THE FATAL DISEASE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR ANDRONICUS-III-PALAEOLOGUS(1328-1341 AD)

Authors
LASCARATOS J MARKETOS S
Citation
J. Lascaratos et S. Marketos, THE FATAL DISEASE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR ANDRONICUS-III-PALAEOLOGUS(1328-1341 AD), Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 90(2), 1997, pp. 106-109
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01410768
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
106 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-0768(1997)90:2<106:TFDOTB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The Byzantine Emperor Andronicus III Palaeologus (1328-1341 ps) died a t age 45 from a disease the nature of which is unknown. However, light is thrown on this by the texts of the Byzantine historians John Canta cuzenus (who became Emperor under the name of John VI) and Nicephorus Gregoras, both of whom belonged to the immediate entourage of the Empe ror. From their descriptions of the symptoms it appears that Andronicu s suffered from malaria for 20 years (1321-1341). The coma that preced ed the Emperor's death was probably a cerebral manifestation of chroni c malaria.