Title
Constantine II paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople on a donkey and later beheaded.
Caption
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
Credit line
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Reference
UMG23A58_191
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No
Property release
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License type
Rights managed
Available size
48,5Mb (7,8Mb) / 17,0in x 11,1in / 5100 x 3322 (300dpi)