On a cold, snowy December night, John Tzimiskes and a group of men crept into the emperor's bedroom and brutally killed him, a coup planned with Theophano and the chamberlain Basil. Brownworth emphasizes Theophano's miscalculation: she had expected to control the new emperor as she had the old, but John's first act after being crowned was to send her into exile.
Also known as: Nysiphoros
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Episode 13 (4 mentions)
On a cold, snowy December night, John Tzimiskes and a group of men crept into the emperor's bedroom and brutally killed him, a coup planned with Theophano and the chamberlain Basil. Brownworth emphasizes Theophano's miscalculation: she had expected to control the new emperor as she had the old, but John's first act after being crowned was to send her into exile.
“The reason for this dramatic behavior was that Nysiphoros, for all his gifts, cared”
“Nysiphoros had banished him, but the beautiful empress easily got him recalled, and together”
“Militarily he was at least as successful as his predecessor, picking up where Nysiphoros”
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