Joseph Bringas
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Joseph Bringas was an important Byzantine eunuch official in the reigns of Emperor Constantine VII and Emperor Romanos II, serving as chief minister and effective regent during the latter. Having unsuccessfully opposed the rise of Nikephoros Phokas to the imperial throne in 963, he was exiled to a monastery, where he died in 965.
Gold solidus of Emperor Constantine VII (r. 945–959) with his son and heir, Romanos II.
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 sons Basil II and Constantine VIII to ultimately succeed him in 976.
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 a Ivory plaque, c. 945–959.