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
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.
Constantine VII
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbon
Romanos II
…Romanos II (Greek: Ῥωμανός, romanized: Rōmanos; 938 – 15 March 963) 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…
Constantine VII crowned by Christ, detail of an ivory plaque, Pushkin Museum, AD 945
Baptism of Constantine VII by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos.
Constantine VII dining with Simeon of Bulgaria.
The Bulgarians crush the Byzantine army led by Leo Phokas at Anchialus.