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{{Infobox royalty|name=Basil II|image=Basilios II.jpg|caption=Detailed Portrait of Emperor Basil II|succession=[[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]]|reign=10 January 976 –<br/>15 December 1025|full name=Basil Porphyrogenitus|predecessor=[[John I Tzimiskes]]|successor=[[Constantine VIII]]|religion=[[Chalcedonian Christianity]]|birth_place=[[Constantinople]], Eastern Roman Empire|death_date=15 December 1025|death_place=[[Constantinople]], [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]]|birth_date=c. 958|mother=[[Theopano]]|title=[[List of Byzantine Emperors|Emperor of the Romans]]|father=[[Romanos II]]|house=[[Macedonian]]|house-type=Dynasty|image_size=230px}}'''Basil II'''<ref>{{lang-el|Βασίλειος Β΄ Βουλγαροκτόνος}}, ''Basileios II Boulgaroktonos'' i.e "the Bulgar-slayer", also known as '''Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer''' and '''Basil the Young'''</ref> (958 – December 15, 1025), was a [[Byzantine emperor]] from the [[Macedonian dynasty]] from January 10, 976 to December 15, 1025. Under his reign, the [[Byzantine Empire]] reached its greatest height since Justinian the Great. Under his reign, the First Bulgarian Empire was completely taken by him, a land that would be part of his empire for 150 years. Because of this, the northern part of the Roman Empire touched the Danube river for the first time in several hundred years. He also took land towards the east.  

== Bibliography ==
* (primary source) Michael Psellus, ''Chronographia''
* ''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', Oxford University Press, 1991

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{Commons|Basil II}}
* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/basilii.htm Basil II]

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  before=[[Romanos II]] |
  title=[[Byzantine Emperor]] |
  years=963 |
  after=[[Nicephorus II|Nikephoros II]]
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  before=[[John I Tzimiskes|John I]] |
  title=[[Byzantine Emperor]] |
  years=976–1025  |
  after=[[Constantine VIII]]
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