Romanos coup d'état removes Zoe as regent
03/25/919 AD siezed power
Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace and the reins of government. Initially, he was named magistros and megas hetaireiarches, but he moved swiftly to consolidate his position.
He is the effective regent at this point having removed Zoe and her main supporter, the influential general Leo Phocas
Subjects Who or What siezed power?
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Romanos I Lekapenos Byzantine Emperor 920 - ...
Objects To Whom or What was siezed power?
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Byzantine Empire Traditionally begins wit... -
Zoe Karbonopsina (Karvounopsina, Carbonopsina) Empress consort of the B... -
Constantine VII (Constantine VII Flavius Porphyrogenitus) Emperor of the Byz...
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