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

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Byzantine Flags (Under Construction - Work In Progress)

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Dynastic Arms

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Flag 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.

Other Flags

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Flag 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.

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