The co-emperors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Lekapenos" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stephen Lekapenos">Stephen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_Lekapenos" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constantine Lekapenos">Constantine</a> are overthrown and forced to become monks by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_VII" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constantine VII">Constantine VII</a>, who becomes sole emperor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>.<sup about="#mwt18" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_27#cite_note-2" id="mwHg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHw">[2]</span></a></sup>
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