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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 title is given by Gibbon to the son of
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Romanus I . Lecapenus, one of the colleagues of
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Constantine VII . Porphyrogenitus, but it is now generally bestowed upon Constantine, the
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brother and colleague of Basil II. from 976–1025,
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sole ruler 1025–1028 . An absolute contrast to his brother, he gave himself up to a
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life of pleasure and allowed the administration to fall into the hands of six eunuchs .

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