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36-537: The Ciuhur is a left tributary of the river Prut in northwestern Moldova . Its source is near the town Ocnița , and it flows through the villages Mihălășeni , Grinăuți-Raia , Bîrlădeni , Ruseni , Parcova , Cupcini , Stolniceni , Pociumbăuți , Pociumbeni , Horodiște and Văratic . It discharges into the Lake Stânca-Costești , which is drained by the Prut, near Costești . This article related to

72-616: A compilation of agronomic works from earlier Greek and Punic texts that are otherwise lost; De Ceremoniis ("On Ceremonies", in Greek, Περὶ τῆς βασιλείου τάξεως), describing the kinds of court ceremonies (also described later in a more negative light by Liutprand of Cremona ); De Administrando Imperio ("On the Administration of the Empire", bearing in Greek the heading Πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον ὑιὸν Ρωμανόν), giving advice on running

108-526: A godfather to marry his goddaughter. Constantine VII died at Constantinople on 9 November 959 and was succeeded by his son Romanos II . It was rumored that he had been poisoned by his son or his daughter-in-law Theophano . Constantine VII was recognized as a writer and scholar, surrounding himself with educated people of the Imperial Court. He wrote, or had commissioned, the works Geoponika ("On Agriculture", in Greek Τὰ γεωπονικά),

144-441: A man of his class, he seems to have been an excellent painter. He was the most generous of patrons—to writers and scholars, artists and craftsmen. Finally, he was an excellent Emperor: a competent, conscientious and hard-working administrator and an inspired picker of men, whose appointments to military, naval, ecclesiastical, civil and academic posts were both imaginative and successful. He did much to develop higher education and took

180-769: A rebellion in the Danubian Principalities . Though the Wallachian uprising ultimately failed — due especially to irreconcilable differences between Ypsilantis and his Wallachian ally Tudor Vladimirescu — it did touch off the Greek War of Independence , leading to the Kingdom of Greece gaining independence ten years later. In the Principalities it led to the end of Greek Phanariote rule, and indirectly to increasing self-government and eventually to

216-600: A river in Moldova is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Prut The Prut originates on the eastern slope of Mount Hoverla , in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine ( Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ). At first, the river flows to the north. Near Yaremche it turns to the northeast, and near Kolomyia to the south-east. Having reached the border between Moldova and Romania, it turns even more to

252-646: A special interest in the administration of justice. By his wife Helena Lekapene , the daughter of Emperor Romanos I , Constantine VII had several children: Constantine VII is still remembered in the Eastern Orthodox liturgy when the transfer of the Holy Mandylion is celebrated on 16 August in the Julian calendar which corresponds to 31 August in the Gregorian calendar . This feast

288-579: A useful summary of the commission by Porphyrogenitus of the Constantine Excerpts: He felt that the historical studies were being seriously neglected, mainly because of the bulk of the histories. He therefore decided that a selection under fifty-three titles should be made from all the important historians extant in Constantinople; thus he hoped to assemble in a more manageable compass the most valuable parts of each author. ... Of

324-487: Is Chernivtsi , Ukraine . The Stânca-Costești Dam , operated jointly by Moldova and Romania, is built on the Prut. There is also a Hydro-Electric Station in Sniatyn ( Ukraine ). Ships travel from the river's mouth to the port city of Leova (southern Moldova ). The lowermost part of the basin is strongly marshy. The average discharge at its mouth is 110 m /s (3,900 cu ft/s). The average discharge at

360-460: Is best known for the Geoponika (τά γεοπονικά), an important agronomic treatise compiled during his reign, and three, perhaps four, books; De Administrando Imperio (bearing in Greek the heading Πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν Ῥωμανόν), De Ceremoniis (Περὶ τῆς Βασιλείου Τάξεως), De Thematibus (Περὶ θεμάτων Άνατολῆς καὶ Δύσεως), and Vita Basilii (Βίος Βασιλείου), though his authorship of

396-469: The Kievan Rus' . The reasons for this voyage have never been clarified; but she was baptised a Christian with the name Helena, and sought Christian missionaries to encourage her people to adopt Christianity . According to legends, Constantine VII fell in love with Olga, but she found a way to refuse him by tricking him into becoming her godfather . When she was baptized, she said it was inappropriate for

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432-644: The Pyretus ( Ancient Greek : Πυρετός , romanized :  Pyretós ), or Scythian Porata (possibly), Hierasus ( Ἱέρασος , Hiérasos ) or Gerasius . Herodotus lists the Prut, under the name of Porata or Pyretus, as being among the five rivers flowing through the Scythian country which swell the Danube. In the second volume of the Ottoman-Bulgarian chronicles of Iman "Jagfar Tarihi" (1680)

468-526: The Soviet Union . Nowadays, for a length of 31 km (19 mi), it forms the border between Romania and Ukraine , and for 711 km (442 mi), it forms the border between Romania and Moldova . It has a hydrographic basin of 27,540 km , of which 10,990 km (4,240 sq mi) are in Romania and 7,790 km (3,010 sq mi) in Moldova. The largest city along its banks

