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The bucket that killed him - and the throne he lost years earlier
A ten-year-old becomes Byzantine emperor in Constantinople and spends decades trying to hold an empire together - what did it cost him?
The bucket that killed him - and the throne he lost years earlier
In this episode, we follow Constans II from a boy orphaned on the eve of power to an embattled emperor trying to keep a collapsing Byzantine world intact. We trace the decisions, military losses, and theological fights that shaped his rule and ask what price he paid for the throne.
Person: Constans II
Date: Born November 7, 630; killed July 15, 668
Location: Constantinople; Syracuse (place of…
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