), This page was last edited on 24 November 2022, at 13:56. [15] He immediately targeted his opponents, having many blinded or executed. Co-ruler with Constantine and then sole emperor under the regency of his mother, Son of Heraclius Constantine; proclaimed co-emperor by Heraclonas at age 11, Son of Constans II; co-emperor since 13 April 654, General; proclaimed emperor by the troops against Leontius, General; proclaimed emperor by the troops against Justinian II, Senior court official, proclaimed emperor after the deposition of Philippicus, Tax-collector, possibly son of Tiberius III; proclaimed emperor by the troops against Anastasius II, Son of Leo III; co-emperor since 31 March 720, Son of Constantine V; co-emperor since 6 June 751, Son of Leo IV; co-emperor since 14 April 776, Widow of Leo IV and former regent of Constantine VI. [36], Tiring of Constantine's successes, Murad II, accompanied by Duke Nerio II of Athens, marched on the Morea in 1446, with an army possibly numbering as many as 60,000 men. Son of Michael IX, named co-emperor between 1308 and 1313. Evidently they also were intended to be granted their shares of power at Constantines death. He had just made a deal with Murad himself and raised an army, portraying himself as the champion of the Turk-supported cause that opposed the union of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches and declared war on John. In the east Licinius and Maximinus Daia fought for supremacy and in the west Constantine began a war with Maxentius. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century Liber Pontificalis contain little more than a record of the gifts said to Further it was agreed that Licinius would return property to the Christian church which had been confiscated in the eastern provinces. Constantine was the fourth son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Draga, the daughter of Serbian ruler Konstantin Dejanovi. Evidently Constantine was also capable of persecuting Christians, if they were deemed to be the wrong type of Christians. The Religious policies of Constantine the Great have been called "ambiguous and elusive. [4] The catalyst of the empire's fall had been the arrival of the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia in the 11th century. Proclaimed emperor after the death of his father, General sentenced to execution by LeoV; proclaimed emperor by LeoV's assassins and crowned by Patriarch, Son of Michael II; co-emperor since 12 May 821, Widow of Theophilos; ruler in her own right during the minority of their son Michael III, Son of Theophilos; co-emperor since 16 May 840. The most powerful figure at the court was Loukas Notaras, an experienced statesman and megas doux (commander-in-chief of the navy). He may have stayed in order to find a suitable wife, wishing to remarry since it had been more than ten years since Theodora's death. He even intended to have himself baptized as a Christian on the way to the frontier in the waters of the river Jordan, just as Jesus had been baptized there by John the Baptist. Not only was this terribly harsh on such sons who sought a different career. As Christian theology holds that Christ is God, He also cannot be represented in an image. [30] Competing claims of succession to the Roman Empire have also been forwarded by various other states and empires, and by numerous later pretenders. Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. [102], Scholarly works on Constantine and the fall of Constantinople tend to portray Constantine, his advisors, and companions as victims of the events that surrounded the city's fall. Son of Michael VIII; co-emperor since 8 November 1272, Son and co-ruler of Andronikos II, named co-emperor in 1281 but not crowned until 21 May 1294. Giustiniani was appointed by Constantine as the general commander for the walls on Constantinople's land side. He therefore decided that a selection under fifty-three titles should be made from all the important historians extant in Constantinople; thus he hoped to assemble in a more manageable compass the most valuable parts of each author. Regnal numbers were never used in the Roman Empire and despite an increase in emperors of the same name during the Middle Ages, such as the many emperors named Michael, Leo, John or Constantine, the practice was never introduced in the East Roman Empire. City dwellers were obliged to pay a tax in gold or silver, the chrysargyron. There were other conflicting contemporary accounts of Constantine's demise. [35][36], Constantine was responsible for the creation of a small central army of fully professional soldiers, the imperial tagmata (literally: 'the regiments'). Artabasdos struck against Constantine when their respective troops combined for the intended campaign; a trusted member of Constantine's retinue, called Beser, was killed in the attack. [65] After the capture of several Italian ships and the execution of their crews during Mehmed's eventual siege of Constantinople, Constantine reluctantly ordered the execution of all Turks within the city walls. With the Burgundian soldiers and his own men, Constantine raided central Greece as far north as the Pindus mountains in Thessaly, where the locals happily welcomed him as their new lord. It also seems probable that his body was later found and decapitated. Married, Son of Alexios I, co-emperor since about September 1092, Youngest son and allegedly designated heir of John II on his deathbed, crowned in November 1143 after a few months of having to establish his rights, Great-grandson of Alexios I. 193211). On the way, Constantine met his wife at Lesbos and together they sailed to Lemnos, where they were stopped by an Ottoman blockade and were trapped for months. 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Given that a concept of constitutional legitimacy was irrelevant in the Roman Empire, and emperors were only 'legitimate' in so far as they were able to be accepted in the wider empire,[40] this list of emperors operates on a collection of inclusion criteria: In the case of non-dynastic emperors after or in the middle of the rule of a dynasty, it is customary among historians to group them together with the rulers of said dynasty,[49] an approach that is followed in this list. The threat of releasing Orhan gave Mehmed a pretext for concentrating all of his efforts on seizing Constantinople, his true goal since he had become sultan. Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries.Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and their prayers and sacraments to be valid. [112], The second major work on Constantine, Steven Runciman's The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (1965), also characterizes Constantine through Constantinople's fall, portraying Constantine as tragic figure who did everything to save his empire from the Ottomans. Constantine hoped that the ships would leave Italy within fifteen days, as he believed that Murad II was planning a strong offensive against Constantinople. Situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, the arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the The Colossus of Constantine (Italian: Statua Colossale di Costantino I) was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 280337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra, near the Forum Romanum in Rome.Surviving portions of the Lewis, William (2020), "Constantine II and His Brothers: The Civil War of AD 340", in Nicholas Baker-Brian and Shaun Tougher (eds. Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. [52] Her death left Constantine unsure of which advisor to rely on the most. Following this Constantine went on to defeat the numerically stronger army of Maxentius at the Battle at the Milvian Bridge (Oct AD 312). Petronius Maximus (c. 397 31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. On 24 September 1437, Constantine reached Constantinople. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna.Proclaimed co-ruler by his father in 198, he reigned jointly with his In 747 his fleet destroyed the Arab fleet off Cyprus. Schism, in Constantines view, was inspired by Satan. First, there was the issue of an heir, as Constantine was also childless. This was followed in late AD 332 by a large campaign against the Goths along the Danube until in AD 336 he had re-conquered much of Dacia, once annexed by Trajan and abandoned by Aurelian. He associated only his eldest son, Leo, with the throne as co-emperor (in 751), but gave his younger sons the titles of caesar for the more senior in age and nobelissimos for the more junior. [15] Romanos used his position to advance to the ranks of basileopatr in April 919, to kaisar (Caesar) on 24 September 920, and finally to co-emperor on 17 December 920. All Maximian could do was flee to Massilia. [26], Despite having been relieved of his duties as regent upon John's return, Constantine stayed in the capital for the rest of 1440. Instead, Constantine summoned the leaders of the synaxis to the imperial palace on 15 November 1452, and once again asked them to write a document with their objections to the union achieved at Florence, which they were eager to do. Irene of Athens (Greek: , Eirn; 750/756 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaina (), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire from 797 to 802. The Genoese troops wavered when they saw their commander leave them, and though the Roman defenders fought on, the Ottomans soon gained control of both the outer and inner walls. The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great.The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. The siege developed into a long and drawn-out engagement, with occasional skirmishes. Constantine's rise to emperor was controversial: although he was accepted on account of his lineage with few alternative candidates, his lack of a full coronation and support for the Union of the Churches damaged public perception of the new emperor. [26] Constantine's agreed with his brother's views on the union: if a sacrifice of the independence of their church resulted in the Westerners organizing a crusade and saving Constantinople, it would not have been in vain. With this declaration it was clear that hostilities between the two sides would soon begin afresh. The junior co-emperors marked as being of "varying ascribed status" are figures, mostly children, who are usually not counted as "true" emperors given their submissive status to the senior emperor, but are still present in some lists of rulers. [129], Since the name Constantine connected an emperor with the founder of Constantinople and the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine the Great, the name was particularly popular among emperors. [73][74] In particular, a manuscript written in north-eastern Anatolia concerning miracles attributed to St. Theodore is one of few probably written during or just after the reign of Constantine to survive in its original form; it contains little of the extreme invective common to later iconodule writings. : imperial and local messages on the coinage of the usurpers of the second half of the third century", "L'empereur Silbannacus, un second antoninien", "Nouvelle note sur la chronologie du rgne de Jean Cantacuzne", "Transformations of Romanness: The northern Gallic case", "Imperial Elements in the Formula of the Roman Emperors during the First Two and a Half Centuries of the Empire", "John VII Palaiologos and the Bulgarian Lands in 1390", "John VII Palaeologus and the Ivory Pyxis at Dumbarton Oaks", "O. Leid. [10] For most of the period from 286 to 480, there was more than one recognized senior emperor, with the division usually based on geographic regions. Not long after the famous conference, Constantine was successfully campaigning against marauding Germans when news reached him that Maximian, still residing at his court, had turned against him.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'roman_empire_net-box-4','ezslot_16',107,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-roman_empire_net-box-4-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'roman_empire_net-box-4','ezslot_17',107,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-roman_empire_net-box-4-0_1'); .box-4-multi-107{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:15px !important;margin-left:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-top:15px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:250px;min-width:250px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}. Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I; Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria; Constantine may also refer to: People. Gemistus Pletho, the Moreot philosopher previously at Constantine's court in the Morea, and Gennadios Scholarios, future Patriarch of Constantinople, both wrote funeral orations praising her. There are those that say that you are hidden beneath the almighty right hand of the Lord. He also staged local athletic games, where young Moreots could run races for prizes. [123] This legend eventually became the legend of the "Marble Emperor" (Greek: Marmaromenos Vasilias, lit. [111] In Athens, the modern capital of Greece, there are two statues of Constantine: a colossal monument depicting the emperor on horseback on the waterfront of Palaio Faliro, and a smaller statue in the city's cathedral square, which portrays the emperor on foot with a drawn sword. [33], One of the projects of the brothers' plan to strengthen the despotate was the reconstruction of the Hexamilion wall, which was destroyed by the Turks in 1431. None of the soldiers were brave enough to kill the emperor and once the Ottomans broke through, Constantine fell in the ensuing fight, only to briefly get up before falling again and being trampled. The praetorian guard whod held such influence over the empire for so long, was finally disbanded. [56], The nearest and most concerned potential ally was Venice, which operated a large commercial colony in their quarter of Constantinople. From the fourth century, emperors and other high-profile men of non-aristocratic birth often bore the name "Flavius", the family name of the Constantinian dynasty. [3]Augusto manteve a fachada de um governo republicano, rejeitando ttulos monrquicos mas se chamando de prncipe do senado This tax was levied every four years, beating and torture being the consequences for those to poor to pay. It is unclear whether Constantine Laskaris ruled as emperor or not and he is sometimes counted as Constantine XI,[131] which would make Constantine Palaiologos Constantine XII. The younger sons; Constantine, Demetrios and Thomas, were kept in Constantinople as there was not sufficient land left to grant them. Granted the title of despots by his father, the future Manuel II traveled west to seek support for the Byzantine Empire in 1365 and in 1370, serving as governor in Thessalonica from 1369. This was performed on his deathbed by Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia. The cumulative effect of Constantine's repeated offensive campaigns and numerous victories caused considerable instability in Bulgaria, where six monarchs lost their crowns due to their failures in war against Byzantium. Accepted as, Proclaimed emperor by the troops, in opposition to Constans I, General of Constans in Illyricum, acclaimed by the Illyrian legions at the expense of Magnentius, Acclaimed by the Gallic army in early 360, became sole emperor after the death of his cousin, ConstantiusII, Commander of imperial household guard; proclaimed emperor by the army after Julian's death, General; proclaimed emperor by the army after Jovian's death, Brother of Valentinian I, made eastern emperor by his brother (Valentinian retaining the west), Maternal cousin and intended heir of Julian; revolted against Valens and captured Constantinople, where the people proclaimed him emperor, Son of Valentinian I; proclaimed western co-emperor on 24 August 367, at age 8. Under the republic, the Senate and People of Rome authorized provincial governors, who answered only to them, to rule regions of the empire. Kormisosh of Bulgaria raided as far as the Anastasian Wall (the outermost defence of the approaches to Constantinople) but was defeated in battle by Constantine, who inaugurated a series of nine successful campaigns against the Bulgarians in the next year, scoring a victory over Kormisosh's successor Vinekh at Marcellae. [27] The implacable resistance of iconodule monks and their supporters led to their propaganda reaching those close to the Emperor. The modern number, XI, was established with the publication of the revised edition of Charles le Beau's Histoire du Bas-Empire en commenant Constantin le Grand in 1836. One of his first acts as emperor, just two weeks after arriving in the capital, was to attempt to secure the empire by arranging a truce with Murad II. Thessaloniki was also under siege by the Ottomans; to prevent it from falling into their hands, John gave the city to the Republic of Venice. Truth to tell, this is the source of all our other misfortunes. General and civil official, murdered Valentinian III and married his widow, General; proclaimed emperor by the army and backed by Ricimer, Grandson of Leo I and son of Zeno; co-emperor since 17 November 473, Government official; chosen by Ariadne, whom he married, to succeed Zeno, Soldier; proclaimed emperor by the troops after the death of Anastasius I, Son of Heraclius; co-emperor since 22 January 613, Son of Heraclius; co-emperor since 4 July 638. We are not children without strength or reason. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Atius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III.. Maximus secured the throne the day after Valentinian's death by ensuring the backing of While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. Though some emperors, such as Alexios I and Manuel I, had successfully recovered portions of Anatolia through help from western crusaders, their gains were only temporary. The decision of the local Venetians to stay and die for the city had a significantly greater effect on the Venetian government than Constantine's pleas. Demetrios showed opposition against a church union, but John decided not to leave him in the East since Demetrios had shown rebellious tendencies and was thought to try to take the throne with Ottoman support. [68], In concentrating on the security of the empire's core territories he tacitly abandoned some peripheral regions, notably in Italy, which were lost. Constantine rose to power during a bloody struggle in Roman Britain and was acclaimed emperor by the local legions in This page was last edited on 8 December 2022, at 14:35. [37], Common methods used by emperors to assert claims of legitimacy, such as proclamation by the army, blood connections (sometimes fictitious) to past emperors, wearing imperial regalia, distributing one's own coins or statues and claims to pre-eminent virtue through propaganda, were pursued just as well by many usurpers as they were by legitimate emperors. Succeeded jointly with Numerian, Son of Carus, succeeded jointly with Carinus, Commander of the imperial bodyguard, acclaimed by the army after death of, Maximian's relation by marriage, elevated to, Son of Maximian and son-in-law of Galerius, seized power in Italy with support of the, Elevated by Galerius to replace Severus, in opposition to Maxentius. Made emperor in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by powerful generals vying for power amid civil wars and the invasions of Late Antiquity's Migration Period, including the campaigns of Attila the Hun. This page was last edited on 20 April 2022, at 22:58 (UTC). Constantine VII, 'Story of the Image of Edessa', tr. At this council the branch of the Christian faith known as Arianism was condemned as a heresy and the only admissible Christian creed of the day (the Nicene Creed) was precisely defined. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne by his father, the magister militum Orestes, and, at that time, still a minor, was little more than a figurehead for his father.After Romulus ruled for just ten months, the barbarian general Sphrantzes was even more cautious towards the Ottomans than Notaras, and believed the megas doux risked antagonizing the new sultan. Later Greek historians accepted Critobulus's account, never doubting that Constantine died as a hero and martyr, an idea never seriously questioned in the Greek-speaking world. When Constantine was forced to abdicate in 1917, many believed he had been unjustly removed before completing his sacred destiny. 2. A great-grandson of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, Orhan elebi, lived as a hostage in Constantinople. Another problem arose regarding the consulships. Roman-Empire.net is the leading web-resource on Rome. Alas Constantine was sole emperor of the entire Roman world. Religious strife and controversy was a prominent feature of his reign. De sententiis). Constantine's youth had been a sad one due to his unpleasant appearance, his taciturn nature, and his relegation to the third level of succession, behind Christopher Lekapenos, the eldest son of RomanosI Lekapenos. The treasures of pagan temples were confiscated and used to pay for the construction of new Christian churches. If the principle of the tetrarchy, established by Diocletian, still in theory defined government, then Constantine as senior Augustus had the right to do this. The earliest documented evidence of this idea can be found in a letter by Aeneas Silvius (the future Pope Pius II) to Pope Nicholas V, dated July 1453. Based on his career and surviving contemporary sources, Constantine appears to have been primarily a soldier. [23][d] In the aftermath of the conquest, Mehmed II proclaimed himself kayser-i Rm ("Caesar of Rome"),[e] thus claiming to be the new emperor,[29] a claim maintained by succeeding sultans. [35] Dynastic succession was not legally formalized, but also not uncommon, with powerful rulers sometimes succeeding in passing power on to their children or other relatives. Valentinian III (Latin: Placidus Valentinianus; 2 July 419 16 March 455) was Roman emperor in the West from 425 to 455. From the rise of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in 27 BC to the sack of Rome in AD 455, there were over a hundred Son of Andronikos III, not formally crowned until 19 November 1341. Also his taxation reforms created extreme hardship. [116] Though the circumstances are completely fictional, the story might carry a shred of the truth; a grandson of Constantine's brother Thomas, Andreas Palaiologos, lived in Constantinople in the 16th century, converted to Islam and served as an Ottoman court official. In 1448, John VIII died without children, and as his favored successor, Constantine was proclaimed emperor on 6 January 1449. [31], Assiduous in courting popularity, Constantine consciously employed the hippodrome, scene of the ever-popular chariot races, to influence the populace of Constantinople. He was the son of Helena, an inn keepers daughter, and Constantius Chlorus. The key moment in the establishment if Christianity as the predominant religion of the Roman empire, happened in AD 312 when emperor Constantine on the eve before battle against the rival emperor Maxentius had a vision of the sign of Christ (the so called chi-rho symbol) in a dream. The 1453 Greek long poem Capture of the City, of uncertain authorship, laments the bad luck of Constantine, which the author blames on Constantine's ill-advised destruction of Glarentza (including its churches) in the 1420s. John VIII's preferred successor was known to be Constantine and though this choice was accepted by Thomas, who had a good relationship with his older brother, it was resented by Constantine's older brother Theodore. His body was carried to the Church of the Holy Apostles, his mausoleum. Problems with Licinius arose when Constantine appointed his brother-in-law Bassianus as Caesar for Italy and the Danubian provinces. [1][2] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but calling himself princeps senatus (first man of the Senate) and princeps civitatis (first citizen of the state). Ascending up the tower above the Kerkoporta, they managed to raise an Ottoman flag above the wall. Gold solidus depicting Leo VI and ConstantineVII, 908913. [50] Many of Constantine's courtiers opposed the idea due to a distrust of the Serbians, causing Constantine to question the viability of the match. Both Constantine and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory III Mammas, were supporters of the Union of the Churches: a ceremony in which Gregory crowned Constantine emperor might have led the anti-unionists in the