De Administrando Imperio
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De Administrando Imperio is a Greek-language historiographical work written by the 10th-century Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII. It is a domestic and foreign policy manual for the use of Constantine
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in a 945 carved ivory.
Codex Parisinus gr. 2009 (fol 93r-93v): The earliest known (11th century) manuscript of the De Administrando Imperio
The first printed edition of De Administrando Imperio (1611)
Romanos II
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Romanos II was Byzantine Emperor from 959 to 963. He succeeded his father Constantine VII at the age of twenty-one and died suddenly and mysteriously four years later. His wife Theophano helped their
De Administrando Imperio
…Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (945–959). It is a domestic and foreign policy manual for the use of Constantine's son and successor, the Emperor Romanos II (959–963). It is a prominent example of Byzantine encyclopaedism. The emperor Constantine VII "Porphyrogenitus" (905–959) was only surviving son of the…
Idealized portrait of a young Romanos II (aged 7–11), from the Romanos Ivory, AD 945–949
The army under Nikephoros Phokas captures Aleppo.
The Romanos Ivory, 945–949.
Depiction of a young Romanos II on an Ivory plaque, c. 945–959.