Romanos Is Crowned Co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (920 CE)

Romanos advanced through the ranks of the Byzantine military to become an influential figure in the royal court. In May 919, he arranged for the marriage of his daughter to the teenage Emperor Constantine VII and was declared “Father of the Emperor.” The next year, he was crowned co-emperor, and he then made his own sons co-emperors. However, in 944, Romanos’s sons arrested him and made him become a monk to prevent him from naming Constantine VII his successor. What happened to them? Discuss

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