capital to rebel. Constantines opponent Maxentius, together with thousands of his soldiers, drowned as the bridge of boats his force was retreating over collapsed. [39] Although the wall might have held against the great Ottoman army under normal circumstances, Murad had brought cannons with him and by 10 December, the wall had been reduced to rubble and most of the defenders were either killed or captured; Constantine and Thomas barely escaped the catastrophic defeat. The key moment in the establishment if Christianity as the predominant religion of the Roman empire, happened in AD 312 when emperor Constantine on the eve before battle against the rival emperor Maxentius had a vision of the sign of Christ (the so called chi-rho symbol) in a dream. [99], Giustiniani was too weak, however, and his bodyguards carried him to the harbor and escaped the city on a Genoese ship. [29], By 1442, Demetrios had no desire for new appointments and was eyeing the imperial throne. [127], The prophecy of the Marble Emperor endured until the Greek War of Independence in the 19th century and beyond. It is well possible he did so on purposely in order to provoke a war. 317.Consul AD 320, 321, 324.Became emperor in AD 337.Died near Aquileia, AD 340. Manuel's oldest son, John, was raised to co-emperor and designated to succeed his father. He did much to develop higher education and took a special interest in the administration of justice. John brought a large delegation to Italy, including Joseph II, the Patriarch of Constantinople; representatives of the Patriarchs of Alexandria and Jerusalem; large numbers of bishops, monks, and priests; and his younger brother Demetrios. Return to your post. On 1 June, Constantine returned to the city and, since the Archbishop had not returned, met with the city's leaders in the city's Cathedral of St. Andrew on 4 June and they accepted him as their new lord. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Greek: , translit. In 313 C.E., Roman emperor Constantine the Great ended all persecution and declared toleration for Christianity. From Selymbria, Sphrantzes and Constantine were able to keep a watchful eye on Demetrios' activities. The danger he posed to the city was so great that Constantine was summoned from the Morea by John to oversee the city's defenses. The present sultan is not of the same mind. Died at Ankyrona near Nicomedia, 22 May AD 337. Sole western ruler after the defeat of, Teacher of Latin grammar and rhetoric, secretary of Valentinian II. [40], Theodore, once Despot of the Morea, died in June 1448 and on 31 October that same year, John VIII Palaiologos died in Constantinople. [45], Constantine was well prepared for his accession to the throne after serving as regent twice and ruling numerous fiefs throughout the crumbling empire. By the end of the third century, Rome's importance was mainly ideological, with several emperors and usurpers even beginning to place their court in other cities in the empire, closer to the imperial frontier. 17761789: Media type: Print: LC Class: DG311: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon.It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. Soon after his victory in AD 324 he outlawed pagan sacrifices, now feeling far more at liberty to enforce his new religious policy. She was highly respected among the Byzantines and was mourned deeply. This in turn increased the security of Byzantine Anatolia. A strange decision as it elevated him, the first Christian emperor, to the status of an old pagan deity. Also Constantines nephews Flavius Dalmatius (who may have been raised to Caesar by Constantine in AD 335 !) Roe was denied permission and observed that the Turks had some sort of superstitious dread of the gate, recording that the statues placed on it by the Turks were enchanted and that if they were destroyed or taken down, a "great alteration" would occur to the city. Maps 17761789: Media type: Print: LC Class: DG311: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon.It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. Il reimpiego nell'et costantiniana a Roma, in Bonamente, Giorgio 1992 Pt. The treasures of pagan temples were confiscated and used to pay for the construction of new Christian churches. [89], The sea walls were weaker than Constantinople's land walls, and Mehmed was determined to get his fleet into the Golden Horn; he needed some way to circumvent Constantine's chain. Sagundino stated that although Giustiniani implored the emperor to escape as he was carried away after falling on the battlefield, Constantine refused and preferred to die with his empire. [38] There were no constitutional or legal distinctions that differentiated legitimate emperors and usurpers. Constantine was born in Constantinople, the son and successor of Emperor Leo III and his wife Maria.In the Easter of 720, at two years of age, he was associated with his father on the throne, and crowned co-emperor by Patriarch Germanus I. As emperor, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which declared Roman citizens free to worship whatever gods they chose. Then he decided on the ancient Greek city of Byzantium. Ruled in her own right from Michael V's deposition until her marriage to, Daughter of Constantine VIII and sister of Zo, proclaimed co-empress during the revolt that deposed Michael V, Husband of Zo, made emperor the day after their marriage, Claimed the throne again after Constantine IX's death as the last living member of the Macedonian dynasty, Proclaimed emperor by Theodora on her deathbed, Designated as emperor by Isaac I Komnenos during his abdication, Widow of Constantine X; ruler in her own right on behalf of their sons until her marriage to Romanos IV. [9] Aside from stylized and smudged depictions on seals and coins, no contemporary depictions of Constantine survive. Iagaris was successful, and the agreed-upon truce also included Constantine's brothers in the Morea to secure the province from further Ottoman attacks. [13] Because of this unpopular concession, Patriarch Nicholas was driven out of the regency by Constantine's mother Zoe. In this he made use of the 'circus factions', which controlled the competing teams of charioteers and their supporters, had widespread social influence, and could mobilise large numbers of the citizenry. [26] An iconodule abbot, Stephen Neos, was beaten to death by a mob at the behest of the authorities. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. The brothers agreed that Constantine was to return to Constantinople, while Theodore and Thomas would remain in the Morea. Henceforth Constantine saw himself as an emperor of the Christian people. Three months later Constantine defeated Artabasdos' son Niketas and his Armeniac troops at Modrina and headed for Constantinople. [105] The final part of this agreement reached at Serdica was the creation of three new Caesars. But by making the recruitment of veterans sons compulsory, and enforcing it ruthlessly with harsh penalties, widespread fear and hatred was caused. but to be the viceroy of one Roman emperor in Constantinople. Schism, in Constantines view, was inspired by Satan. But in 953, the Hamdanid amir Sayf al-Dawla retook Germanicea and entered the imperial territory. For a short while the empire should enjoy peace. The intended match was the daughter of Alfonso's nephew, Beatrice of Coimbra, but the alliance failed. Constantine married Tzitzak, daughter of the Khazars's khagan Bihar, an important Byzantine ally. Constantine proved an officer of much promise when serving under Diocletians Caesar Galerius against the Persians. To clear the site of the new castle, some local churches were demolished, which angered the local Greek populace. [97] Unbeknownst to anyone, after six hours of fighting, just before sunrise,[97] Giustiniani was mortally wounded. Later that century, Christianity became the official state religion of the Empire. Philippides sees no evidence that Constantine was a great statesman or a great soldier. The Hungarian warrior John Hunyadi was invited to help and was promised Selymbria or Mesembria if he came with aid. Typical of this demonisation are the descriptions of Constantine in the writings of Theophanes the Confessor: "a monster athirst for blood", "a ferocious beast", "unclean and bloodstained magician taking pleasure in evoking demons", "a precursor of Antichrist". He was one of the four original members of the Tetrarchy established by Diocletian, first serving as caesar from 293 to 305 and then ruling as augustus until his death. [48][49][50][51], With Constantine militarily occupied elsewhere, and the continuance of imperial influence in the West being given a low priority, the Lombard king Aistulf captured Ravenna in 755, ending over two centuries of Byzantine rule in central Italy. Their treaty at Serdica had hence proposed that appointments should be made by mutual agreement. [13], John was impressed by his brother's actions during the 1422 Ottoman siege,[3] and trusted him more than his other brothers. There were no known surviving eyewitnesses to the death of the emperor and none of his entourage survived to offer any credible account of his death. [50], On 23 March 1450, Helena Draga died. Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Draga Palaeologus (Greek: , Knstantnos Dragss Palaiolgos; 8 February 1405 29 May 1453) was the last Roman emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Flavia Julia Helena Augusta (also known as Saint Helena and Helena of Constantinople, / h l n /; Greek: , Heln; c. AD 246/248 c. 330) was an Augusta and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the Greek city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia Minor, which was renamed If you think you can start something, then do so. The Edict of Thessalonica (also known as Cunctos populos), issued on 27 February AD 380 by three reigning Roman emperors, made the catholicism of Nicene Christians in the Great Church the state church of the Roman Empire. Flavius Valerius Constantius "Chlorus" (c. 250 25 July 306), also called Constantius I, was Roman emperor from 305 to 306. [7] The chief magistrates of the republic were two consuls elected each year; consuls continued to be elected in the imperial period, but their authority was subservient to that of the emperor, who also controlled and determined their election. Unfortunately for Malatesta, the Catalans had little interest in helping him recover Patras, and they attacked and seized Glarentza instead, which Constantine had to buy back from them for 6,000 Venetian ducats, and began plundering the Moreot coastline. The Genoese on the island Chios were also sent a plea, being promised payment in return for military assistance. The Collapse Seeing this as a divine sign, it is said that Constantine had his soldiers paint the symbol on their shields. [104] According to Critobulus, the last words of Constantine before he charged at the Ottomans were "the city is fallen and I am still alive". [29] Norwich describes Constantine: He was, we are told, a passionate collectornot only of books and manuscripts but works of art of every kind; more remarkable still for a man of his class, he seems to have been an excellent painter. Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Draga Palaeologus (Greek: , Knstantnos Dragss Palaiolgos; 8 February 1405 29 May 1453) was the last Roman emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. The titles of only about half the remaining forty-seven sections are known.[28]. Constantines chief concern was that a divided church would offend the Christian God and so bring divine vengeance upon the Roman Empire and Constantine himself. Flavia Julia Helena Augusta (also known as Saint Helena and Helena of Constantinople, / h l n /; Greek: , Heln; c. AD 246/248 c. 330) was an Augusta and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the Greek city of Drepanon, Bithynia, in Asia Minor, which was renamed Particularly the worship of the sun god was still closely related with him for some time to come. Constantine received little practical response to his pleas.