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6 days ago · Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The dwindling Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople’s ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days.
May 1, 2024 · When Leo IV died, Irene took over as regent for their son Constantine VI who was only nine years old. Irene oppsed the army and clergy, which favored iconoclasm (opposed statues) and favored the monks instead and gave them high offices.
- Dean Riley
- 2009
In 797, Constantine VI was deposed by his mother, Irene, who had him blinded, and he eventually died of his wounds. So the problem, as far as Charlemagne and the Pope Leo III in Rome were concerned, was that the eastern Empire was now ruled by a woman.
May 20, 2024 · The Synod of 787, the second to meet at Nicea, refuted the Iconoclast heresy during the reign of Empress Irene and her son Constantine VI. The Council decreed that the veneration of icons was not idolatry (Exodus 20:4-5), because the honor shown to them is not directed to the wood or paint, but passes to the prototype (the person depicted).
May 18, 2024 · Constantine I, first Roman emperor to profess Christianity. Militarily, he triumphed over foreign and domestic threats. He not only initiated the evolution of the empire into a Christian state but also provided the impulse for a distinctively Christian culture which grew into Byzantine and Western medieval culture.
- How did the Roman Empire change under Constantine I the Great?Constantine reigned during the 4th century CE and is known for attempting to Christianize the Roman Empire. He made the persecution of Christians i...
- What was Constantine’s relationship with Christianity?Some have argued that Constantine’s conversion to Christianity was politically motivated. At least openly, Constantine ascribed much of his politic...
- What wars did Constantine fight?In 305 Constantine assisted his father, the newly appointed Western emperor, with a campaign in Britain. Their army proclaimed Constantine emperor...
- What did Constantine build?Constantine funded church-building projects throughout his reign as a way to encourage Christianity’s growth. Churches were erected at, among other...
- What was Constantine’s family life like?Constantine’s father, Constantius I, was appointed to the position of augustus (emperor) by the time Constantine reached young adulthood. Constanti...
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5 days ago · The Balkan road was obstructed by an unfriendly Avar and Bulgarian presence since the time of Charlemagne. 29 The Via Aegnatia traversing the Balkans had become impassable since Constantine VI’s defeat against the Bulgarians at Markellai in 791, 30 and it only was sufficiently secure on a more permanent basis from the eleventh century onward ...
3 days ago · Constantine XI Palaeologus was the last Byzantine emperor (1449–53), killed in the final defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman Turks. He is sometimes referred to as Constantine XII, based on the erroneous idea that Constantine Lascaris was crowned in 1204. Constantine was the fourth son of.
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