Konstantinos Diogenes, father of Romanos IV E / M XI
Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Διογένης (DO I.34.1, Cheynet: Diogenai p. 567) (Konstantinos 101)
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Narrative (9) Death (2) Arrested on charges of usurpation in the reign of Romanos 3 , he hurled himself from a cliff and perished ἐπὶ τυραννικαῖς αἰτίαις ἁλούς. Psellos: Chronographia V 10.3-5 Died after throwing himself off the walls at the palace of Blachernai breaking his neck, and his body was thrown where people committing suicide are usually cast καὶ ἐκτραχηλισθεὶς ἀπέθανε ῥιφεὶς μετὰ τῶν αὐτοφόνων. Skylitzes 385.48-49 Description (3) Dignity/Office (10) Archon of Sirmium ἄρχοντα Σιρμίου. Skylitzes 373.94-95 Doux of Bulgaria δοῦκα τῆς Βουλγαρίας. Skylitzes 373.95 δοὺξ ὠνομάσθη τῆς Βουλγαρίας. Zonaras 17.10.13 Doux of Sirmium ὁ τοῦ Σιρμίου κρατῶν. Zonaras 17.10.13 Doux of Thessalonike δούξ. Skylitzes 376.88 Patrikios πατρικίῳ. Seal 6798 πατρικίῳ. Seal 283 Strategos στρατηγῷ. Seal 6798 Strategos of Serbia στρατηγῷ Σερβίας. Seal 283 Strategos of Thrakesion στρατηγὸς εἰς Θρᾳκησίους. Skylitzes 376.90 Second Name (6) Diogenes τὸν Διογένην. Skylitzes 373.94 Διογένους. Glykas 607.13 τοῦ Διογένους. Skylitzes Continuatus 121.13 ὁ Διογένης. Zonaras 17.10.13 Διογένῃ. Seal 6798 Διογένῃ. Seal 283 Kinship (10) Location (15) Occupation/Vocation (1)