Nicefor (co-producer)
Nicefor (gr. Νικηφόρος) - Byzantine co-operative in 742-743. Curriculum vitae
He was the son of Anna, the daughter of Leon III of the Isaacian and Artabasdes. His father in 741 made usurpation taking over power in Constantinople. Nicefor reigned in the years 742-743 as his co-author. Artabasdes and Nicefor were recognized in Rome by the pope as legitimate emperors. The legitimate emperor stood in September 743 near the walls of the capital. After a short siege, Constantine V Kopronim entered the capital on November 2, 743. Nicefor together with his father and brother Nicetas were ridiculed at the hippodrome in Constantinople and then blinded. Bibliography
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