Pecheneg detachment at Katasyrtai near Constantinople killed by patrikios Ioannes Philosophos

Summary:
Ioannes, called the philosopher, one of the eunuch bedchamber attendants of the late empress Zoe, was appointed by Konstantinos IX to lead an army against the Pechenegs, who had advanced as far as Katasyrtai. He attacked them at night while they were asleep after drinking, massacred them, and took their heads on farm carts to the emperor 
Dates:
1051 
Ioannes the philosopher, courtier of Zoe (Ioannes 114)
  • Appointed by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) to lead an army against the Pechenegs who had advanced as far as Katasyrtai, he attacked them at night while asleep after drinking, massacred them, and took their heads on farming carts to the emperor (:) Skylitzes 472.28-34
  • One of the eunuch bedchamber attendants of the empress Zoe 1, called the philosopher ἑνὶ τῶν θαλαμηπόλων εὐνούχων τῆς βασιλίδος Ζωῆς, ᾧ φιλόσοφος τὸ ἐπώνυμον Skylitzes 472.30-31
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • Equipped an army and placed it under Ioannes 114, who attacked at night the Pechenegs (who had advanced as far as Katasyrtai) while they were asleep after drinking and massacred them, and was brought their heads carried on farm carts (:) Skylitzes 472.28-34