365 Constantinople Days

365 days of the year on the east Roman Empire at #Constantinople (#Con) & east Roman Empire at #Trebizond (#Treb).
I call the Roman Empire, 'the Roman Empire'

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#Rom365 June 27, 1350, birth of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in #Constantinople, son of John V, married Helena Dragaš, father of emp. John VIII, emp. Constantine XI, the despots Theodore, Andronikos, Demetrios, Thomas, and other children, including Constantine (died as a child).

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@ABC Built by Lord Buckingham, who supported the legitimate King James II, not the protestant invader 'william iii', so if he could see into the future with same principle, would not support 'charles iii'.

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#Rom365 June 26,
363, pagan emp. Julian died
363, Emperor #Jovianus restored Christianity.
1243, battle of 'kosedag', Sinope. #Trebizond Empire helped the Seljuks against the Mongols, many Seljuks deserted the battlefied, the Mongols won, Seljuks & Trebizond became their vassals.

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@JeremyVineOn5 Are people in your country blind?
"Churches should not fly a Christian flag"!!!

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@Stsantek But Starmer might be the most mocked and insulted politician in British history?

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#Rom365 June 25, 1385, death of Andronikos IV Palaiologos (28th, some sources), son of John V, father of John VII, brother of Manuel II. Made co-emp. as a child, grew up to be at war with John V, gave away Kallipolis ('gallipoli') to the Turks to get support to take the throne.

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#Rom365, June 24, 1254, #Trebizond emperor Manuel I Megas Komnenos recaptured #Sinope from Turk occupation, the main event of his reign. Succeeded by one of his sons, Andronikos II, whose main event was losing Sinope to the Turks again, permanently, up to present day.

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#Rom365, June 23, 1203, the Fourth Crusade reached #Constantinople. Around 10 months later (after Alexios IV's continued refusal to pay them their expected money & military aid, then his overthrow & murder, knowing they'd never receive it) they would conquer the city.

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#Rom365 June 22, 813, Battle of Versinikia, Thrace. The Romans led by Michael I Rangabe vs the Bulgarians led by Khan Krum. The Romans were defeated, Michael was forced to abdicate to Leo V. The Bulgarians then camped outside #Constantinople ready to take the city, but Krum died.

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#Rom365, June 21, 533, Belisarius' Roman war fleet set sail from #Constantinople to Africa to conquer the Vandals. 500 transports, 92 war vessels with 20,000 men, 10,000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, 1500 of Belisarius' bucellarii (personal army), wife Antonina & secretary Procopius.

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#Rom365, June 20, Feast Day of Kallistos I, Patriarch of #Constantinople. In office during the reigns of emperors John VI Kantakuzenos and John V Palaiologos. Died in 1363 while travelling with an embassy of John V.

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#Rom365, June 19, 325, the original Christian Nikaean/Nicene Creed was adopted on this day in history at the First Council of Nikaea.

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#Rom365, June 18,
741, Leo III died, he'd seized the throne from Theodosius III, was succeeded by son Constantine V.
1332, John V Palaiologos born, son of Andronikos III, among his children, Andronikos IV, Manuel II, among his grandchildren, John VIII, Constantine XI.

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#Rom365, June 17, 653, Heraclius Constantine II (Constans II) had Pope Martin I arrested, he had been consecrated without imperial permission in the days when #Constantinople controlled office of Pope, also he'd held a Lateran Council that condemned Monothelites and Constantine.

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#Rom365, June 16, 363, after his turning down of a submissive Persian peace treaty, but then failing to take the city of Ctesiphon, the Roman army under emperor Julian began its retreat. During this retreat, ten days later, Julian would be hit by a spear and die.

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#Rom365, June 15, deaths,
948, Romanos I Lekapenos.
991, Theophano, niece of John I, wife of Otto.
1341, Andronikos III Palaiologos.
1383, John VI Kantakouzenos.
1383, Matthew Kantakouzenos (just a few sources [?]) Andronikos was best friend of John VI, Matthew was John's son.

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#Rom365, June 14, 847, death of Saint Methodios I, Patriarch of #Constantinople. As an iconodule he survived iconoclast reigns of Leo V, Michael II and Theophilos. After Empress Theodora (regent for Michael III) restored icons he worked on re-uniting iconoclasts & iconodules.

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#Rom365, June 13, 313, after a previous meeting in Milan of emperors Constantine and Licinius a proclamation of tolerance to Christians, in the form of a letter addressed to the governor of Bithynia, was published at Nicomedia on this day and known as The Edict of Milan.

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@ZackPolanski Gut wrenching the sentences were so soft.

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#Rom365, June 12,
1042, Constantine IX Monomachos became Emperor, the day after marrying Empress Zoe (of the joint empress rulers Zoe & Theodora) who had chosen him.
1842, death of Anthimos V, Patriarch of #Constantinople.