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==In popular culture==
*[[Harry Turtledove]], a historian noted for his speculative fiction based on alternative history, has written several series set in a place called [[Videssos]], which is a thinly disguised Byzantine Empire. The ''Tale of Krispos'' trilogy – ''Krispos Rising'' (1991), ''Krispos of Videssos'' (1991), and ''Krispos the Emperor'' (1994) – are fictionalized retellings of the rise of Basil.<ref name="MartinDick2006">{{cite book |editor1-last=Martin |editor1-first=George R. R.|editor1-link=George R. R. Martin |editor2-last=Dick |editor2-first=Philip K.| editor2-link=Philip K. Dick |editor3-last=McCaffrey |editor3-first=Anne |editor3-link=Anne McCaffrey |first=Harry |last=Turtledove |chapter=Introduction |title=The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century: Stories|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtmqkgGf_2kC&pg=PR12|access-date=27 August 2018|date=25 July 2006|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=9780345494290|page=xii }}</ref>
*[[Stephen Lawhead]]'s book, ''Byzantium'' (1996), uses the succession of Basil I as seed for the conspiracy which occupies most of the novel.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephen-r-lawhead/byzantium-2/ |title=BYZANTIUM by Stephen R. Lawhead |magazine=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=15 July 1996 |access-date=27 August 2018 }}</ref>
*[[Robert Greene (American author)|Robert Greene's]] book ''[[The 48 Laws of Power]]'' (1998), features Basil I's rise to power, by way of his interactions and later his manipulations of Michael III, as an example of a "transgression of the law" for Law #2, "Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Greene, Robert.|title=The 48 laws of power|date=1998|publisher=Viking|others=Elffers, Joost.|isbn=0-670-88146-5|edition=1st|location=New York|page=9|oclc=39733201}}</ref>
*Basil is a playable character in the [[Crusader Kings III|Crusader Kings]] franchise, developed by [[Paradox Development Studio]] and published by [[Paradox Interactive]]