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 Constantine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Constantine however was that suspicious of this sudden change of heart by Galerius, that he took extensive precautions on his journey to Britain.
Crispus and Constantine II were both sons of Constantine, and Licinius the Younger was the infant son of the eastern emperor and his wife Constantia.
Constantine's reign was that of a hard, utterly determined and ruthless man. Nowhere did this show more than when in AD 326, on suspicion of adultery or treason, he had his own eldest son Crispus executed.
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 Armenia and Georgia, Culmen Europae
Armenia has thus traditionally been regarded as the first officially Christian country, though, with uncertainties in dating, Ethiopia may be able to challenge this.
The Kingdom of Armenia in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia is called "Lesser" Armenia in contrast to the "Greater Armenia" of the Armenian homeland to the northeast.
A daughter of Constantine I was married to Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, ushering in a long history of association and intermarriage between the Armenians and the Crusader states.
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 Constantine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Constantine II (or Kuestantinos II) of Ethiopia, also known as Eskander
The Constantines are an indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Constantine is a movie based on the comic book Hellblazer whose main character is called John Constantine.
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 Armenia  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Armenia (country), republic in western Asia, bordered by Georgia on the north, Azerbaijan on the east and the Azerbaijani exclave of Naxçývan (Nakhichevan’) on the southwest, Iran on the south, and Turkey on the west.
Armenia was the most ethnically homogeneous republic of the 15 republics that made up the USSR, and the country is still characterized by a high degree of ethnic homogeneity.
Armenia’s constitution was approved by referendum in July 1995, replacing the 1978 constitution of the Soviet period.
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 MSN Encarta - Armenia (region)
Armenia (region), historic region of western Asia, which in ancient times was an independent country comprising southern Caucasia and northeastern Asia Minor.
In the Republic of Armenia portion, the mineral and agricultural resources are intensively exploited, but the Turkish and Iranian sections of historic Armenia are poorly developed.
The major enemies of medieval Armenia were the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks, who overran the country in the 11th century.
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 Encyclopedia: Thoros I of Armenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Thoros I was the ruler of the Armenian Cilicia or Armenia Minor between 1102 and 1129.
Armenian Cilicia and Crusader States Cilicia The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor or Lesser Armenia) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Armenia
Armenia is the name given to a mountainous strip of land situated in the southwestern portion of Asia.
Armenia was divided into two large jurisdictions, that of Sis in Cilicia and that of Etchmiadsin in Greater Armenia, each with its own catholicos.
Lesser Armenia is a field cultivated chiefly by Jesuit missionaries, and, unlike the rest, their efforts are confined to the Armenians.
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 Rome's Christian Emperors to 410 CE
Constantine by now obviously favored Christianity, but as the emperor of the west he made an effort at neutrality in what Christians saw as their conflict with demonic paganism.
Constantine held that those bishops who refused to sign the settlement at Nicaea were to be exiled, and to those Christian sects that the Church considered heretical he sent a letter proclaiming that their places of meeting would be confiscated.
Constantine II inherited rule in Spain, Britannia and Gaul, and being the eldest son he claimed authority over his brothers, who were unwilling to submit, and in the year 340 he invaded Italy.
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 Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Constantine The Great   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
By now Constantine decided to eliminate the tetrarchy and establish one emperor basing his right to the throne on the claim that he was a descendant of emperor Claudius II Gothicus.
Constantine took Susa and Turin where he prohibited his soldiers from ransacking since he wanted the citizens to know he was a liberator, not a conqueror.
The western provinces were given to Constantine II; Italy and North Africa to Constans; the east to Constantius II; Thrace, Macedonia, Achea and Constantinople to his step-nephew Delamtius; and the easternmost provinces to Delmatius brother Hannibalianus.
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 Tiberius II Constantine
As a close friend to Justin II, he was appointed as Count of the Excubitors and his support was instrumental in allowing Justin II to seize the throne upon Justinian's death.
In December of 574, Sophia was able to influence Justin II to appoint Tiberius as Caesar and he was renamed Tiberius Constantine[[3]].
Justin II's widow, Sophia, soon began to pressure Tiberius to divorce his wife Ino (Anastasia) and marry her.
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 Encyclopedia: Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After several decades of captivity and the Persian conquest of Babylonia, Cyrus II of Persia allowed the Jews to return to Judah and rebuild the city's walls and the Temple.
It continued to be the capital of Judah and center of Jewish worship, as a province under the Persians, Greek and Romans, with a relatively short period of independence under the Hasmonean Kingdom.
The Byzantine Emperor Constantine, however, rebuilt Jerusalem as a Christian center of worship, building the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in 335.
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 Tiberius II Constantine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a friend of Justin II, under whom he was appointed Count of the Excubitors.
He took control of the empire when Justin II went insane in 574, and, in order to increase his popularity, he immediately began spending money that Justin had reserved in his treasury.
While Justin was still alive, Tiberius' general Maurice fought and defeated the Persians in Armenia.
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 Definition of armenia
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 Church History: The Christian Empire-- 313-476   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Constantine, head and fragments from a colossal statue: on display in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Consevatori, Rome.
