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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Konstantinos VII
- Genre
- essay
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- language of work or name
- medieval Greek
- title
- περὶ ἐϑνῶν
- publication date
- 0950-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- native label
- De administrando imperio
- described at URL
- viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/005664_000048_RuPRLIB12050957?page=411
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- De Administrando Imperio
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Encyclopedic overview
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in a 945 carved ivory.
De Administrando Imperio (lit. 'On imperial administration'; Greek: Πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν Ῥωμανόν, lit. 'to my son Romanos') is a Greek-language historiographical work written by the 10th-century Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (945–959). It is a domestic and foreign policy manual for the use of Constantine's son and successor, the Emperor Romanos II (959–963). It is a prominent example of Byzantine encyclopaedism.
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