Constantine II paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople on a donkey and later beheaded.
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Constantine II paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople on a donkey and later beheaded.

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Constantine II paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople on a donkey and later beheaded, 767. He was deposed and jailed after the discovery of Constantine Podopagouros' plot against Emperor Constantine V in June 766, in which the patriarch was later implicated. Constantine II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 754 to 766. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Date

1915

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Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive

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UMG23A58_191

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