Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Romanus II succeeded his father Constantine VII as Byzantine emperor in 959 at the age of twenty-one, and died, poisoned, it was believed, by his wife, Theophano in 963. He was a pleasure-loving sovereign, but showed judgment in the selection of his ministers. The great event of his reign was the conquest of Crete by Nicephorus Phocas in 961. Preceded by: Constantine VII Byzantine emperors Followed by: Nicephorus II This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.