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See also:ROMANUS I
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(Lecapenus), who shared the imperial See also:throne with See also:Constantine VII
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(q.v.) and exercised all the real See also:power from 919 to 944, was See also:admiral of the See also:Byzantine See also:fleet on the See also:Danube when, See also:hearing of the defeat of the See also:army at See also:Achelous (917), he resolved to See also:sail for See also:Constantinople
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After the See also:marriage of his daughter See also:Helena to Constantine he was first proclaimed " basileopater " in 919 and soon after crowned colleague of his son-in-See also:law
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His reign, which was uneventful, except for an See also:attempt to check the See also:accumulation of landed See also:property, was terminated by his own sons, See also:Stephen and Constantine, who in 944 carried him off to the See also:island of Prote and compelled him to become a See also: |
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