Constantine claimed that he had a dream in which he saw the Chi-Rho symbol (a monogram composed of the first two Greek letters for the word Christ, X and P) and the words, "By this sign you will conquer."
In 313, Constantine and Licinius, who married Constantine's sister Constantia, agreed to end the persecution of Christians and issued the Edict of Milan.
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 Kingdom of Armenia -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ruben (or Rupen) I, Prince of Armenia (1080-1095)
Leo (or Leon) II (1187 - 1198) and King of Armenia (1198 - 1219)
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (1458-1464)
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 Leo III of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Hethum I of Armenia and Queen Isabella of Armenia.
Hethum II (ruled 1289 to 1293, 1294 to 1297, 1299 to 1307)
Five of the fifteen children, Hethum, Thoros, Sembat, Constantine, and Oshin, later became the Armenian kings, who often fought each other to gain the throne.
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 Armenia Heads
Her father, Leo II had promished his nephew Raimond-Ruben de Antiochiaia, the succession to the throne, but at his deathbed he named Zabel or Isabella, as his heir.
After Constantine IV of Armenia, the first Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was killed in an uprising in 1344 after two years in office, she was regent.
The new king was a distant cousin, Constantine V of Armenia, who died of natural causes in 1362.
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 The Armenian File
Thus it is not possible to ascertain whether the inhabitants of Armenia were the ancestors of the Armenians of today, or whether the region inhabited by those ancestors was identical with the region that was called Armenia in early times.
Armenia, or that geographical region known as Armenia since the earliest period of history, was not always occupied by those people whom we call Armenians...
As Armenia was known as such long before the people we call Armenians entered the region, it is hard to say that the documents cited prove that the Armenians came to this region prior to 515 BC.
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 Hethum I of Armenia - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hethum (or Hetoum) I of Armenia ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226 to 1270.
He was the son of Constantine, Lord of Babaron and Partzapert (a cousin of Leo II of Armenia).
In 1226 he became the second husband of Isabella of Armenia (died c.
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Brenner II and Koenman 110 589-479 Brenner was the son of Mader.
Leopold was appointed by Otto II of Germany as supreme ruler of the Austrian mark.
Mogaldus (Mogallus) 36 109-145 Grandson of Galdus and maternal nephew of Lactacus, son of the sister of Corbred II.
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 The Armenian Church | About St. Vartan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
55-34 B.C. Reign of Artavazd II in Armenia fights as an ally of Parthians, is captured and exiled by Mark Anthony.
Gregory The Illuminator.  Gregory and Tiridates III (son of the slain king, who is also referred to as Khosrov) are separately spirited off to Rome and escape the massacre of their families.
279/80-287 A.D. Khosrov, son of Tiridates II, rules in the west of Armenia; and is murdered by his brother, Tiridates III, who reigns in the west and then 293-298 in the east as an Iranian vassal.  Tiridates IV, the Great, son of Khosrov II, reigns 298-330 and is converted to Christianity in 314.
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 Kingdom of Armenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Constantine II Leo (or Leon) I (1129 - 1140)
The Cilician Kingdom of Armenia (The Medieval Mediterranean)
Coinage of the Armenia Kingdoms of Sophene and Commagene
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 Tiberius III
In 703, Tiberius learning of Justinian II's escape from Cherson and attempts to gain support from the Khazars, sent envoys to the Khazars to demand that they turn over Justinian to imperial officials.
Justinian II was approaching the city with a large army.
Justinian II had Tiberius and Leontius paraded through the city before they were beheaded.
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 Definition of Sempad of Armenia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Sempad seized the throne with the aid of his brother Constantine while his brothers Hethum II and Thoros were in Constantinople, and on Hethum's return, Sempad had Hethum blinded and both brothers imprisoned at Partzerpert.
Thoros was murdered their on Sempad's orders in 1298, but Constantine turned traitor again and helped Hethum overthrow Sempad, assuming the throne while Hethum's blindness healed.
Sempad again plotted with Constantine to resume the throne soon after Hethum's restoration, and both were imprisoned for the rest of their lives.
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 Constantine III - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Constantine III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Honorius acknowledged him emperor 408, to win his support against the Goths.
Constantine then advanced into Italy, hoping to depose Honorius.
When his general Gerontius rebelled, he was forced to return to Gaul, where Honorius's general Constantius III defeated him at Arles 410.
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 The Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stephen and Constantine Lecapenus were co-Emperors with their father Romanus, who had overshadowed Constantine VII - in 944, impatient to suceed to full authority, they rebelled against Romanus and had him exiled.
The people of Constantinople, however, rioted in fear that Constantine VII, an amiable and well-liked ruler, would also be removed - order was not restored until he appeared at a palace window to insure the crowd of his health.
Basil and Constantine had no authority at all and, at the death of Romanus, were entirely superceded by military Junta leaders for a time.
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 Delmatius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Late in his reign, Constantine the Great began to prepare for the transfer of his immense power to his successors.
The plans of Constantine to provide efficient government of the vast empire fell prey to the lust for power by his sons.
The last of these, Julian II, managed to outlive Constantius II and was the last ruler from the house of Constantine.
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