[71]. Romulus Augustus (c. 465 after 511), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. [30], By his wife Helena Lekapene, the daughter of Emperor RomanosI, ConstantineVII had several children:[31]. Iconoclasm was later definitively classed as heretical. To annoy the Venetians, Constantine attempted to seal a deal with the Republic of Ragusa in 1451, offering them a place to trade in Constantinople with limited tax concessions, though the Ragusans could offer little military aid to the empire. [5], Manuel ruled a disintegrating and dwindling Eastern Roman Empire. As an able military leader, Constantine took advantage of civil war in the Muslim world to make limited offensives on the Arab frontier. 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A fact which can be seen on the carvings of his triumphal Arch in Rome and on coins minted during his reign. The concept of a 'purple birth' predated the construction of the chamber, but it gained a literal aspect from the chamber's existence. Theodore did not share control over Mystras with Constantine or Thomas; instead, Theodore granted Constantine lands throughout the Morea, including the northern harbor town of Aigio, fortresses and towns in Laconia (in the south), and Kalamata and Messenia in the west. A statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, 274-337, situated outside York Minster, England. In 14271428, Constantine and John fended off an attack on the Morea (the Peloponnese) by Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus, and in 1428 Constantine was proclaimed Despot of the Morea and ruled the province together with his older brother Theodore and his younger brother Thomas. Shortly after being appointed as despots, Constantine and Thomas, together with Theodore, joined forces in an attempt to seize the flourishing and strategically-important port of Patras in the northwest of the Morea, which was ruled by its Catholic Archbishop, Pandolfo Malatesta (Theodore's brother-in-law). The text is dedicated to the young Prince Constantine, of the same name as the old emperor and the heir to the Greek throne, and its preface states that "Constantinople may soon again change masters", alluding to the possibility that Greece might conquer the ancient city. [63] Throughout his brief reign, Constantine and his advisors had been unable to form an effective foreign policy towards the Ottoman Empire. From an early age, he was admired by George Sphrantzes (later a famed Byzantine historian), who would later enter his service, and later encomiasts often wrote that Constantine had always been courageous, adventurous, and skilled in martial arts, horsemanship, and hunting. [18] With the help of his wife, ConstantineVII succeeded in removing his brothers-in-law, and on 27 January 945, Constantine VII became sole emperor at the age of 39, after a life spent in the shadow. Constantine I's conquest of Thessaloniki from the Turks in 1912 and his leadership in the Balkan Wars 19121913 seemed to be evidence that the prophecy was about to be realized; Constantinople and the Red Apple Tree were believed to be Constantine's next goals. Constantine was granted a strip of land to the north of Constantinople that extended from the town of Mesembria in the north to Derkos in the south. In Byzantine political theory more than one emperor could share the throne; however, although all were accorded the same ceremonial Emperors who began their careers as usurpers had often been deemed public enemies by the senate before they managed to take the city. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor Alexander. Constantine I was a Roman emperor who ruled early in the 4th century. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a 475 Romulus Augustus last western emperor. (2012) "Opposition to Iconoclasm as Grounds for Civil War", in, This page was last edited on 30 November 2022, at 20:27. KnstantinosPorphyrogenntos; 17 May 905 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. Constantine was not left without supporting courtiers in Constantinople: Constantine's and John's cousin Demetrios Palaiologos Kantakouzenos and the experienced statesman Loukas Notaras were left in the city. [100], Constantine died the day Constantinople fell. Constantine I, byname Constantine the Great, Latin in full Flavius Valerius Constantinus, (born February 27, after 280 ce?, Naissus, Moesia [now Ni, Serbia]died May 22, 337, Ancyrona, near Nicomedia, Bithynia [now zmit, Turkey]), first Roman emperor to profess Christianity. From 629 onwards, Heraclius issued administrative documents in Greek. [71] Manuel Palaiologos Iagros, one of the envoys who had invested Constantine as emperor in 1449, was put in charge of the restoration of the formidable walls, a project which was completed late in 1452. Constantine mainly continued the policy of his predecessors, doing what he could to brace Constantinople for attack, but also alternated between supplicating and confronting the Ottomans. [64] In response, Constantine set out on a new campaign against the Bulgarians, during which he developed carbuncles on his legs. Made emperor in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by powerful generals vying for power amid civil wars and the invasions of Late Antiquity's Migration Period, including the campaigns of Attila the Hun. Another account places the year at about AD 272 or 273. (2017) "The Orient Express: Abbot John's Rapid trip from Constantinople to Ravenna c. AD 700", in, Treadgold, W.T. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. Constantius was also father of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of This began the Frankish involvement in Italy that eventually established Pepin's son Charlemagne as Roman Emperor in the West, and also instigated papal temporal rule in Italy with the creation of the Papal States. Had Constantine defeated all contenders to the Roman throne, the need to defend the borders against the northern barbarians still remained. The chain was only lifted temporarily a few days after the siege began to allow the passage of three Genoese ships sent by the papacy and a large ship with food sent by Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples. Emperor in the west, Son of Arcadius; co-emperor since 10 January 402. He organised the resettlement of part of the local Christian population to imperial territory in Thrace, strengthening the empire's control of this region. By this time, the