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Byzantine emperor Nicephorus II (Phocas) is murdered in a plot devised by his wife, Empress Theophano, and his relative and trusted lieutenant John Tzimisces, who has been having an affair with Theophano. When Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople insists that he do penance in order to become Emperor John I, Tzimisces banishes Theophano to a convent and punishes the murderers.
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