kap en os . ▁ ▁The ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Bas il ▁in ▁the ▁V ita ▁is ▁of ▁a ▁wise ▁and ▁just ▁r uler ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁vict orious ▁soldier . ▁His ▁military ▁career ▁is ▁described ▁sp aring ly ▁and ▁his ▁defe ats ▁are ▁not ▁gl oss ed ▁over . ▁His ▁architect ural ▁fe ats , ▁however , ▁such ▁as ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁Great ▁Palace ▁of ▁Constantin ople , ▁are ▁described ▁in ▁detail . ▁ ▁The ▁V ita ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁bi ograph ies ▁in ▁Pl ut arch ' s ▁Par allel ▁L ives , ▁mainly ▁that ▁of ▁Mark ▁Anton y ▁and ▁possibly ▁that ▁of ▁N ero , which ▁is ▁now ▁lost . ▁It ▁was ▁either ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁by ▁the ▁contemporary ▁historian ▁Joseph ▁Gen es ius ▁or ▁else ▁there ▁lies ▁behind ▁both ▁a ▁common ▁source , ▁now ▁lost . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : By z antine ▁literature ▁Category : 1 0 th - century ▁books ▁Category : 9 5 0 s ▁in ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire ▁Category : Const antine ▁VII <0x0A> </s> ▁P SO ▁J 3 1 8 . 5 − 2 2 ▁is ▁a ▁ro gue ▁planet , ▁an ▁ex tras olar ▁object ▁of ▁planet ary ▁mass ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁orbit ▁a ▁parent ▁star . ▁It ▁is ▁approximately ▁ 8 0 ▁light - year s ▁away , ▁and ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁B eta ▁P ict oris ▁moving ▁group . ▁The ▁object ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁in ▁images ▁taken ▁by ▁the ▁Pan