Morea was the cultural center of the Byzantine world and provided a more hopeful atmosphere than Constantinople. The reasons for this voyage have never been clarified; but she was baptised a Christian with the name Helena, and sought Christian missionaries to encourage her people to adopt Christianity. Successively dominated by regents and co-emperors until 27 January 945, when he deposed Romanos I's sons, Overthrew Constantine VII's regency, married him to his daughter, Son of Constantine VII and grandson of Romanos I; co-emperor since 6 April 945, General; proclaimed emperor on 2 July 963 against the unpopular, Nephew of Nikephoros II, took his place as senior co-emperor, Son of Romanos II; co-emperor since 22 April 960. As a law maker Constantine was terribly severe. but to be the viceroy of one Roman emperor in Constantinople. However, the Byzantine Empire enjoyed a period of increasing internal prosperity during Constantine's reign. At one point, Constantine's horse was shot and killed under him and the despot nearly died, being saved by Sphrantzes at the cost of Sphrantzes being captured by the defenders of Patras (though he would be released, albeit in a state of near-death, on 23 April). Early numismatic (coin-related) works typically assigned Constantine Palaiologos higher numerals since there were numerous coins minted by junior co-emperors of the name Constantine as well. [65] Mehmed believed that the conquest of Constantinople was essential to the survival of the Ottoman state: by taking the city, he would prevent any potential crusade from using it as a base and prevent it falling into the hands of a rival more dangerous than the Byzantines. Since monasteries tended to be strongholds of iconophile sentiment and contributed little or nothing towards the secular needs of the state, Constantine specifically targeted these communities. Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus (326354) was a statesman and ruler in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as Caesar under emperor Constantius II (r. 33761), his cousin.A grandson of emperor Constantius Chlorus (r. 293306) and empress Flavia Maximiana Theodora, and a son of Julius Constantius and Galla, he belonged to the Following his inevitable victories, Constantine prays at Kayseri, marches on Palestine and returns triumphant to Constantinople before entering Jerusalem. Are you alive, or did you die by your own sword? He decided on Caterina Gattilusio, daughter of Dorino I Gattilusio, the Genoese lord of the island Lesbos. The scene is clearly imaginary, as Constantine was only 8 years old at the time. Constantine swiftly captured Athens and Thebes, which forced Duke Nerio II Acciaioli to pay the tribute to him instead of the Ottomans. If you want to proclaim Orhan as Sultan in Thrace, go ahead. [55], Shortly after Murad II's death, Constantine was quick to send envoys to the new Sultan Mehmed II in an attempt to arrange a new truce. If you want to recover the places which you lost long since, try it. At the Conference of Carnuntum in AD 308, where all the Caesars and Augusti met, it was demanded that Constantine give up his title of Augustus and return to being a Caesar. ": 120 Born in 273 during the Crisis of the Third Century (AD 235284), Constantine the Great was thirty at the time of the Great Persecution.He saw his father become Augustus of the West and then shortly die. Constantine prayed and asked for forgiveness and remission of his sins from all the bishops there before he received communion at the church's altar. Turahan was sent south to take Mystras and devastate Constantine's lands while Murad II led his forces in the north of the Peloponnese. [70][71][72], All surviving contemporary and later Byzantine histories covering the reign of Constantine were written by iconodules. This makes any claims of absolute certainty regarding Constantine's policies and the extent of his repression of iconodules unreliable. From the rise of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in 27 BC to the sack of Rome in AD 455, there were over a hundred In The Manuscript Tradition of Polybius, John Michael Moore (CUP, 1965) provides a useful summary of the commission by Porphyrogenitus of the Constantine Excerpts: He felt that the historical studies were being seriously neglected, mainly because of the bulk of the histories. [12], Patriarch Nicholas was presently forced to make peace with Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria, whom he reluctantly recognized as Bulgarian emperor. As time went on Constantine should become ever more involved with the Christian church. The presence of Germans continued to increase during his reign. When Sphrantzes reached Demetrios to forward Constantine's offer, Demetrios was already preparing to march on Constantinople. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Greek: , translit. Though Constantine was unable to destroy the Bulgar state, or impose a lasting peace, he restored imperial prestige in the Balkans. Constantine hoped that the Pope would read the letter and understand Constantine's difficulties with making the Union of the Churches a reality in the east. He was the first Christian emperor and saw the empire begin to become a Christian state. He not only initiated the evolution of the empire into a Christian state but also [46], In 746, profiting by the unstable conditions in the Umayyad Caliphate, which was falling apart under Marwan II, Constantine invaded Syria and captured Germanikeia (modern Marash, his father's birthplace), and he recaptured the island of Cyprus. Constantine retired to Bithynia to avoid the disease and, after it had run its course, resettled people from mainland Greece and the Aegean islands in Constantinople to replace those who had perished. [130], There is particular confusion in the correct number of Constantines since there are two different Roman emperors commonly numbered as Constantine III: the Western usurper Constantine III (r.407411) of the early 5th century and the briefly reigning Byzantine Constantine III (r.641) of the 7th century. Then in AD 313 Licinius defeated Maximinus II Daia. 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