Constantine VII

noun

1. Constantine VII905959MByzantinePOLITICS: hereditary rulerMISC: scholar known as Porphyrogenitus . 905–59 ad , Byzantine emperor (913–59) and scholar: his writings are an important source for Byzantine history

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Several historical works are associated with the name of the emperor Constantine VII.

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Constantine VI. and Michael the Drunkard were the only two in the 110 years before Constantine VII.26.There is a splendid copy of this book in the Bodleian Library, made as late as 1560, where all the prophecies are applied to the Turks and Venetians.27.There were two palace intrigues against him, both headed by members of his own family.

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It was on Nicephorus then that Romanus II., the son and heir of Constantine VII., fixed his choice, when he resolved to commence an attack on the Mahometan powers.

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In 912, Gregoras and Choirosphacta were obliged to join the brotherhood to repent at leisure for having favoured the attempt of Constantine Ducas, domestic of the Scholae, to usurp the throne of Constantine VII.

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See John the GrammarianGreece, 10, 11, 16Gregoras, 44Gregory of Nazianzus, 87Gregory, Patriarch, 112, 113Gregory, Pope, 298 Halki, Island of, 138, 220, 240Harbour-- Bucoleon, 223Heptascalon, 199Hormisdas, 62 Hassan Pasha, 173Hebdomon, 297Helena, Empress, 268Helena, wife of Constantine VII., 197Heraclea, 144, 300Hermogenes, 86Hippodrome, 62, 63, 256Hodegetria, Eikon of, 47, 227, 303Holagu, 273, 274Holy Well of Blachernae, 193Holy Well of S. Nicholas, 207Hormisdas, district of, 62.

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