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Laonic Chalcocondil




Laonic Chalcocondil (b. Athens 1423 - d. 1490 ), was a Greek scholar and historian. A contemporary of Mehmed II , Vlad III and Stephen The Great , he is chiefly notable for his work ''Historical Expressions'' that analysed the military and political situation in the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and Wallachia , and the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire .