Konstantinos IX ordered Michael akolouthos & Basileios the synkellos to attack north of the Sidera

Summary:
Konstantinos IX wished to finish with the Pechenegs once and for all. He summoned forces from everywhere, both east and west, placed them under Michael akolouthos, and ordered the synkellos Basileios to gather his Bulgarian troops, and sent them both against the Pechenegs 
Dates:
1053 
Basileios, governor (?) of Bulgaria (Basileios 109)
  • Requested by the emperor (Konstantinos 9 Monomachos) to assist the strategos (Michael 118) sent to attack the Pecheneg camp (:) συνάρασθαι τούτῳ τοῦ πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους πολέμου Attaleiates: History 37.12-16 / 29.3-6
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • Wishing to finish with the Pechenegs he summoned his forces from everywhere, from both east and west, placed them under Michael 118, ordered the synkellos Basileios 109 to take his Bulgarian troops, and sent them both against the Pechenegs (:) Skylitzes 475.17-21
  • Sent the monk Basileios 109 to fight the Pechenegs (:) ἐστάλη παρὰ τοῦ ἀοιδίμου βασιλέως Kekaumenos 100.10-12
Michael, akolouthos and commander of the army (Michael 118)
  • Entrusted with the troops summoned from all over the empire by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) who wished to finish with the Pechenegs, he was sent against them along with Basileios 109 (:) Skylitzes 475.17-35