Nikephoritzes removed from government of Antioch & put in prison there
Unit appears in:
1067
Summary:
Eudokia, who had been slandered by Nikephoritzes, on her accession sent a decree to Antioch ordering his imprisonment. Later, on the accession of Roamonos IV, Nikephoritzes was banished to an island
Dates:
1067
Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa (
Eudokia 1
)
Was accused of adultery to the emperor (
Konstantinos 10
Doukas) by
Nikephoros 63
, who did this out of hatred for his colleague
Michael 5004
of Nikomedeia, and after her accession she sent a decree to Antioch ordering his imprisonment (:)
κατὰ τῆς Αὐγούστης μοιχείας ἔγκλημα Attaleiates: History 181.2-24 / 133.21-134.18
Nikephoritzes (
Nikephoros 63
)
Notified of his imprisonment by imperial decree at Antioch, he remained incarcerated for some time where he used to be exalted, exchanging his earlier prosperity with misfortune, and at the accession of Diogenes (
Romanos 4
) was banished to an island (:)
κατ᾿ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χῶρον ἐν ᾧ τὸ πρόσθεν περίδοξος ἐγνωρίζετο Attaleiates: History 181.22-182.4 / 134.17-21
Served as sekretikos under the father of
Michael 7
(
Konstantinos 10
), proved to be mischievous, a slanderer, and a cunning expert in malicious deeds
σκαιὸς καὶ διαβολεὺς ἐφάνη καὶ σοφιστὴς τῶν κακῶν κερδαλέος Skylitzes Continuatus 155.18-19