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CONSTANTINE VIII

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 992 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONSTANTINE VIII . This See also:title is given by See also:Gibbon to the son of See also:Romanus I. Lecapenus, one of the colleagues of Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus, but it is now generally bestowed upon Constantine, the See also:brother and colleague of See also:Basil II. from 976–1025, See also:sole ruler 1025–1028. An See also:absolute contrast to his brother, he gave himself up to a See also:life of See also:pleasure and allowed the See also:administration to fall into the hands of six eunuchs.

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