Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus

Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus (Graece: Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος) fuit Imperator Romanus Orientalis ab anno 913 usque ad 959 in quo anno mortuus est.

Constantinus anno 905 in cubiculo purpureo palatii Constantinopolitani natus est, filius Zoae Carbonopsinae imperatorisque Leonis VI. Inter annos 913-944 fuit una cum Romano I Lecapeno imperator, ab anno 944 solus. Bella contra Arabes et Hungaros gessit, qui imperium eo tempore aggrederentur. In matrimonium duxit Helenam, Romani filiam, et ex ea genuit:

Leo
Romanus II, imperator futurus
Zoë, monacha
Theodora, quam in matrimonium duxit Ioannes Tzimisces
Agatha, monacha
Theophano, monacha
Anna, monacha

Imperator Constantinus VII, studiosissimus litterarum scientiarumque veterum Graecorum, scripsit cum amanuensibu nonnulla opera nova de imperio Byzantino necnon collectanea librorum antiquorum. In his libris multa scripta classica servata sunt quae aliter deperdita essent, e quibus fragmenta Polybii, Diodori Siculi, Flavii Iosephi, Dionis Cassii, Prisci, Menandri Protectoris, Cassiani Bassi. Constantinus die 9 Novembris 959 mortuus est.

Opera Constantini VII et scriptorii sui

Originalia

De administrando imperio
De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae
De thematibus
Narratio de imagine Edessena
Oratio de translatione Chrysostomi
Oratio ad milites
Tres tractatus de expeditionibus militaribus^[1]

Excerpta scriptorum antiquorum

Geoponica
Excerpta de natura animalium^[2]
Excerpta de legationibus
Excerpta de virtutibus et vitiis
Excerpta de insidiis
Excerpta de sententiis
De strategematibus
De contionibus militaribus

Bibliographia

Fontes de vita et principatu

Bibliographica

Luci Berkowitz, Karl A. Squitier, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: Canon of Greek Authors and Works. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-19-506037-7

Editiones operum variorum

Iohannes F. Haldon, ed. et interpr., Constantini Porphyrogeniti Tres tractatus de expeditionibus militaribus. Vindobonae: apud Academiam Scientiarum Austriacam, 1990 Textus (Graece, Anglice)
Spyridon P. Lambros, ed., Excerptorum Constantini de natura animalium libri duo; Aristophanis historiae animalium epitome. Berolini: Reimer, 1885 (Supplementum Aristotelicum vol. 1 pars i) Textus apud archive.org

Eruditio

Arnold Toynbee, Constantine Porphyrogenitus and His World. Oxonii: Oxford University Press, 1973. ISBN 0-19-215253-X
Catherine Holmes, "Byzantine Political Culture and Compilation Literature in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries: Some Preliminary Inquiries" in Dumbarton Oaks Papers vol. 64 (2010) pp. 55-80 JSTOR^{[nexus deficit]}

Aliae encyclopaediae

"Constantinus VII Flavius Porphyrogenitus" in Gulielmus Smith (1844–1849). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [📖]. Londinii: Taylor & Walton
"Emperor Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos, 905-959" in M. Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World (2011-)

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Constantinum Porphyrogenitum spectant.

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"Konstantinos" e Medieval Lands (situs a Carolo Cawley elaboratus apud FMG)

Imperatores Constantinopolitani


379–395 Theodosius I • 395–408 Arcadius • 408–450 Theodosius II • 450–457 Marcianus • 457–474 Leo I • 474 Leo II • 474–491 Zeno • 475-476 Flavius Basiliscus • 491–518 Anastasius I • 518–527 Iustinus I • 527–565 Iustinianus I • 565–578 Iustinus II • 578–582 Flavius Tiberius Constantinus • 582–602 Mauricius • 602–610 Phocas • 610–641 Heraclius • 641 Constantinus III • 641 Heraclius II Heraclonas • 641–668 Constans II • 668–685 Constantinus IV • 685–695 Iustinianus II • 695–698 Leontius • 698–705 Tiberius III • 705–711 Iustinianus II • 711–713 Philippicus • 713–715 Anastasius II • 715–717 Theodosius III • 717–741 Leo III Isaurianus • 741–775 Constantinus V • 775–780 Leo IV • 780–797 Constantinus VI • 797–802 Irene • 802–811 Nicephorus I • 811 Stauracius • 811–813 Michael I Rhangabus • 813–820 Leo V Armenius • 820–829 Michael II • 829–842 Theophilus • 842–867 Michael III • 866–886 Basilius I Macedonius • 886–912 Leo VI Sapiens • 912–913 Alexander • 913–959 Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus • 919–944 Romanus I Lacapenus • 959–963 Romanus II • 963–969 Nicephorus II Phocas • 969–976 Ioannes I Tzimisces • 976–1025 Basilius II Bulgaroctonus • 1025-28 Constantinus VIII • 1028-34 Romanus III Argyrus • 1034-41 Michael IV Paphlagon • 1041-42 Michael V • 1042 Zoë • 1042 Theodora • 1042-55 Constantinus IX Monomachus • 1055-56 Theodora • 1056–57 Michael VI Stratioticus • 1057–59 Isaacius I Comnenus • 1059–67 Constantinus X Ducas • 1067–78 Michael VII Ducas • 1068–71 Romanus IV Diogenes • 1078–81 Nicephorus III Botaniates • 1081–1118 Alexius I Comnenus • 1118–43 Ioannes II Comnenus • 1143–80 Manuel I Comnenus • 1180–83 Alexius II Comnenus • 1182–85 Andronicus I Comnenus • 1185–95 Isaacius II Angelus • 1195–1203 Alexius III Angelus • 1203–04 • Alexius IV Angelus • 1204 Alexius V Ducas • 1204–1222 Theodorus I Lascares • 1222–1254 Ioannes III Ducas Batatzes • 1254–1258 Theodorus II Ducas Lascares • 1258–1261 Ioannes IV Ducas Lascares • 1261–1282 Michael VIII Palaeologus • 1282–1328 Andronicus II Palaeologus • 1328–1341 Andronicus III Palaeologus • 1341–1347 Ioannes V Palaeologus • 1347–1354 Ioannes VI Cantacuzenus • 1355–1376 Ioannes V Palaeologus • 1376–1379 Andronicus IV Palaeologus • 1379–1391 Ioannes V Palaeologus • 1390 Ioannes VII Palaeologus • 1391–1425 Manuel II Palaeologus • 1425–1448 Ioannes VIII Palaeologus • 1448–1453 Constantinus XI Palaeologus Index Imperatorum Constantinopolitanorum • Imperium Romanum Orientale Capsae cognatae: Imperatores Romani • Imperatores Latini • Imperatores Trapezuntini

[1] Haldon (1990)

[2] Lambros (1885)

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