Constans II (Greek: Κώνστας Β', Kōnstas II ), also called "Constantine the Bearded" (Kōnstantinos Pogonatos), (November 7, 630-September 15, 668) was Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. He also was the last emperor to become consul in 642 , becoming the last Roman consul in history. Constans is a diminutive nickname given to the emperor, who had been baptized Herakleios and reigned officially as Constantine. The nickname established itself in Byzantine texts, and has become standard in modern historiography. (more)
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Genres: politics, emperor, physics, science, religious
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Roman consul:
Consul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Empire. During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the hea
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Constantine IV:
Constantine IV (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δ', Kōnstantinos IV ), (652-685); sometimes incorrectly called Pogonatos, "the Bearded", by confusion with his father; was Byzantine emperor from 668 to 685. He had been named a co-emperor with his father Constans
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Constantine III (emperor):
Constantine III (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ', Kōnstantinos III ), (May 3, 612 - April 20 or May 24/26, 641) was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudocia, and ruled as Emperor for four months in 641. Constantine III was
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Ebroin:
Ebroin (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681. In a violent and despotic career, he strove to impose the authorit
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Pope Martin I:
Pope Saint Martin I, born near Todi, Umbria in the place now named after him Pian S. Martino, was pope from 649 to 655, succeeding Theodore I in June or July 649. He had previously acted as papal apocrisiarius or legate at Constantinople, and was hel
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Grimoald I of Benevento:
Grimoald I (c. 610 - 671) was duke of Benevento (651-662) and king of the Lombards (662-672). Born probably before 610 to Duke Gisulf II of Friuli and the Bavarian princess Ramhilde, daughter of Duke Garibald I of Bavaria, he succeeded his brother Ra
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Calore Irpino:
The Calore Irpino or Calore Beneventano is a river in southwestern Italy. It rises from the Monte Cervialto (1,809 m) in the Monti Picentini sub-range of the Apennine Mountains. The river flows first in the province of Avellino, and then in that of B
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Heraklonas:
Heraklonas or Heraclonas (Greek: Ηρακλωνάς, Hēraklōnas), (626- 641), Byzantine emperor (February-September 641), was the son of Herakleios and his niece Martina. He was baptized and officially reigned as Constantine Herakleios, but the diminutive nic
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Mezezius:
Mezezius also known as Mecetius, Byzantine usurper in Sicily from 668 to 669. a noble Armenian from the Gnuni clan at the court of the emperor in Syracuse, who may have been complicit in the murder of Constans II at the baths of Daphne in 668, accord
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