504-564: The Vita Basilii is not certain. The epithet porphyrogenitus alludes to the Purple chamber of the imperial palace, decorated with porphyry , where legitimate children of reigning emperors were normally born. Constantine was also born in this room, although his mother Zoe had not been married to Leo at that time. Nevertheless, the epithet allowed him to underline his position as the legitimate son, as opposed to all others, who claimed

540-613: The Empire internally and on fighting external enemies; a history of the Empire covering events following the death of the chronographer Theophanes the Confessor in 817; and Excerpta Historica ("Excerpts from the Histories"), a collection of excerpts from ancient historians (many of whose works are now lost) in four volumes (1. De legationibus. 2. De virtutibus et vitiis. 3. De insidiis. 4. De sententiis). In The Manuscript Tradition of Polybius , John Michael Moore (CUP, 1965) provides

576-659: The Fanar Quarter of Istanbul ( Phanariotes ). During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74 , on 1 August 1700, Russian forces led by Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev defeated a larger Ottoman army led by Grand Vizier Ivazzade Halil Pasha in the Battle of Kagul on the Prut. In 1821, the Greek Nationalist leader Alexander Ypsilantis crossed the Prut river at Sculeni , with the intention of touching off

612-739: The Ottoman army of Suleiman the Magnificent crossed the Prut during the campaign of Karaboğdan. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1710–1711 , on 19 July 1711 Russian forces initially divided among Peter the Great 's army on the west bank and Boris Sheremetev 's army on the east bank of the Pruth and allied with Dimitrie Cantemir , the ruler of Moldova, met with the Ottoman army led by Grand Vizier Baltaci Mehmed Pasha . The Turks and Crimean Tatars attacked first against Sheremetev, who then retreated to

648-704: The Prut River is referred to as Burat. And in the Byzantine treatise of Constantine Porphyrogennetos " On the management of the empire " it is mentioned as the Brut river (Chap. 38) or as Burat (Chapter 42). The following towns are situated along the river Prut, from source to mouth: Vorokhta , Yaremche , Deliatyn , Lanchyn , Kolomyia , Zabolotiv , Sniatyn , Nepolokivtsi , Luzhany , Chernivtsi , Novoselytsia , Darabani , Lipcani , Ungheni , Leova , Cantemir and Cahul The following rivers are tributaries to

684-474: The city of Leova is 69.2 m /s (2,440 cu ft/s). The slope of the river varies from 100 m/km (near the source) to 0.05 m/km (near the mouth). In the upper reaches (to Delyatyn) it has a mountainous character, with a steep right bank, sometimes the cross-sectional profile of the channel has the form of a ridge. Near the city of Yaremche is the waterfall of Probiy. The Prut was known in Antiquity as

720-509: The fifty-three titles into which the excerpts were divided, only six have survived: de Virtutibus et Vitiis; de Sententiis; de Insidiis; de Strategematis; de Legationibus Gentium ad Romanos; de Legationibus Romanorum ad Gentes . The titles of only about half the remaining forty-seven sections are known. Also amongst his historical works is a history eulogizing the reign and achievements of his grandfather, Basil I ( Vita Basilii , Βίος Βασιλείου). These books are insightful and of interest to

756-401: The general John Tzimiskes , who one year later captured Samosata , in northern Mesopotamia . An Arab fleet was also destroyed by Greek fire in 957. Constantine had active diplomatic relationships with foreign courts, including those of the caliph of Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman III and of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor . In the autumn of 957 Constantine was visited by Olga of Kiev , regent of

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792-520: The historian, sociologist, and anthropologist as a source of information about nations neighbouring the Empire. They also offer a fine insight into the Emperor himself. In his book, A Short History of Byzantium , John Julius Norwich refers to Constantine VII as "The Scholar Emperor". Norwich describes Constantine: He was, we are told, a passionate collector—not only of books and manuscripts but works of art of every kind; more remarkable still for

828-563: The immediate restitution of all peasant lands, without compensation; by the end of his reign, the condition of the landed peasantry, which formed the foundation of the whole economic and military strength of the Empire, was better off than it had been for a century. In 949, Constantine launched a new fleet of 100 ships (20 dromons , 64 chelandia , and 10 galleys) against the Arab corsairs hiding in Crete , but like his father's attempt to retake

864-401: The independence of Romania several decades later. In Greek history, Ypsilantis' crossing of the Prut is an important historical event, commemorated in a famous painting displayed at Athens . Sydir Vorobkevych : Within that Prut Valley (Над Прутом у лузі). Within that Prut Valley a cabin rests close In which lives a lassie—a beautiful rose: Her eyes like the bright stars that lighten

900-666: The island in 911, this attempt also failed. On the Eastern frontier things went better, even if with alternate success. In the same year, the Byzantines conquered Germanicea , repeatedly defeated the enemy armies, and in 952 they crossed the upper Euphrates . But in 953, the Hamdanid amir Sayf al-Dawla retook Germanicea and entered the imperial territory. The land in the east was eventually recovered by Nikephoros Phokas , who conquered Adata , in northern Syria , in 958, and by

