Greetings all,
On this day we celebrate the Emperor Constantine VII becoming sole Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (at 8 years old!) on June 6th in 913 AD:
Constantine VII was made ruler under a nine man regency headed by
the Patriarch Nicholas Mysticos, which was appointed by Emperor
Alexander who died on this day also in 913 AD.
Emperor Alexander was considered a "lecherous, lazy and malignant
drunk" who was accused of idolatry, but his young successor Constantine
VI was a bright and scholarly young man. Although quiet, withdrawn and
overshadowed by regents most of his life he had some military successes
and is the author of "De Ceremoniis", an amazing and complete record of
Byzantine court ritual which still survives to this day.
There should be cake! :)
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
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