Basil II MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Basil II? Basil II is an ISTJ personality type in MBTI, 1w9 - sp/sx - 136 in Enneagram, RCOEN in Big 5, LSI in Socionics.
Pretty obvious ISTJ, He was a stern and serious ruler who had a great deal of willpower and wasn't really interested in aspects of higher learning or acedmia unless it fullfilled a useful capacity or aided him in ruling. He was also not in the least bit charismatic and he knew where his strength lay so he had his brother fulfill the charisma role. Very interesting character to read about.
Biography
Basil II nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ Βουλγαροκτόνος), was senior Byzantine Emperor for almost 50 years (10 January 976 – 15 December 1025), having been a junior colleague to other emperors since 960. He and his brother Constantine were named as co-rulers before their father Romanos II died in 963. The throne went to two generals, Nikephoros Phokas (r. 963–969) then John Tzimiskes (r. 969–976), before Basil became senior emperor. His influential great-uncle Basil Lekapenos was the de facto ruler of the Byzantine Empire until 985. Basil II then held power for forty years.