936-438: The new and shaky regime survived the attempted usurpation of Constantine Doukas , and Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos quickly assumed a dominant position among the regents. Patriarch Nicholas was presently forced to make peace with Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria , whom he reluctantly recognized as Bulgarian emperor. Because of this unpopular concession, Patriarch Nicholas was driven out of the regency by Constantine's mother Zoe . She

972-598: The other side to join Peter the Great. Afterwards the Russian army set up a defensive camp between Stănilești and the river, which was then completely surrounded by the Ottoman army. Negotiations started on 21 July 1711 and the Treaty of the Prut was signed on 23 July 1711. After this treaty, Dimitrie Cantemir had to go in exile at Moscow. This treaty led to the end of local dynasties of kings and inauguration of Greek rulers from

1008-591: The river Prut (source to mouth): Left: Turka , Chorniava , Sovytsia , Rokytna , Rynhach , Cherlena , Larga (Briceni) , Vilia , Lopatnic , Racovăț , Ciuhur , Camenca , Delia , Nârnova , Lăpușna , Sărata , Larga (Cantemir) Right: Pistynka , Rybnytsia , Cheremosh , Derelui , Hertsa , Poiana, Cornești, Isnovăț , Rădăuți, Ghireni , Volovăț , Badu, Bașeu , Corogea , Berza Veche, Râioasa, Soloneț , Cerchezoaia , Jijia , Bohotin , Moșna , Pruteț , Gârla Boul Bătrân, Copăceana, Belciug, Elan , Horincea , Oancea, Stoeneșa, Brănești, Chineja In 1538,

1044-714: The sky; When you see them, laddie, you'll pause with a sigh. Within that Prut Valley the moon does not shine, 'Tis only a lover has come to his shrine. A sweet conversation in murmur now goes While dreamy old river just quietly flows. Within that Prut Valley the flowers are plucked And wreathes for the wedding with myrtle are tucked; Inside of the cabin play fiddles and bass While friends sing together: To their Happiness! Translated by Waldimir Semenyna (13 October 1933, Ukrainian Weekly ). Constantine VII Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus ( ‹See Tfd› Greek : Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος , Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos ; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959)

1080-657: The south-east, and then to the south. It eventually joins the Danube near Giurgiulești , east of Galați and west of Reni . Between 1918 and 1939, the river was partly in Poland and partly in Greater Romania (Romanian: România Mare ). Prior to World War I , it served as a border between Romania and the Russian Empire . After World War II , the river once again denoted a border, this time between Romania and

1116-622: The throne during his lifetime. Sons born to a reigning Emperor held precedence in the Eastern Roman line of succession over elder sons not born "in the purple" . Constantine was born in Constantinople on 17/18 May 905, an illegitimate son of Leo VI before an uncanonical fourth marriage. To help legitimize him, his mother gave birth to him in the Purple Room of the imperial palace, hence his nickname Porphyrogennetos . He

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1152-565: Was elevated to the throne as a two-year-old child by his father and uncle on 15 May 908 ( Whitsunday ). In early 913, as his uncle Alexander lay dying, he appointed a seven-man regency council for Constantine. It was headed by the Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos , the two magistroi John Eladas and Stephen , the rhaiktor John Lazanes , the otherwise obscure Euthymius and Alexander's henchmen Basilitzes and Gabrielopoulos. Following Alexander's death (6 June),

1188-803: Was deposed by his sons, the co-emperors Stephen and Constantine . Romanos spent the last years of his life in exile on the Island of Prote as a monk and died on 15 June 948. With the help of his wife, Constantine VII succeeded in removing his brothers-in-law, and on 27 January 945, Constantine VII became sole emperor at the age of 39, after a life spent in the shadow. Several months later, on 6 April ( Easter ), Constantine VII crowned his own son Romanos II co-emperor. Having never exercised executive authority, Constantine remained primarily devoted to his scholarly pursuits and delegated his authority to bureaucrats and generals, as well as to his energetic wife Helena Lekapene. In 947, Constantine VII ordered

1224-477: Was eclipsed by a senior emperor. Constantine's youth had been a sad one due to his unpleasant appearance, his taciturn nature, and his relegation to the third level of succession, behind Christopher Lekapenos , the eldest son of Romanos I Lekapenos. Nevertheless, he was a very intelligent young man with a large range of interests, and he dedicated those years to studying the court's ceremony. Romanos kept and maintained power until 16/20 December 944, when he

1260-599: Was no more successful with the Bulgarians, who defeated her main supporter, the general Leo Phokas , in 917. In March 919, she was replaced as regent by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos , who married his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine. Romanos used his position to advance to the ranks of basileopatōr in April 919, to kaisar ( Caesar ) on 24 September 920, and finally to co-emperor on 17 December 920. Thus, just short of reaching nominal majority , Constantine

1296-534: Was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty , reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina , and the nephew of his predecessor Alexander . Most of his reign was dominated by co-regents: from 913 until 919 he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945 he shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos , whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. Constantine VII

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