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    Porphyrogenitus (Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the...
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    restricted by law, custom, and the expense of creating it to royalty. Porphyrogénnētos (Greek: Πορφυρογέννητος, lit. 'purple-born'), Latinized as Porphyrogenitus...
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    Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ Βουλγαροκτόνος...
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    Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and regent during the minority of her son porphyrogennetos Alexios II Komnenos from 1180 until 1182. Maria of Antioch was the...
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    sources, it tends to be called the Book of Ceremonies of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (variably spelt), a formula used by writers including David Talbot...
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    Byzantine work on court ceremony De Ceremoniis, authored by Constantine Porphyrogennetos, argues that the word referred only to the dress Irene wore at court...
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    Shipping in the Medieval Mediterranean. pp. 455 ff and notes [17]–[19]. "Porphyrogennetos". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford, UK: Oxford...
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    further fortified towards the peak of Saint Ivan by Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos in the 10th century. It was one of the more influential Dalmatian city-states...
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    pear—in the Book of ceremonies of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos. Medieval quince preserves, which went by the French name cotignac...
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     473–476. Kazhdan, Alexander; Cutler, Anthony (1991). "Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium....
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    betrothed and married to Louis the Blind Basil (died 900) Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (905–959), married Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos...
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    950s, written or commissioned by Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos in Greek), a brief passage in the Synopsis of Histories (written c...
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    therefore difficult to further classify. Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos lists eight Pecheneg tribal groupings, four on each side of the Dnieper...
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    prominent Kantakouzenos family. Constantine is frequently described as Porphyrogénnētos ("born in the purple"), a distinction granted to sons born to a reigning...
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    JSTOR 4346858. Antioch, John of (2014). "Excerpts on Plots by Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos". The Fragmentary History of Priscus. Translated by Given, John. Merchantville...
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    discovery being ascribed to divine intervention. The Emperor Constantine Porphyrogennetos (r. 945–959), in his book De Administrando Imperio, admonishes his...
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    on a semi-pastoralist lifestyle. Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos mentioned the Uzi and Mazari (Hungarians) as neighbours of the Pechenegs...
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  • 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Born in the purple, Porphyrogénnētos , Byzantine term for the children of emperors, after a supposed porphyry-lined...
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  • (870–886), Emperor (886–912) Alexander, Emperor (912–913) Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, Junior Co-Emperor (908–913, 920–945), Emperor (913–920, 945–959) Romanos...
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    and horses and "abundant in grazing lands" according to Constantine Porphyrogennetos, was settled with Armenians, and soon, Melias managed to expand his...
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  • fragments remaining of the original work are preserved by Constantine Porphyrogennetos in De Administrando Imperio, ch. 23 (the article Ίβηρίαι δύο) and De...
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    knowledge, exemplified by the works of the scholar-emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos. Because of problems with the term, scholars have employed alternative...
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    depicted. Below it to the left is the half-length picture of "Kon. Porphyrogennetos", this probably being either Emperor Michael's brother and co-emperor...
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    and Thomas were frequently described as having the distinction of Porphyrogennetos ("born in the purple"; born in the imperial palace during the reign...
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    Gold solidus of Leo VI and Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, 908–912...
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    Bekker, vol. I:685; see K. Weitzmann, "The Mandylion and Constantine Porphyrogennetos", Cahiers archéologiques 11 (1960:163-84), reprinted in Studies in...
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    Shipping in the Medieval Mediterranean. pp. 455 ff and notes [17]–[19]. "Porphyrogennetos". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York, NY & Oxford, UK: Oxford...
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    Language. Gracewing. ISBN 9780852442579. Rogers 2010, p. 293. Constantine Porphyrogennetos: De Administrando Imperio (ch. 13., 38., 40.), pp. 64-65., 172-173...
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    unknown. According to the 10th-century Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959), it lay south of Tamatarcha (Tmutorokan), separated from...
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    Carpathica. LI: 103–143. Gračanin, Hrvoje (2021). "Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos on Croats in Early Medieval Southern Pannonia (DAI, c. 30, 75–78):...
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