Since Byzantines were besieged & running short of supplies, they all decided to retreat
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS IX (1042-1055)
1053: Pecheneg crisis (part 3)
1053
Summary:
Michael the akolouthos and Basileios the synkellos, instead of attacking at once, postponed and delayed the attack until supplies had run out, and the army dispersed and was defeated
Dates:
1053
Basileios, governor (?) of Bulgaria (
Basileios 109
)
Sent by the emperor (
Konstantinos 9
) to fight the Pechenegs, he joined the akolouthos
Michael 118
, but instead of attacking at once he postponed and delayed the attack until the supplies had run out, and the army dispersed and was defeated (:)
ἐστάλη παρὰ τοῦ ἀοιδίμου βασιλέως Kekaumenos 100.10-26
Michael, akolouthos and commander of the army (
Michael 118
)
Was joined by
Basileios 109
, who had been sent by the emperor (
Konstantinos 9
) to fight the Pechenegs, but instead of attacking at once they postponed and delayed the attack until the supplies had run out, and the army dispersed and was defeated (:)
ἔχων καὶ τὸν ἀκόλουθον Μιχαὴλ σύνεργον αὐτῷ Kekaumenos 100.10-26