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    Romanos II, 945–959. The Romanos Ivory, 945–949. Depiction of a young Romanos II on an Ivory plaque, c. 945–959. Solidus of Romanos II as sole ruler, 959–963...
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    honour of Romanos II in 950. Romanos' father, Marianos, was the son of another Romanos Argyros, who had married Agatha, a daughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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    Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ῥωμανός Διογένης, romanized: Rōmanos Diogenēs; c. 1030 – c. 1072) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt...
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    Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (Greek: Ῥωμανός Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, Rōmanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; c. 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized as Romanus I...
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  • poet and saint Romanos I Lekapenos (870–948), Byzantine Emperor from 920 to 944 Romanos II (938–963), Byzantine Emperor from 959–963) Romanos III Argyros...
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    married to Romanos Argyros. She and Romanos took the throne the next day on her father's death. Zoe's marriage to Romanos III was troubled, and Romanos was found...
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    Emperor Romanos I – Basil's great-grandfather. Lekapenos himself had been parakoimomenos to Constantine VII and megas baioulos to Romanos II. Yet another...
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    Constantine VIII (category Basil II)
    succeeded by Romanos Argyros, husband of his daughter Zoe. Constantine was born in 960, two years after his brother Basil. Their parents were Romanos II, the...
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    Arslan's scouts knew exactly where Romanos was, while Romanos was completely unaware of his opponent's movements. Romanos ordered his general Joseph Tarchaniotes...
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    replaced as regent by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos, who married his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine. Romanos used his position to advance to the...
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    emperors Romanos II and Nikephoros II. In 963, between the deaths of Romanos and her marriage to Nikephoros, she was regent for her sons, Basil II and Constantine...
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    Romanos the Melodist article from the Catholic Encyclopedia St. Romanos (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) Engberg, Gudrun (2001). "Romanos the...
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  • Basil Lekapenos (category Basil II)
    unclear whether it was Romanos Lekapenos who appointed him to the post or whether Constantine VII gave it to him after Romanos' downfall. The contemporary...
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    Romanos was drowned on Michael's orders. Matthew of Edessa's account has Zoë poisoning Romanos. Zoë and Michael were married on the day that Romanos III...
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  • who received the fiefs of Romano d'Ezzelino and Onara Ezzelino I da Romano (died 1189), called il Balbo Ezzelino II da Romano (died 1235), called il Monaco...
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    Porphyrogennetos (905–959), married Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos Romanos II (938–963) married to Bertha, daughter of Hugh of Italy king...
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    Michael III Romanos I Lekapenos, named on 24 September 920 by the Byzantine senate Bardas Phokas, named in late 963 by his son Nikephoros II Romanos III Argyros...
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    legitimize Romanos IV as emperor. Contemporary scholarship on this piece asserts that this work represents the coronation of junior emperor Romanos II and his...
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    chosen to succeed him, Romanos Argyros, stating that Romanos was already married—his wife having become a nun to allow Romanos to marry into the imperial...
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    achieving her goals. Romanos had already crowned as co-emperors his two sons Basil II and Constantine VIII. At the time that Romanos died, however, Basil...
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    with his father on the violin. After World War II, he started playing jazz under the assumed name "Romano Full". His playing style has been described as...
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    [my] own son Romanos"). It is a domestic and foreign policy manual for the use of Constantine's son and successor, the Emperor Romanos II. It is a prominent...
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    from power. The new effective regent was Romanos Lekapenos, Droungarios (admiral) of the Byzantine navy. Romanos orchestrated the marriage of Helena to...
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    Ezzelino II da Romano, also known as Ezzelino il Monaco ("Ezzelino the Monk"; died 1235) was an Italian nobleman of the Ezzelini family, who was lord of...
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  • 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023. Romano, Nick (April 17, 2024). "Inside Joseph Quinn's breakthrough year: Gladiator II, Fantastic Four, and more". Entertainment...
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    Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as regent of her minor son, Michael VII in 1067, and resigned her regency by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes...
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  • 1073) was one of the sons of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068–1071). He was a son of Romanos with his first wife Anne, a daughter of Alusian...
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    Boris II was the eldest surviving son of Emperor Peter I of Bulgaria and Maria (renamed Eirene) Lekapena, a granddaughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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    Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła, Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa];...
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    Romano Romanelli (14 May 1882 – 25 September 1968) was an Italian artist, writer, and naval officer, known for his sculptures and his medals. Romanelli...
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