A scene from the “Basil Basileus”series with a lot of Banners and the Imperial Divellion, the emperor’s flag. The scene doesn’t involve emperor Basil II though, but his predecessor Ioannes Tsimiskes. I got inspired by the picture below it. It’s from the movie kingdom of heaven.

Thessaloniki's busy Tsimiski Street by night. Constructed after the Great Fire of 1917 the street is named after the Byzantine Emperor Ioannis Tsimiskes. The avenue really took off as a shopping street in the 1930s when bookstores & patisseries opened in the area. ↓

Meeting of the Roman Emperor Ioannes I Tsimiskes with Svyatoslav I Igorevitch of the Rus (Prince of Kiev) in July 971 in Danube. Svyatoslav agreed to abandon the Balkans and swore by the gods Perun and Veles.
Artwork by Mikhail Gorelik.

La sœur de l’émir des Tachiks qui explique pourquoi Jean Tsimiskès ne peut pas prendre la ville d’Amida ( enfin selon Matthieu d’edesse )

Varangian Chronicler Basileus Nikephoros Phokas accompanied by his wife,empress Theophano meeting his nephew and strategos John Tsimiskes.The drawing is mine.

O John Tsimiskes μοιράζεται μαζί μας το SWIFT του και εντυπωσιάζει με 18' τροχούς και αυτοκόλλητα της έκδοσης Katana! Ευχαριστούμε John!

Όταν βλέπουμε μήνυμα από τον John Tsimiskes στο inbox μας ξέρουμε ότι μας περιμένει μέσα μια μοναδική φωτογραφία από το SWIFT του! Ευχαριστούμε Γιάννη! #SuzukiWayOfLife #SWIFT

Έκανες μια μικρή απόδραση αυτές τις ημέρες με το Suzuki σου; Μοιράσου τις φωτογραφίες σου μαζί μας! 📷 @john_tsimiskes

During his captivity in Constantinople, Anemas converted into Christianity and learned Greek.

Thus, he became a 'true Roman'.

Ioannis Tsimiskes, the murderer of and successor to Nichephoros, offered him the prestigious position of Prōtospatharios - or imperial bodyguard.

3/5

Örneği çok sevdim, Tunceli'nin gururu, Ermeni Bizans İmparatoru I. Ioannes Tsimiskes! Hem Ermeni hem Bizans! twitter.com/mustafarmagan/…

Do I make a convincing John Tsimiskes? youtube.com/watch?v=R73vqA… It's the Sea Walls of Constantinople #constantinople #tsimiskes #phokas #istanbul

Between 971 (treaty conlcuded by emperor John I Tsimiskes) and 1027 there was no major Pecheneg raid S of Danube despite attempts by the last Bulgarian rulers in 1018 to instigate one.

>>> Nikephoros Phokas ya da bir Ioannes Tsimiskes (II. Basileios'u anmaya gerek bile yoktur) birkaç ay içinde duruma hâkim olabilir ve Selçuklular 1073 yazına kadar, yani savaştan iki yıl sonra Anadolu'ya doğru sistematik bir hareket başlatmazlardı. Bu noktada kimse onları bu >>>

ShadowsOfConstantinople Tsimiskes is my favorite emperor.Not for regicide against Phokas,but for his high abilities in sake of empire.

@HektorVartanyan yoksa leon tsimiskes mi yani çemişgezeke ismini veren adam

13 Jan 976: Emperor Ioannes Tsimiskes dies and he is succedeed by Basil Macedonian II.

El Rincón del Vampiro ☥ Voto fortísimamente por 'tsismíske' o 'tsimiské'. Y 'tsimiskés' no es posible, porque ya sería un cachondeo, pero también está bien.

Ozan Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu Cumartesi Anneleri 'Bizans Devleti'ne bağlı Eyalet ve kentler (Rum, Makedon, Yunan, Ermeni, Kürt, Türk, Arap sv.) İdarecilerle yönetiliyordu.' Dersim de Bizans yönetimi dönemlerinde bu soylardan gelenlerin idaresindeydi. Bizans İmparatorlarından Loannes Tsimiskes Çemişgezekli Ermeni kökenli bir

Nrken19 Aqua from Tocharia He belonged to Kourkuas family of Armenian-Byzantine nobility. Tsimiskes is a nickname. One of the versions is that it originates from word 'chmushkik' - a red boot in Armenian. So an Armenian-Byzantine Caligula of sorts.

Ioannis Tsimiskes was known for his struggles against Bulgarians. The Greek government chose that name due to the high Greco-Bulgarian tensions at the time in regards to who would win the then Ottoman city of Thessaloniki after the Balkan Wars. ↓