Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, translit. Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 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.He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor ...

The term became common by the 10th century, particularly in connection with Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959), and its use continued into the Palaiologan period. Constantine VII described the ceremonies which took place during the birth of a porphyrogénnētos boy in his work De Ceremoniis aulae byzantinae.

Basil II was born in 958. He was a porphyrogennetos ("born into the purple"), as were his father Romanos II and his grandfather Constantine VII; this was the appellation used for children who were born to a reigning emperor. Basil was the eldest son of Romanos and his Laconian Greek second wife Theophano, who was the daughter of a poor tavern-keeper named Krateros and …

Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (905–959), married Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos. Romanos II (938–963) married to Bertha, daughter of Hugh of Italy king of Italy childless by his marriage to Bertha of Italy; from his marriage to Theophano: Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer (957–1025)

Hungary, the name in English for the European country, is an exonym derived from the Medieval Latin Hungaria.The Latin name itself derives from the ethnonyms (H)ungarī, Ungrī, and Ugrī for the steppe people that conquered the land today known as Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries. Medieval authors denominated the Hungarians as Hungaria, but the Hungarians even …

Costantino VII Flavio, detto il Porfirogenito (in greco medievale: Κωνσταντῖνος Ζ΄ Φλάβιος Πορφυρογέννητος, Kōnstantinos VII Flāvios Porphyrogennētos; Costantinopoli, 18 maggio 905 – Costantinopoli, 9 novembre 959), è stato un sovrano, scrittore e studioso bizantino, formalmente Basileus dei Romei dal 9 giugno 911 sino al 12 maggio 912 e poi dal 6 ...

The Avar–Byzantine wars were a series of conflicts between the Byzantine Empire and the Avar Khaganate.The conflicts were initiated in 568, after the Avars arrived in Pannonia, and claimed all the former land of the Gepids and Lombards as their own. This led to an unsuccessful attempt to seize the city of Sirmium from Byzantium, which had previously retaken it from the Gepids.

Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Eastern Roman Empire beginning c. 672.Used to set fire to enemy ships, it consisted of a combustible compound emitted by a flame-throwing weapon. Some historians believe it could be ignited on contact with water, and was probably based on naphtha and quicklime.The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great …

Life. Romanos II was a son of the Emperor Constantine VII and Helena Lekapene, the daughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and his wife Theodora. The Theophanes Continuatus states that he was 21 years old at the time of his accession in 963, meaning that he was born in 938. Named after his maternal grandfather, Romanos was married, as a child, to Bertha, the …

According to Ahmad ibn Fadlan, the Oghuz were nomads, but also had cultivated crops, and the economy was based on a semi-pastoralist lifestyle.. Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos mentioned the Uzi and Mazari as neighbours of the Pechenegs.. By the time of the Orkhon inscriptions (8th century AD) "Oghuz" was being applied generically to all …