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Romanos II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Romanus II (18) ... Romanus I, was regent, father-in-law and then co-emperor with Constantine VII. In 945, Romanus I was murdered and Constantine VII made Romanus II, his son and grandson of Romanus I, co-emperor. Romanus II outlived his father and ruled alone for only three years.
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Theophano, wife first of Romanus II (959-963) and then of Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969), is noted among Byzantine empresses for having been the only empress generally believed to have been guilty of her husband's murder (though there is also a good case for believing that her granddaughter Zoe may also have...
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Romanus II (939–963) succeeded his father Constantine VII as Byzantine emperor in 959 at the age of twenty-one, and died, poisoned, it was believed, by his wife Theophano, in 963...
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ROMANUS II. succeeded his father Constantine VII. in 959 at the age of twenty-one, and died-poisoned, it was believed, by his wife, Theophano-in 963. He was a pleasure-loving sovereign, but showed judgment in the selection of his ministers.
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(145) Constantine VII and Romanus II - AV solidus, A.D. 945-959, 4.37 g. (inv. 91.288). Obverse: Facing bust of Christ with cross-nimbus, r. raised in blessing, l. holding book: IhS(VS) XP(ISTO)S REX REGNANTIVM: Jesus Christ, King of those who rule.
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Romanus II (Greek Ρωμανός Β') (939 - 963) succeeded his father Constantine VII as Byzantine Emperor in 959 at the age of twenty-one, and died, poisoned, it was believed, by his wife, Theophano in 963.
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II. The Arabs or Saracens. Three ample chapters will be devoted to this curious and interesting object. In the first, after a picture of the country and its inhabitants, I shall investigate the character of Mahomet; ... Constantinople was besieged and taken by Mahomet II., and his triumph annihilates the remnant, the image,
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