Constantine (stylized as Cons♰antine) is an American occult detective drama television series developed by Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer for NBC.Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, it stars Matt Ryan as the eponymous John Constantine, an English exorcist and occult detective who hunts supernatural entities.The series premiered on October 24, 2014, …

Basil II was born c. 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 …