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The precise style of the Byzantine sovereign. The last sovereign, emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos used the style:
Constantine Palaiologos in Christ the God, faithful basileus and autokrator of the Romans
Early history
[edit]By the second century AD, the Roman emperor had an established style of "Imperator Caesar (name) Augustus." In Greek, this was rendered as "Autocrator Kaisar Augoustos" (Ancient Greek: Αὐτοκράτωρ Kαῖσαρ Αὔγουστος), although the Greek-speakers informally referred to the emperor as basileus (Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς), the Hellenistic title of Alexander the Great and his successsors.In the fourth century "Flavius'" (Ancient Greek: Φλάβιος or Φλαύιος), the gentilicium of Constantine the Great was included in the regnal formula. Included with the regnal name were numerous epithets victory titles, thus the full title of Constantine I was:
Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Pius Felix Augustus
Justin II (r. 565–578) was the first emperor to include the phrase "faithful in Christ" Latin: fidelis in christo in his title.
Byzantine sovereigns
[edit]| Period | Style | User |
|---|---|---|
| 306–527 | Imperator Caesar Flavius Augustus | Constantine the Great |
| 527–570 | Imperator Caesar Flavius Augustus mansuetus maximus benefactor Alemannicus Gothicus Francicus Germanicus Anticus Alanicus Vandalicus Africanus pius felix inclytus victor ac triumphator semper Augustus
(Imperator Caesar Flavius, mild, majestic, bountiful, peaceable; victor over the Alamanni, Goths, Franks, Germans, Antae, Vandals, Heruls, Gepids, in Africa, pious, fortunate, renowned, victorious and triumphant, ever august) |
Justinian I, Justin II |
| 570–627 | Imperator Caesar Flavius Augustus fidelis in Christo mansuetus maximus benefactor Alemannicus Gothicus Francicus Germanicus Anticus Alanicus Vandalicus Africanus pius felix inclytus victor ac triumphator semper Augustus
(Imperator Caesar Flavius faithful in Christ, mild, majestic, bountiful, peaceable; victor over the Alamanni, Goths, Franks, Germans, Antae, Vandals, Heruls, Gepids, in Africa, pious, fortunate, renowned, victorious and triumphant, ever august) |
Justin II, Tiberius II Constantine, Maurice, Phocas, Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine |
| 627– | Αὐτοκράτωρ καῖσαρ φλάβιος πιστὸς ἐν χριστῷ ἡμερότατος μέγιστος εὐεργέτης εἰρηνικὸς ἀλαμαννικὸς γοτθικὸς φραγγικὸς γερμανικὸς ἀντικὸς ἀλανικὸς οὐανδαλικὸς ἀφρικανὸς ἐρουλικὸς γηπεδικὸς εὐσεβὴς εὐτυχὴς ἔνδοξος νικητὴς τροπαιοῦχος ἀεισέβαστος αὔγουστος (Autocrator Caesar Flavius faithful in Christ, mild, majestic, bountiful, peaceable; victor over the Alamanni, Goths, Franks, Germans, Antae, Vandals, Heruls, Gepids, in Africa, pious, fortunate, renowned, victorious and triumphant, ever august) |
Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, Heraclonas. Constans II, Constantine IV |
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