04/11/1034 AD killed by
Romanos is found dying in his bath. According to court official and later chronicler Michael Psellus some of his retinue had "held his head for a long time beneath the water, attempting at the same time to strangle him".
In early 1034 Romanos had become ill and it was widely believed that Zoë and Michael were conspiring to have him poisoned.
John Scylitzes writes as a simple fact that Romanos was drowned on Michael's orders.
Matthew of Edessa's account has Zoë poisoning Romanos.
Subjects Who or What killed by?
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Romanos III Argyros Byzantine emperor ...
Objects To Whom or What was killed by?
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Zoë Porphyrogenita Byzantine Empress ... -
Michael IV the Paphlagonian Byzantine emperor ...
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