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Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), [a] was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman ...
The Nikephorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire began following the deposition of the Empress Irene of Athens. The throne of the Byzantine Empire passed to a relatively short-lived dynasty, the Nikephorian dynasty, named after its founder, Nikephoros I. The empire was in a weaker and more precarious position than it had been for a long time and ...
Staurakios (Greek: Σταυράκιος, sometimes Latinized Stauracius; died 3 June 800) was a Byzantine Greek eunuch official, who rose to be one of the most important and influential associates of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens (r.
Constantine Sarantapechos, Irene's relative –usually suggested brother-in-law or uncle– was a patrician and maybe a strategos (military commander) of the Byzantine theme of Hellas. Constantine's son and therefore Irene's nephew or cousin, Theophylact ( Θεοφύλακτος ), was a spatharios and is mentioned as having been involved in ...
Aetios or Aetius (Ancient Greek: Ἀέτιος) was a Byzantine eunuch official and one of the most trusted advisers of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens (r. 797–802). After Irene's rise to sole rule, Aetios developed an intense rivalry with her eunuch chief minister Staurakios. After Staurakios's death, Aetios became the leading man in the ...
As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...
Leo's premature death in 780 left Constantine as sole emperor at the age of nine, with Irene serving as his regent. Gold solidus showing Irene alongside her son Constantine VI. In 782 he was betrothed to Rotrude, a daughter of the Frankish King Charlemagne by his third wife Hildegard. Irene herself broke off the engagement in 788.
South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state’s first execution in 13 years. Owens, 46, was sentenced to death in 1999 for killing a ...