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De Ceremoniis (full title: De caerimoniis aulae Byzantinae, also spelled caeremoniis, cerimoniis) is the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 title of a work of compilation produced for the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913
913

Events...
-959
959

This article is about the year 959. For the automobile, see Porsche 959....
), and partially revised or updated under Nikephoros II Phokas
Nikephoros II

Nikephoros II Phokas, Latinization Nicephorus II Phocas , was a Byzantine Emperor of Armenian descent whose brilliant military exploits contributed to the resurgence of Byzantine Empire in the tenth century....
 (963
963

Events...
-969
969

969 was a year in the 10th century....
), perhaps under the direction of Basil
Basil Lekapenos

Basil Lekapenos was the chief administator of the Byzantine Empire from 945 until 985.An illegitimate son of the emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, he was castrated when young....
, the imperial Parakoimomenos
Parakoimomenos

The parakoimomenos was a Byzantine Empire Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy, for a time rising to be one of the Empire's highest administrative posts....
. It describes ceremonial procedures, often in minute detail, from the perspective of court officials, and addresses other matters insofar as they affected the day-to-day rhythm of life in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
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De Ceremoniis (full title: De caerimoniis aulae Byzantinae, also spelled caeremoniis, cerimoniis) is the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 title of a work of compilation produced for the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913
913

Events...
-959
959

This article is about the year 959. For the automobile, see Porsche 959....
), and partially revised or updated under Nikephoros II Phokas
Nikephoros II

Nikephoros II Phokas, Latinization Nicephorus II Phocas , was a Byzantine Emperor of Armenian descent whose brilliant military exploits contributed to the resurgence of Byzantine Empire in the tenth century....
 (963
963

Events...
-969
969

969 was a year in the 10th century....
), perhaps under the direction of Basil
Basil Lekapenos

Basil Lekapenos was the chief administator of the Byzantine Empire from 945 until 985.An illegitimate son of the emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, he was castrated when young....
, the imperial Parakoimomenos
Parakoimomenos

The parakoimomenos was a Byzantine Empire Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy, for a time rising to be one of the Empire's highest administrative posts....
. It describes ceremonial procedures, often in minute detail, from the perspective of court officials, and addresses other matters insofar as they affected the day-to-day rhythm of life in Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
. One of its appendices is the Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions
Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions

The Three Treatises on Imperial Military Expeditions is a literary treatise associated with Constantine Porphyrogenitus , giving advice on how an Byzantine emperor should prepare and mount a military campaign....
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