Aetios
... that the powerful Byzantine eunuch official Aetios plotted to have his brother placed as emperor, but was thwarted when Nikephoros I seized the throne?
... that the powerful <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Byzantine" id="mwFn8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> <a href="./Eunuch" id="mwFoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eunuch">eunuch</a> official <b id="mwFoE"><a href="./Aetios_(eunuch)" id="mwFoI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aetios (eunuch)">Aetios</a></b> plotted to have his brother placed as <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Byzantine_emperor" id="mwFoM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine emperor">emperor</a>, but was thwarted when <a href="./Nikephoros_I" id="mwFoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikephoros I">Nikephoros I</a> seized the throne?