or, above each head an estoile Argent.

Date	Use	Description
667 BC-330 AD	City of Byzantium	The city of Byzantium was dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis in 667 BC, whose symbol, the crescent moon, was used as the symbol of the city for nearly 1000 years between 667 BC and 330 AD.
330-1453	City of Constantinople	When the city of Byzantium became Christian in 330 AD, a star was added to the Crescent of Artemis emblem as it assumed the significance of an attribute of the Virgin Mary.
c. 1400	Roman (Byzantine) Empire	The only attested flag of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaeologi, early 15th century. It depicts St George's Cross and the Arms of the Palaiologos family.
1261-1453	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople	Likely flag of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople after the restoration of the Empire in 1261. This derivative depicts the double-headed eagle holding a cross and orb.