Leo II, Byzantine emperor (born 467)

Leo II (emperor)

Eastern Roman emperor in 474

Leo II, called the Younger, briefly reigned as a child emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 473 to 474. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, a daughter of the emperor Leo I. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 17…