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ROMANUS II

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ROMANUS II . succeeded his See also:father See also:Constantine VII. in 959 at the See also:age of twenty-one, and died—poisoned, it was believed, by his wife, See also:Theophano-in 963. He was a See also:pleasure-loving See also:sovereign, but showed See also:judgment in the selection of his ministers. The See also:great event of his reign was the See also:conquest of See also:Crete by Nicephorus See also:Phocas. RoMAxus III. (Argyrus), See also:emperor 1028-1034, was an undistinguished See also:Byzantine patrician, who was compelled by the dying emperor Constantine IX. to marry his daughter Zoe and to become his successor. He showed great eagerness to make his See also:mark as a ruler, but was mostly unfortunate in his enterprises. He spent large sums upon new buildings and in endowing the monks, and in his endeavour to relieve the pressure of See also:taxation disorganized the finances of the See also:state. In 1030 he resolved to retaliate upon the incursions. of the Moslems on the eastern frontier by leading a large See also:army in See also:person against See also:Aleppo, but by allowing himself to be surprised on the See also:march sustained a serious defeat at Azaz near See also:Antioch. Though this disaster was retrieved by the successful See also:defence of See also:Edessa by See also:George Maniakes and by the defeat of a Saracen See also:fleet in the Adriatic, Romanus never recovered his popularity. His See also:early See also:death was supposed to have been due to See also:poison administered by his wife. See J. B.

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Bury in the See also:English See also:Historical See also:Review (1889), pp. 53-57; G. Schlumberger, L'Epopee byzantine (See also:Paris, 1905), iii. pp. 56-158.

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