id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9064 Michael IV the Paphlagonian - Wikipedia .html text/html 2918 422 69 Romanos Argyros became emperor of the Byzantine Empire as Romanos III in 1028.[4] "As a ruler he had no ability whatsoever".[5] He was unable to conceive a child with his wife Empress Zoë,[6] thus alienating the couple. Murder of emperor Romanos III Argyros under the order of Michael IV the Paphlagonian, from the Constantine Manasses Chronicle In 1037 Zoë conspired to have John the Eunuch poisoned.[6] In 1038 Michael's brother, Constantine, suppressed an uprising of the armies in Anatolia. Garland, Lynda, "Zoë Porphyrogenita (wife of Romanus III, Constantine IX, and Michael IV)", De Imperatoribus Romanis[permanent dead link] (2006) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9064.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9064.txt