Emperor Konstantinos VIII M X / E XI
κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين (Konstantinos 8)
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- Before 1025
- 1025
- Certainty: 3 Konstantinos VIII was called to the deathbed of Basileios II to receive power & discuss his funeral Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 Death of Basileios II; accession of Konstantinos VIII Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 Death of Basileios II; accession of Konstantinos VIII Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 1 Inadequate plans of Konstantinos VIII for the future of his daughters Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Konstantinos VIII suspected rebels everywhere & blinded them (unspecific) Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos VIII pursued a past vendetta against Konstantinos Bourtzes by blinding him Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos freed political prisoners & promoted the elite to new dignities Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 All unpaid taxes cruelly exacted by Konstantinos VIII Certainty: 1
- 1026
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos appointed to the highest positions worthless persons, often his own eunuchs Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Konstantinos promoted Romanos (III) Argyropoulos to patrikios & eparchos Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Nikephoros Komnenos fought Saracens in Media, but was dismissed & imprisoned Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Bardas Phokas (grandson of Bardas) condemned for treason on trumped-up charge & blinded Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Revolt of people of Naupaktos against strategos brutally put down Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 List of persons suspected of revolt & punished, mostly by blinding Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 3 Novel of Konstantinos VIII & Alexios Stoudites on punishment of rebels Certainty: 3
- 1027
- Certainty: 2 Pecheneg invasion of Bulgaria driven back across Danube by Konstantinos Diogenes Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 After a year of captivity, Nikephoros Komnenos & eight colleagues were blinded Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Georgian attempt to recover fortresses from Byzantium was stopped by parakoimomenos Nikolaos (Symeon) Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Iberian magnates expelled from estates by Niketas of Pisidia; grants of dignities in western lands Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 2 Basileios Skleros quarelled with Prousianos: both exiled, then Skleros was blinded (?) & Prousianos freed Certainty: 2
- 1028
- Certainty: 3 Konstantinos VIII, suddenly ill, chose Konstantinos Dalassenos as son-in-law & successor Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 Konstantinos VIII turned to Romanos Argyros as successor: his wife became a nun Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos VIII as he died handed to Kyriakos a document for Bagratids on heritability of their rule Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 3 Romanos (III) married Zoe Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 Death of Konstantinos VIII; accession of Romanos III Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Romanos III increased church revenues & abolished allelengyon Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Synod to support metropolitan Ioannes of Melitene against Yuhanna, Jacobite archbishop of Antioch Certainty: 2
- 1034
- Certainty: 2 Kiwrakos sold to Michael IV the letter on the future of the Armenian kingdom Certainty: 2
- 1042
- Certainty: 3 Michael V banished Zoe to Prinkipo Certainty: 3
- 1043
- Certainty: 2 Psellos wrote Orationes panegyricae 2 for Konstantinos IX, with summary of recent history Certainty: 2
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