For a Roman-style corn-dole was introduced, granting every citizen a guaranteed ration of grain. Rapists were burned at the stake. [113], A less positive assessment of Constantine was given by Marios Philippides in Constantine XI Draga Palaeologus (14041453): The Last Emperor of Byzantium (2019). Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Greek: , translit. [53] Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, the megas domestikos (or commander-in-chief), disagreed with the emperor on a number of matters, including the decision to marry a Georgian princess instead of an imperial princess from Trebizond. Sagundino stated that although Giustiniani implored the emperor to escape as he was carried away after falling on the battlefield, Constantine refused and preferred to die with his empire. Although such an appointment might have gratified the pope and led to further aid being sent, Constantine realized that it would only stir up the anti-unionists more. [111] In Athens, the modern capital of Greece, there are two statues of Constantine: a colossal monument depicting the emperor on horseback on the waterfront of Palaio Faliro, and a smaller statue in the city's cathedral square, which portrays the emperor on foot with a drawn sword. [5] To celebrate the coronation of his son, Leo III introduced a new silver coin, the miliaresion; worth a 12th of a gold nomisma, it soon became an integral part of the Byzantine economy. 17761789: Media type: Print: LC Class: DG311: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon.It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. [43] With the issue of succession peacefully resolved, Helena sent two envoys, Manuel Palaiologos Iagros and Alexios Philanthropenos Laskaris, to the Morea to proclaim Constantine as emperor and bring him to the capital. 475 Romulus Augustus last western emperor. Later Greek historians accepted Critobulus's account, never doubting that Constantine died as a hero and martyr, an idea never seriously questioned in the Greek-speaking world. For a while neither side acted, instead both camps preferred to prepare for the contest ahead. Gold solidus depicting Leo VI and ConstantineVII, 908913. [12][13] Historians typically refer to the empire in the centuries that followed as the "Byzantine Empire", orientated toward Hellenic culture and governed by the Byzantine emperors. [109] As such, he is typically referred to as Constantine XI, with 'XI' being a regnal number, used in monarchies since the Middle Ages to differentiate among rulers with the same name in the same office, reigning of the same territory. [23][d] In the aftermath of the conquest, Mehmed II proclaimed himself kayser-i Rm ("Caesar of Rome"),[e] thus claiming to be the new emperor,[29] a claim maintained by succeeding sultans. Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople was implicated and deposed from office, and the following year he was tortured and beheaded. First, there was the issue of an heir, as Constantine was also childless. : imperial and local messages on the coinage of the usurpers of the second half of the third century", "L'empereur Silbannacus, un second antoninien", "Nouvelle note sur la chronologie du rgne de Jean Cantacuzne", "Transformations of Romanness: The northern Gallic case", "Imperial Elements in the Formula of the Roman Emperors during the First Two and a Half Centuries of the Empire", "John VII Palaiologos and the Bulgarian Lands in 1390", "John VII Palaeologus and the Ivory Pyxis at Dumbarton Oaks", "O. Leid. In his earliest known imperial document, a chrysobull from February 1449, he refers to himself as "Constantine Palaiologos in Christ true Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans". Constantine captured Theodosiopolis (Erzurum) and Melitene (Malatya), which he demolished, and again resettled some of the population in the Balkans. Constantius was also father of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of [101][102] The Greek historian Michael Critobulus, who later worked in the service of Mehmed, wrote that Constantine died fighting the Ottomans. De virtutibus et vitiis. In most cases, such figures are those who held power only briefly, and/or who in times of more than one emperor held one of the capitals but never achieved the full recognition of the other emperor(s). Proclaimed by the army on 26 October 1341, became regent and senior co-emperor after a, Son of John V and grandson of JohnVI; co-emperor since 1352. Finally, he was an excellent Emperor: a competent, conscientious and hard-working administrator and an inspired picker of men, whose appointments to military, naval, ecclesiastical, civil and academic posts were both imaginative and successful. The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome.Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.. For centuries the Forum was the Finally, the most important concern was the growing Ottoman Empire, which by 1449 completely surrounded Constantinople. Giustiniani accused Notaras of treachery and they almost fought each other before Constantine intervened. Of the fifty-three titles into which the excerpts were divided, only six have survived: de Virtutibus et Vitiis; de Sententiis; de Insidiis; de Strategematis; de Legationibus Gentium ad Romanos; de Legationibus Romanorum ad Gentes. Other than Mehmed II, Orhan was the only known living male member of the Ottoman dynasty, and thus was a potential rival claimant to the sultanate. This page was last edited on 20 April 2022, at 22:58 (UTC). Irene of Athens (Greek: , Eirn; 750/756 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaina (), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire from 797 to 802. Recognized by Honorius in 409. The Greeks forgot or ignored that Constantine had died a "heretic", and many considered him a martyr. In order to seal the peace, Tocco offered his niece, Maddalena Tocco (whose name was later changed to the Greek Theodora), in marriage to Constantine, her dowry being Glarentza and the other Moreot territories. [5] Many accounts of Constantine's life, both before and after he became emperor, are heavily skewed and eulogize his reign, as most of them lack contemporary sources and were composed after his death. In the hippodrome he organised the pairing of numerous monks and nuns in forced marriage, publicly ridiculing their vows of chastity. The rich history and culture of the Roman Empire has lasting impacts in modern society. [38] The Ottomans quickly restored control over Thessaly; Constantine and Thomas rallied at the Hexamilion wall, which the Ottomans reached on 27 November. And this discovery made war inevitable. Demetrios showed opposition against a church union, but John decided not to leave him in the East since Demetrios had shown rebellious tendencies and was thought to try to take the throne with Ottoman support. Most of his reign was dominated by co-regents: from 913 until 919 he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945 he shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. Meanwhile, Thomas was given lands in the north and based himself in the castle of Kalavryta. The younger sons; Constantine, Demetrios and Thomas, were kept in Constantinople as there was not sufficient land left to grant them. Pre-iconoclastic religious images did survive, and various existing accounts record that icons were preserved by being hidden. FAQ. Crowned emperor in. The philosopher Gemistus Pletho, employed in Constantine's service, said that while Constantinople had once been the New Rome, Mystras and the Morea could become the "New Sparta", a centralized and strong Hellenic kingdom in its own right. Artabasdos marched against Constantine at Sardis in May 743 but was defeated. Once more the two sides reached a treaty (1 March AD 317). In it expectant empresses underwent the final stages of labour and it was the birthplace of the children of reigning emperors. In addition to them, the emperor commonly known today as Constans II (r.641668) actually reigned under the name Constantine, and has sometimes been referred to as Constantine III. [81], On 2 April 1453, Mehmed's advance guard arrived outside Constantinople and began pitching up a camp. The junior co-emperors marked as being of "varying ascribed status" are figures, mostly children, who are usually not counted as "true" emperors given their submissive status to the senior emperor, but are still present in some lists of rulers. Manuel's oldest son, John, was raised to co-emperor and designated to succeed his father. 17761789: Media type: Print: LC Class: DG311: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon.It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. Constantine proved an officer of much promise when serving under Diocletians Caesar Galerius against the Persians. Notaras believed that Constantinople's massive defenses would stall any attack on the city and allow western Christians to aid them in time. The Ottomans had sent some animals to graze on Byzantine farmland on the shores of the Sea of Marmara, which also angered the locals. Constantine escaped and sought refuge in Amorion, where he was welcomed by the local soldiers, who had been commanded by Leo III before he became emperor. Klontzas' miniatures show the emperor sleeping beneath Constantinople and guarded by angels, being crowned once more in the Hagia Sophia, entering the imperial palace and then fighting a string of battles against the Turks. He died during his return journey to Constantinople, on 14 September 775. In Orthodox Christianity, Constantinople and the Hagia Sophia became symbols of lost grandeur. Though after this execution Constantines mother Helena convinced the emperor of Crispus innocence and that Faustas accusation had been false. Sphrantzes was sent to Lesbos in December 1440 to propose and arrange the marriage. Had Maximian been forced abdicate at the Conference of Carnuntum, then he now was making yet another bid for power, seeking to usurp Constantines throne. Wife: (1) Minervina (one son; Gaius Flavius Julius Crispus), (2) Fausta (three sons; Flavius Claudius Constantinus, Flavius Julius Constantius, Flavius Julius Constans; two daughters; Constantia, Helena). [73][74] In particular, a manuscript written in north-eastern Anatolia concerning miracles attributed to St. Theodore is one of few probably written during or just after the reign of Constantine to survive in its original form; it contains little of the extreme invective common to later iconodule writings. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. This began the Frankish involvement in Italy that eventually established Pepin's son Charlemagne as Roman Emperor in the West, and also instigated papal temporal rule in Italy with the creation of the Papal States. Constantine rose to power during a bloody struggle in Roman Britain and was acclaimed emperor by the local legions in This page was last edited on 20 April 2022, at 22:58 (UTC). Measures to encourage its growth were introduced, most importantly the diversion of the Egyptian grain supplies, which had traditionally gone to Rome, to Constantinople. His body was carried to the Church of the Holy Apostles, his mausoleum. Proclaimed emperor after the death of his father, General sentenced to execution by LeoV; proclaimed emperor by LeoV's assassins and crowned by Patriarch, Son of Michael II; co-emperor since 12 May 821, Widow of Theophilos; ruler in her own right during the minority of their son Michael III, Son of Theophilos; co-emperor since 16 May 840. And yet, Diocletians principles would have demanded that he appointed an independent man on merit. Constantine was also born in this room, although his mother Zoe had not been married to Leo at that time. Constantine is frequently described as Porphyrognntos ("born in the purple"), a distinction granted to sons born to a reigning emperor in the imperial palace. In August 1451, Constantine's ambassador Andronikos Bryennios Leontaris arrived in Rome to deliver a letter to Pope Nicholas V, which contained a statement from the anti-unionist synaxis at Constantinople. [41] Compared to his other living brothers, Constantine was the most popular of the Palaiologoi, both in the Morea and in the capital. Places Constantine however was that suspicious of this sudden change of heart by Galerius, that he took extensive precautions on his journey to Britain.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'roman_empire_net-medrectangle-4','ezslot_3',106,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-roman_empire_net-medrectangle-4-0'); When Constantius Chlorus in AD 306 died of illness at Ebucarum (York), the troops hailed Constantine as the new Augustus. [36], Tiring of Constantine's successes, Murad II, accompanied by Duke Nerio II of Athens, marched on the Morea in 1446, with an army possibly numbering as many as 60,000 men. [130], There is particular confusion in the correct number of Constantines since there are two different Roman emperors commonly numbered as Constantine III: the Western usurper Constantine III (r.407411) of the early 5th century and the briefly reigning Byzantine Constantine III (r.641) of the 7th century. Although the crusading army was destroyed by the Ottoman army led by Murad II at the Battle of Varna on 10 November 1444, Constantine was not deterred. Cardinal Isidore was in attendance, as was Emperor Constantine. Also his taxation reforms created extreme hardship. The second son, Theodore, was designated as the Despot of the Morea (the prosperous province constituting the Peloponnese) and the third son, Andronikos, was proclaimed as Despot of Thessaloniki in 1408. [58][59][60], A year later he sailed to Anchialus with 800 ships carrying 9,600 cavalry and some infantry, gaining a victory over Khan Telets. He not only initiated the evolution of the empire into a Christian state but also Granted the title of despots by his father, the future Manuel II traveled west to seek support for the Byzantine Empire in 1365 and in 1370, serving as governor in Thessalonica from 1369. [41][42], Constantine constructed a number of notable buildings in the Great Palace of Constantinople, including the Church of the Virgin of the Pharos and the porphyra. [1] Loukas Notaras was successful in calming down the situation in Constantinople somewhat, explaining to an assembly of nobles that the Catholic visit was made with good intentions and that the soldiers who had accompanied Isidore and Leonard might just be an advance guard; more military aid might have been on its way. But Constantine is perhaps most famous for the great city which came to bear his name Constantinople. Although the Venetians were sympathetic to the Byzantine cause, they explained in their reply in February 1452 that although they could ship armor and gunpowder to him, they had no troops to spare as they were fighting against neighboring city-states in Italy at the time. The eastern campaigns failed to secure concrete territorial gains, as there was no serious attempt to retain control of the captured cities, except Camachum (modern Kemah, Erzincan), which was garrisoned. In AD 333 Constantines fourth son Constans was raised to the rank of Caesar, with in the clear intent to groom him, alongside his brothers, to jointly inherit the empire. In 1431, Turahan sent his troops south on Murad's orders to demolish the Hexamilion wall in an effort to remind the despots that they were the Sultan's vassals. John returned to Constantinople on 1 February 1440. Constantine and Thomas were in no position to ask for a truce and were forced to accept Murad as their lord, pay him tribute, and promise to never again restore the Hexamilion wall. In this role he summoned the bishops of the western provinces to Arelate (Arles) in AD 314, after the so-called Donatist schism had split the church in Africa. He had just made a deal with Murad himself and raised an army, portraying himself as the champion of the Turk-supported cause that opposed the union of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches and declared war on John. Constantine saw this victory as directly related to the vision he had had the night before. Constantine's youth had been a sad one due to his unpleasant appearance, his taciturn nature, and his relegation to the third level of succession, behind Christopher Lekapenos, the eldest son of RomanosI Lekapenos. Nicola Sagundino, a Venetian who had once been a prisoner of the Ottomans following their conquest of Thessaloniki decades before, gave an account of Constantine's death to Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples in 1454 since he believed that the emperor's fate "deserved to be recorded and remembered for all time". Resisted an order of arrest issued by Andronikos I, after which he was proclaimed emperor by the people of Constantinople. [65] After the capture of several Italian ships and the execution of their crews during Mehmed's eventual siege of Constantinople, Constantine reluctantly ordered the execution of all Turks within the city walls. In contrast, the author indicates that iconodules had to make accommodations with imperial iconoclastic policies, and even bestows on Constantine V the conventional religious acclamations: 'Guarded by God' () and 'Christ-loving emperor' ( ). 2. Nothing is known of Constantine III's birth lace or earlier life. Successively dominated by regents and co-emperors until 27 January 945, when he deposed Romanos I's sons, Overthrew Constantine VII's regency, married him to his daughter, Son of Constantine VII and grandson of Romanos I; co-emperor since 6 April 945, General; proclaimed emperor on 2 July 963 against the unpopular, Nephew of Nikephoros II, took his place as senior co-emperor, Son of Romanos II; co-emperor since 22 April 960. Constantine I was a Roman emperor who ruled early in the 4th century. However, the empire was prosperous and Constantine left a very well-stocked treasury for his successor. This edict, addressed to the Emperors did not need to be acclaimed or crowned in Rome itself, as demonstrated in the Year of the Four Emperors (69), when claimants were crowned by armies in the Roman provinces, and the senate's role in legitimising emperors had almost faded into insignificance by the Crisis of the Third Century (235285). The recapture of Athens was seen as a particularly glorious feat. Constantine rose to power during a bloody struggle in Roman Britain and was acclaimed emperor by the local legions in Constantine opposed the idea, perhaps under the assumption that arresting the leaders would turn them into martyrs for their cause. Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 285 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death. 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Although many in the Byzantine Empire opposed a union of the Churches, as it would mean religious submission under the Papacy, John viewed a union as necessary. Since monasteries tended to be strongholds of iconophile sentiment and contributed little or nothing towards the secular needs of the state, Constantine specifically targeted these communities. In July or August at Cibalae in Pannonia he defeated Licinius larger army, forcing his opponent to retreat. [e] Scholars commonly do not number co-emperors as the extent of their rule was mostly nominal and, unless they inherited the throne later, did not hold independent supreme power. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. Hence, when Maximian and Maxentius later became enemies, Maximian was granted shelter at Constantines court. [12], Patriarch Nicholas was presently forced to make peace with Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria, whom he reluctantly recognized as Bulgarian emperor. Then again, Constantine had only a month ago passed a strict law against adultery and might have felt obliged to act. With the Burgundian soldiers and his own men, Constantine raided central Greece as far north as the Pindus mountains in Thessaly, where the locals happily welcomed him as their new lord. (2017) "The Orient Express: Abbot John's Rapid trip from Constantinople to Ravenna c. AD 700", in, Treadgold, W.T. Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus (326354) was a statesman and ruler in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as Caesar under emperor Constantius II (r. 33761), his cousin.A grandson of emperor Constantius Chlorus (r. 293306) and empress Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and a son of Julius Constantius and Galla, he belonged to the [5] To help legitimize him, his mother gave birth to him in the Purple Room of the imperial palace, hence his nickname Porphyrogennetos. 4. Constantine spent his life in the military warring with much of his extended Yet it was made clear that Licinius would make his own laws in the east, without the need to consult Constantine. 144 and the Chronology of A. D. 238", "The So-Called Division of the Roman Empire in AD 395: Notes on a Persistent Theme in Modern Historiography", "What's in a Name? A search for the body was conducted, and when it was found, the emperor's head was cut off and paraded through Constantinople before it was sent to the Sultan of Egypt as a gift, alongside twenty captured women and forty captured men. Romulus Augustus (c. 465 after 511), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. He was the most generous of patronsto writers and scholars, artists and craftsmen. From 629 onwards, Heraclius issued administrative documents in Greek. Seeing the futility in this move, Constantine renounced his actions three days later and set the prisoners free. The emperor then left the church, going to the imperial palace and asking his household there for forgiveness and saying farewell to them before again disappearing into the night, going to make a final inspection of the soldiers manning the city walls.[96]. The Collapse Romulus Augustus (c. 465 after 511), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Following a disastrous defeat of the Byzantines by the Bulgarian Khan Krum in 811 at the Battle of Pliska, troops of the tagmata broke into Constantine's tomb and implored the dead emperor to lead them once more. Mehmed ordered his admiral, Suleiman Baltoghlu, to capture the ships and their crews at all costs. Proclaimed emperor by, Retired general; proclaimed eastern emperor by Gratian. The intended match was the daughter of Alfonso's nephew, Beatrice of Coimbra, but the alliance failed. [b] Under Justinian I, in the sixth century, a large portion of the western empire was retaken, including Italy, Africa, and part of Spain. When a Venetian reconnaissance ship that had slipped through the Ottoman blockade returned to the city to report that no relief force had been seen, it was made clear that the few forces that had gathered at Constantinople would have to fight the Ottoman army alone. Jahrhundert)? This was one of the titles used for the emperors in Constantinople by Ottoman writers prior to 1453. He was not given a crown; instead, Constantine put on a smaller form of imperial headgear, a pilon, on his head with his own hands. To annoy the Venetians, Constantine attempted to seal a deal with the Republic of Ragusa in 1451, offering them a place to trade in Constantinople with limited tax concessions, though the Ragusans could offer little military aid to the empire. Depiction of ConstantineVII in a 15th-century codex. [49], While at the court of Emperor John IV Megas Komnenos in Trebizond, Sphrantzes was made aware that Murad II had died. [37], Common methods used by emperors to assert claims of legitimacy, such as proclamation by the army, blood connections (sometimes fictitious) to past emperors, wearing imperial regalia, distributing one's own coins or statues and claims to pre-eminent virtue through propaganda, were pursued just as well by many usurpers as they were by legitimate emperors. Control of Rome itself and approval of the Roman Senate held some importance as legitimising factors, but was mostly symbolic. The Morea was also constantly threatened by Carlo I Tocco, the Italian ruler of Epirus, who campaigned against Theodore shortly before the Ottoman invasion and again in 1426, occupying territory in the northwestern parts of the Morea. While dynastic ties could bring someone to the throne, they were not a guarantee that their rule would not be challenged. Constantines chief concern was that a divided church would offend the Christian God and so bring divine vengeance upon the Roman Empire and Constantine himself. As time went on Constantine should become ever more involved with the Christian church. The campaign ended in failure, possibly due to Theodore's reluctant participation and Thomas' inexperience. [38] There were no constitutional or legal distinctions that differentiated legitimate emperors and usurpers. The title of Augustus was conferred on his successors to the imperial position, and emperors gradually grew more monarchical and authoritarian. For other uses, see, "Constantine XI" redirects here. [23] In 1438, Constantine served as the best man at Sphrantzes' wedding,[23] and would later become the godfather to two of Sphrantzes' children. In the eyes of the Orthodox Church, Constantine's death sanctified him and he died a hero. A statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, 274-337, situated outside York Minster, England. Although the Venetians attempted to attack the ships and set fire to them, their attempt was unsuccessful.[82]. The Ottoman use of cannons intensified and sped up the siege considerably. However, the Byzantine Empire enjoyed a period of increasing internal prosperity during Constantine's reign. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne by his father, the magister militum Orestes, and, at that time, still a minor, was little more than a figurehead for his father.After Romulus ruled for just ten months, the barbarian general [18] With the help of his wife, ConstantineVII succeeded in removing his brothers-in-law, and on 27 January 945, Constantine VII became sole emperor at the age of 39, after a life spent in the shadow. If you persist in denying me peaceful entry into the city, I shall force my way in and I shall slay you and all your nobles; and I shall slaughter all the survivors and allow my troops to plunder at will. At Constantines death at Nicomedia in AD 337, three sons and two of his nephews were destined by the late emperor to succeed him. As Christian theology holds that Christ is God, He also cannot be represented in an image. Though Theodore was content to rule in the Morea, historian Donald Nicol believes that the support was helpful, as the peninsula was repeatedly threatened by external forces throughout the 1420s. As the ruler of these soon to be conquered territories, Constantine even placed his nephew Hannibalianus on the throne of Armenia, with the title of King of Kings, which had been the traditional title borne by the kings of Persia. Os imperadores romanos foram os governantes do Imprio Romano depois que Caio Jlio Csar Otaviano recebeu o ttulo de augusto do Senado Romano em 27 a.C.. [1] [2] Isto ocorreu depois de aes realizadas pelo ditador e lder militar Jlio Csar. Constantine spent his life in the military warring with much of his extended Although the emperor had visions for his reign, Philippides deems him as diplomatically ineffective and unable to inspire the support of his people to achieve his goals. At one point, Constantine's horse was shot and killed under him and the despot nearly died, being saved by Sphrantzes at the cost of Sphrantzes being captured by the defenders of Patras (though he would be released, albeit in a state of near-death, on 23 April). It was in this senior position that Constantine ordered Maximinus II Daia to cease his repression of the Christians. ": 120 Born in 273 during the Crisis of the Third Century (AD 235284), Constantine the Great was thirty at the time of the Great Persecution.He saw his father become Augustus of the West and then shortly die. The Colossus of Constantine (Italian: Statua Colossale di Costantino I) was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 280337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra, near the Forum Romanum in Rome.Surviving portions of the Flavia Julia Helena Augusta (also known as Saint Helena and Helena of Constantinople, / h l n /; Greek: , Heln; c. AD 246/248 c. 330) was an Augusta and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the Greek city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia Minor, which was renamed Situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, the arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the Many Bulgar nobles were captured in the battle, and were later slaughtered outside the Golden Gate of Constantinople by the circus factions. Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He also expropriated monastic property for the benefit of the state or the army. Instead, the Romans used nicknames (for instance "Michael the Drunkard", now given the number Michael III) or patronymics (for instance "Constantine, son of Manuel" rather than Constantine XI) to distinguish emperors of the same name. Through Sphrantzes, Constantine was in contact with Cardinal Julian Cesarini, who along with Wadysaw III of Poland and Hungary was one of the leaders of the crusade. Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; February 316 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. He even intended to have himself baptized as a Christian on the way to the frontier in the waters of the river Jordan, just as Jesus had been baptized there by John the Baptist. [78] Emperor Frederick III's only response to the crisis was a letter sent to Mehmed II in which he threatened the sultan with an attack from all of western Christendom unless the sultan demolished the Rumelihisar castle and abandoned his plans to Constantinople. Thomas also accompanied them. In the autumn of AD 328, accompanied by Constantine II, he campaigned against the Alemanni on the Rhine. The city's population had declined significantly due to the Latin occupation, the 14th century civil wars, and outbreaks of the Black Death in 1347, 1409 and 1410. [22], In 947, ConstantineVII ordered the immediate restitution of all peasant lands, without compensation; by the end of his reign, the condition of the landed peasantry, which formed the foundation of the whole economic and military strength of the Empire, was better off than it had been for a century.[23]. Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Draga Palaeologus (Greek: , Knstantnos Dragss Palaiolgos; 8 February 1405 29 May 1453) was the last Roman emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Constantine was the last Christian ruler of Constantinople, which alongside his bravery at the city's fall cemented him as a near-legendary figure in later histories and Greek folklore. On the way, Constantine met his wife at Lesbos and together they sailed to Lemnos, where they were stopped by an Ottoman blockade and were trapped for months. Anatolia was the empire's most fertile, populated, and wealthy region, and after its loss, Rome more or less experienced constant decline. Schism, in Constantines view, was inspired by Satan. However, formally the Empire remained a single polity, with separate co-emperors in the separate courts. [9] Aside from stylized and smudged depictions on seals and coins, no contemporary depictions of Constantine survive. The cumulative effect of Constantine's repeated offensive campaigns and numerous victories caused considerable instability in Bulgaria, where six monarchs lost their crowns due to their failures in war against Byzantium. [19] During this perilous time, Constantine suffered another loss: Theodora died in November 1429. Due to mounting tensions with the Ottomans, Sphrantzes ultimately did not return to Georgia. [116], The Fall of Constantinople shocked Christians throughout Europe. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Atius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III.. Maximus secured the throne the day after Valentinian's death by ensuring the backing of [25][26] It was rumored that he had been poisoned by his son or his daughter-in-law Theophano.[27]. The treasures of pagan temples were confiscated and used to pay for the construction of new Christian churches. The Archbishop's castle, located on a nearby hill, fought against Constantine for another 12 months before surrendering. Escaping the vengeance of her husband, Fausta killed herself at Treviri. Although Venice sent ships to assist them, Caterina fell ill and died in August; she was buried at Myrina on Lemnos. The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome.Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.. For centuries the Forum was the Constantine VII is best known for the Geoponika ( ), an important agronomic treatise compiled during his reign, and three, perhaps four, books; De Administrando Imperio (bearing in Greek the heading ),[1] De Ceremoniis ( ), De Thematibus ( ), and Vita Basilii ( ), though his authorship of the Vita Basilii is not certain.[2][3]. Cyril (born Constantine, 826869) and Methodius (815885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries.For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".. Constantine was born in Naissus, Upper Moesia, on 27 February in roughly AD 285. Volume I was published in 1776 and Given that a concept of constitutional legitimacy was irrelevant in the Roman Empire, and emperors were only 'legitimate' in so far as they were able to be accepted in the wider empire,[40] this list of emperors operates on a collection of inclusion criteria: In the case of non-dynastic emperors after or in the middle of the rule of a dynasty, it is customary among historians to group them together with the rulers of said dynasty,[49] an approach that is followed in this list. A statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, 274-337, situated outside York Minster, England. On account of the limited surviving source material, the dates used here for the. Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus (326354) was a statesman and ruler in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as Caesar under emperor Constantius II (r. 33761), his cousin.A grandson of emperor Constantius Chlorus (r. 293306) and empress Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and a son of Julius Constantius and Galla, he belonged to the Constantine, relying on the linguistic connection between 'uncircumscribed' and 'incapable of being depicted', argued that the uncircumscribable cannot be legitimately depicted in an image. [24], ConstantineVII died at Constantinople on 9 November 959 and was succeeded by his son Romanos II. However, under Constantine the Empire had gone on the offensive against the Arabs after over a century of largely defensive warfare. Caligula, byname of Gaius Caesar, in full Gaius Caesar Germanicus, (born August 31, 12 ce, Antium, Latium [Italy]died January 24, 41, Rome), Roman emperor from 37 to 41 ce, in succession after Tiberius. [56][57], Constantine campaigned against the Slav tribes of Thrace and Macedonia in 762, deporting some tribes to the Opsician theme in Anatolia, though some voluntarily requested relocation away from the troubled Bulgarian border region. Tursun Beg, who was part of Mehmed's army at the battle, wrote a less heroic account of Constantine's death than the Christian authors. Caligula effected the transfer of the last legion that had been under a senatorial proconsul (in Africa) to an imperial legate, thus completing the Pagan was killed by his own slaves when he sought to evade his Bulgarian enemies by fleeing to Varna, where he wished to defect to the emperor. The siege developed into a long and drawn-out engagement, with occasional skirmishes. Baltoghlu withdrew the smaller ships so that the few large Ottoman vessels could fire on the western ships, but the Ottoman cannons were too low to do damage to the crews and decks and their shots were too small to seriously damage the hulls. [57], Most of the kingdoms in Western Europe were occupied with their own wars at the time and the crushing defeat at the Battle of Varna had quelled most of the crusading spirit. Granted the title of despots by his father, the future Manuel II traveled west to seek support for the Byzantine Empire in 1365 and in 1370, serving as governor in Thessalonica from 1369. Constantine hoped that the ships would leave Italy within fifteen days, as he believed that Murad II was planning a strong offensive against Constantinople. If Bassianus was indeed Constantines puppet it would have ment a serious gain of power by Constantine. The salvation of the City depends on you. Alas Constantine was sole emperor of the entire Roman world. On 23 April, the defenders of Constantinople observed the Ottoman fleet managed to get into the Golden Horn by being pulled across a massive series of tracks, constructed on Mehmed's orders, across the hill behind Galata, the Genoese colony on the opposite side of the Golden Horn. Although many favored Demetrios for his anti-unionist sentiment, Helena reserved her right to act as regent until her eldest son, Constantine arrived, and stalled Demetrios' attempt at seizing the throne. [107] Emperor in the west, Son of Arcadius; co-emperor since 10 January 402. After defeating the last of Pompeys allies in North Africa and Spain, he returned to Rome and was appointed dictator for life in early 44 B.C. In the autumn of 957 Constantine was visited by Olga of Kiev, regent of the Kievan Rus'. [68] Mehmed's response to Constantine was that the area he built the fortress on had been uninhabited and that Constantine owned nothing outside of Constantinople's walls. The Ottomans bombarded the city's outer walls continuously, and eventually opened up a small breach which exposed the inner defenses. In the Battle of the Echinades, a naval skirmish off the coast of Glarentza, Tocco was defeated and he agreed to relinquish his conquests in the Morea. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century Liber Pontificalis contain little more than a record of the gifts said to Constantine VII, 'Story of the Image of Edessa', tr. Caligula, byname of Gaius Caesar, in full Gaius Caesar Germanicus, (born August 31, 12 ce, Antium, Latium [Italy]died January 24, 41, Rome), Roman emperor from 37 to 41 ce, in succession after Tiberius. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna.Proclaimed co-ruler by his father in 198, he reigned jointly with his Under the republic, the Senate and People of Rome authorized provincial governors, who answered only to them, to rule regions of the empire. The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos), issued on 27 February AD 380 by three reigning Roman emperors, made the catholicism of Nicene Christians in the Great Church the state church of the Roman Empire. As Constantine's campaign progressed, one of his governors, Constantine Kantakouzenos, also made his way north, attacked Thessaly, and seized the town of Lidoriki from the Ottomans. Due to his espousal of iconoclasm Constantine was damned in the eyes of contemporary iconodule writers and subsequent generations of Orthodox historians. However, Runciman partly blames Constantine for antagonizing Mehmed II through his threats concerning Orhan. Many nobles were convinced that a spiritual price could be paid for material rewards and that if they were rescued from the immediate danger, there would be time later to think more clearly in a calmer atmosphere. In 949, Constantine launched a new fleet of 100 ships (20 dromons, 64 chelandia, and 10 galleys) against the Arab corsairs hiding in Crete, but like his father's attempt to retake the island in 911, this attempt also failed. If you want to recover the places which you lost long since, try it. Manuel II Palaiologos was the second son of Emperor John V Palaiologos and his wife Helena Kantakouzene. There are no statues of emperors such as Basil II or Alexios I Komnenos, who were significantly more successful and died of natural causes after long and glorious reigns. The Decline Married, Son of Alexios I, co-emperor since about September 1092, Youngest son and allegedly designated heir of John II on his deathbed, crowned in November 1143 after a few months of having to establish his rights, Great-grandson of Alexios I. Are you alive, or did you die by your own sword? Parents are said to have sold their daughters into prostitution in order to pay the chrysargyron. The western Roman empire had ceased to be. Emperor in the east, A leading member of the Senate, proclaimed emperor by, Prominent general under Honorius and husband of, Senior civil servant, seized power in Rome and the west after, Son of Constantius III, grandson of Theodosius I and great-grandson of Valentinian I, installed as emperor of the west by Theodosius II, Soldier and official, proclaimed emperor after marrying. Volume I was published in 1776 and Licinius though believed Constantine favoured his own sons when granting these positions. This influx of settlers, allied to an active re-fortification of the border, caused concern to the Empire's northern neighbour, Bulgaria, leading the two states to clash in 755. Constantine retired to Bithynia to avoid the disease and, after it had run its course, resettled people from mainland Greece and the Aegean islands in Constantinople to replace those who had perished. The danger he posed to the city was so great that Constantine was summoned from the Morea by John to oversee the city's defenses. Little is known of his early life, but from the 1420s onward, he is repeatedly demonstrated to have been a skilled general. The Chi-Rho symbol would be part of Constantines personal signature for the rest of his life. Both Thomas, who appeared to have had no intention of claiming the throne, and Demetrios, who most certainly did, hurried to Constantinople and reached the capital before Constantine left the Morea. [30] Demetrios' punishment was a brief imprisonment. In modern scholarship, the "late" period of the Roman army begins with the accession of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 284, and ends in 480 with the death of Julius Nepos, being roughly coterminous with the Dominate.During the period 395476, the army of the Roman Empire's western half progressively disintegrated, while its counterpart in the East, known as the East In April 1442, Demetrios and the Ottomans began their attack and in July, Constantine left the Morea to relieve his brother in the capital. Roe was denied permission and observed that the Turks had some sort of superstitious dread of the gate, recording that the statues placed on it by the Turks were enchanted and that if they were destroyed or taken down, a "great alteration" would occur to the city. Manuel II Palaiologos was the second son of Emperor John V Palaiologos and his wife Helena Kantakouzene. The third major work, Donald Nicol's The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans (1992), examines Constantine's entire life and analyzes the trials and hardships he faced not only as emperor, but as Despot of the Morea as well. Manuel II Palaiologos was the second son of Emperor John V Palaiologos and his wife Helena Kantakouzene. [98] Waves of Mehmed's troops charged at Constantinople's land walls, hammering at the weakest section for more than two hours. Even then, Constantine was not to blame for Constantinople's fall: he had done what he could and ultimately relied on help from Western Europe that never came. [2] He wrote, or had commissioned, the works Geoponika ("On Agriculture", in Greek ), a compilation of agronomic works from earlier Greek and Punic texts that are otherwise lost; De Ceremoniis ("On Ceremonies", in Greek, ), describing the kinds of court ceremonies (also described later in a more negative light by Liutprand of Cremona); De Administrando Imperio ("On the Administration of the Empire", bearing in Greek the heading ),[1] giving advice on running the Empire internally and on fighting external enemies; a history of the Empire covering events following the death of the chronographer Theophanes the Confessor in 817; and Excerpta Historica ("Excerpts from the Histories"), a collection of excerpts from ancient historians (many of whose works are now lost) in four volumes (1. [15][16], The transfer of Tocco's conquered Moreot territories to Constantine complicated the Morea's government structure. The key moment in the establishment if Christianity as the predominant religion of the Roman empire, happened in AD 312 when emperor Constantine on the eve before battle against the rival emperor Maxentius had a vision of the sign of Christ (the so called chi-rho symbol) in a dream. The angel then hid him in a secret cave beneath the Golden Gate of Constantinople (where emperors in the past had marched during triumphs), where he awaits the angel's call to awaken and retake the city. From an early age, he was admired by George Sphrantzes (later a famed Byzantine historian), who would later enter his service, and later encomiasts often wrote that Constantine had always been courageous, adventurous, and skilled in martial arts, horsemanship, and hunting. From the rise of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in 27 BC to the sack of Rome in AD 455, there were over a hundred Another account places the year at about AD 272 or 273. Constantines opponent Maxentius, together with thousands of his soldiers, drowned as the bridge of boats his force was retreating over collapsed. [7], Little is known of Constantine's early life. The Republic De legationibus. He was the first Christian emperor and saw the empire begin to become a Christian state. Pope Stephen II, seeking protection from the aggression of the Lombards, appealed in person to the Frankish king Pepin the Short. The Turks later walled up the Golden Gate, explained by the story as a precaution against Constantine's eventual resurrection: when God wills Constantinople to be restored, the angel will descend from heaven, resurrect Constantine, give him the sword he used in the final battle and Constantine will then march into his city and restore his fallen empire, driving the Turks as far away as the "Red Apple Tree", their legendary homeland. [5], Manuel ruled a disintegrating and dwindling Eastern Roman Empire. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Greek: , translit. If this made him a Christian is the subject of some debate. These were by now widely understood as positions in which emperors would groom their sons as future rulers. When Mehmed wanted the defeated Constantine to be brought to him, he was told it was too late as the emperor was dead. [125], The story can be seen depicted in a series of seventeen miniatures in a 1590 chronicle by Cretan historian and painter George Klontzas. In Constantine's case, no such ceremony was ever performed. Constantine Dragases Palaiologos was born on 8 February 1405[d] as the fourth son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos (r.13911425), the eighth emperor of the Palaiologos dynasty. By the end of the third century, Rome's importance was mainly ideological, with several emperors and usurpers even beginning to place their court in other cities in the empire, closer to the imperial frontier. But soon the situation began to deteriorate again. Consul AD 307, 312, 313, 315, 319, 320, 326, 329. The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great.The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. 2 p.749-768, High-resolution 360 Panoramas and Images of, This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 19:32. [24], During John's absence from Constantinople, the Ottomans abided by the previously established peace. Flavius Valerius Constantius "Chlorus" (c. 250 25 July 306), also called Constantius I, was Roman emperor from 305 to 306. Though when Constantine married Fausta, her father Maximian, now returned to power in Rome, acknowledged him as Augustus. Theodosius I was the last sole Roman emperor. Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. Whosoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can, and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me. On the Eastern frontier things went better, even if with alternate success. Constantine VII is still remembered in the Eastern Orthodox liturgy when the transfer of the Holy Mandylion is celebrated on August 16 in the Julian calendar which corresponds to August 31 in the Gregorian calendar. Constantine was the fourth son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Draga, the daughter of Serbian ruler Konstantin Dejanovi. John returned from his journey in November 1424 after failing to procure help. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century Liber Pontificalis contain little more than a record of the gifts said to Thomas accepted Constantine's appointment and Demetrios was overruled, though he later proclaimed Constantine as his new emperor. The western Roman empire had ceased to be. Maxentius is believed to have had up to four times as many troops, though they were inexperinced and undisciplined.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'roman_empire_net-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_11',109,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-roman_empire_net-large-leaderboard-2-0'); Brushing aside the opposition in battles at Augusta Taurinorum (Turin) and Verona, Constantine marched on Rome. Jews in particular were forbidden from owning Christian slaves. Constantine grew more and more anxious. Soon after, another battle followed, at Campus Ardiensis in Thrace. When the Greek farmers protested, Mehmed sent his troops to attack them, killing about forty. Koprnimos; Latin: Copronymus), because he allegedly defaecated during his baptism,[3] and "the Equestrian" (Greek: , translit. [39] This is also followed in modern historiography, where, in the absence of constitutional criteria separating them, the main factor that distinguishes usurpers from legitimate Roman emperors is their degree of success. Constantine mainly continued the policy of his predecessors, doing what he could to brace Constantinople for attack, but also alternated between supplicating and confronting the Ottomans. In this he made use of the 'circus factions', which controlled the competing teams of charioteers and their supporters, had widespread social influence, and could mobilise large numbers of the citizenry. On Constantine's orders, icons and relics from all the monasteries and churches in the city were carried along the walls. Once he acceded to the throne as Constantine I of Greece, many in Greece hailed him as Constantine XII instead. [45], Constantine was well prepared for his accession to the throne after serving as regent twice and ruling numerous fiefs throughout the crumbling empire. From AD 320 onwards Licinius began to suppress the Christian church in his eastern provinces and also began ejecting any Christians from government posts. Roman-Empire.net is the leading web-resource on Rome. In 759, Constantine was defeated in the Battle of the Rishki Pass, but the Bulgarians were not able exploit their success. After defeating the last of Pompeys allies in North Africa and Spain, he returned to Rome and was appointed dictator for life in early 44 B.C. He was one of the four original members of the Tetrarchy established by Diocletian, first serving as caesar from 293 to 305 and then ruling as augustus until his death. to A.D. 700", "Wer war Niketas Nobellisimos und Komes von Opsikion (8. [26] Constantine's agreed with his brother's views on the union: if a sacrifice of the independence of their church resulted in the Westerners organizing a crusade and saving Constantinople, it would not have been in vain. But it was once again Constantine who moved to attack first in AD 324 with 120000 infantry and 10000 cavalry against Licinius 150000 infantry and 15000 cavalry based at Hadrianopolis. The Religious policies of Constantine the Great have been called "ambiguous and elusive. There are those that say that you are hidden beneath the almighty right hand of the Lord. Maps [65] Based on his actions in the Morea, especially during at the time of the Crusade of Varna, Constantine was clearly anti-Turkish and he preferred himself to take aggressive action against the Ottoman Empire; his attempts to appeal to Mehmed were simply a stalling tactic. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 8 April 217), better known by his nickname "Caracalla" (/ k r k l /) was Roman emperor from 198 to 217. Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries.Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. [89], The sea walls were weaker than Constantinople's land walls, and Mehmed was determined to get his fleet into the Golden Horn; he needed some way to circumvent Constantine's chain. The Turks left the peninsula devastated and depopulated. [52][53] The lack of interest Constantine showed in Italian affairs had profound and lasting consequences. The modern numbering of the East Roman emperors is a purely historiographical invention, created by historians beginning with Edward Gibbon in his The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (17761789). [129], Since the name Constantine connected an emperor with the founder of Constantinople and the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine the Great, the name was particularly popular among emperors. Constantine VII crowned by Christ, Pushkin Museum. Regnal numbers were never used in the Roman Empire and despite an increase in emperors of the same name during the Middle Ages, such as the many emperors named Michael, Leo, John or Constantine, the practice was never introduced in the East Roman Empire. Telerig enquired as to whom he could trust within Bulgaria, and Constantine foolishly revealed the identities of his agents in the country. Captured and killed AndronikosI, Elder brother of Isaac II, overthrew and blinded his brother, Son of Isaac II, made co-emperor after the populace of Constantinople were convinced by the crusaders to accept him alongside his father, Son of John III and grandson of TheodoreI. Great-grandson of Alexios III; became regent for John IV in 1258 and crowned co-emperor in 1259. If the Italian territories were Constantines, then the important Danubian military provinces were under the control of Licinius. And so Crispus was executed at Pola in Istria. In the 9th century, following the ultimate triumph of the iconodules, Constantine's remains were removed from the imperial sepulchre in the Church of the Holy Apostles. Licinius surrendered all Danubian and Balkan provinces, with the exception of Thrace, to Constantine. He, Life: AD c. 317 - 340 Name: Flavius Claudius ConstantinusBorn in February AD ca. Constantine did not reach Constantinople until November and by then, the Ottoman attack had already been repelled. [70][71][72], All surviving contemporary and later Byzantine histories covering the reign of Constantine were written by iconodules. Though despite this turn toward Christianity, Constantine remained for some years still very tolerant of the old pagan religions. )(2008), Magdalino, P. (2015) "The People and the Palace", in, Robertson, A. This division was consistently in place after the death of Theodosius I in 395, which historians have dated as the division between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Do not forsake us in your distress. With Galerius dead in AD 311 the main authority amongst the emperors had been removed, leaving them to struggle for dominance.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'roman_empire_net-banner-1','ezslot_8',108,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-roman_empire_net-banner-1-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'roman_empire_net-banner-1','ezslot_9',108,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-roman_empire_net-banner-1-0_1'); .banner-1-multi-108{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:15px !important;margin-left:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-top:15px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:250px;min-width:250px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}. Irene of Athens (Greek: , Eirn; 750/756 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaina (), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire from 797 to 802. Orhan, Mehmed's cousin, disguised himself as a monk in an attempt to escape, but was identified and killed. A later account by Ottoman historian Ibn Kemal is similar to Tursun's account, but states that the emperor's head was cut off by a giant marine, who killed him without realizing who he was. 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