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Exile of Romanus IV

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Romanus IV29 June 1071

Prote · Warfare / Military

Romanuss blinding is carried out so brutally that he soon died because of the injury and subsequent infection. Brought back to Constantinople, Romanos is blinded (June 29, 1072) and sent into exile to the island of Proti

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Romanus IV

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