Constantine VII

British  

noun

1. known as Porphyrogenitus . 905–59 _ad , Byzantine emperor (913–59) and scholar: his writings are an important source for Byzantine history

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Example Sentences

They returned, however, at the commencement of the reign of Constantine VII, when one of them took sick and died.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Apparently it is a collection made at the order of Constantine VII.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Dio, Cassius

Here also Helena, the daughter of Romanus Lecapenus, and wife of Constantine VII.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

Several historical works are associated with the name of the emperor Constantine VII.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Probably Cephalas lived in the reign of Constantine VII.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)