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This is a reprint of the second revised edition of the text and translation of the 'De Administrando Imperio' written and compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century. It contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byz This is a reprint of the second revised edition of the text and translation of the 'De Administrando Imperio' written and compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century. It contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period. Its confidential character and generally honest appraisal of the empire's political situation enhance its value for students of Byzantium and Europe during this period. The edition includes general and critical introductions, an index of proper names, and an extensive glossary, as well as grammatical notes and an index of sources and parallel passages.
Constantine, Emperor of the EastConstantinus VII. ImperatorConstantine VII PorphyrogenitusConstantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, 'the Purple-born' (that is, born in the imperial bed chambers) (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Ζ Πορφυρογέννητος, Kōnstantinos VII Porphyrogennētos; September 2, 905 – November 9, 959), was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. He is be Constantine, Emperor of the EastConstantinus VII. ImperatorConstantine VII PorphyrogenitusConstantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, 'the Purple-born' (that is, born in the imperial bed chambers) (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Ζ΄ Πορφυρογέννητος, Kōnstantinos VII Porphyrogennētos; September 2, 905 – November 9, 959), was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. He is best known for his four books, De Administrando Imperio (bearing in Greek the heading Προς τον ίδιον υιόν Ρωμανόν), De Ceremoniis (Περί τῆς Βασιλείου Τάξεως), De Thematibus (Περί θεμάτων Άνατολῆς καί Δύσεως), and Vita Basilii (Βίος Βασιλείου).