Nikephoros Botaneiates made strategos of Anatolikon
Unit appears in:
1071
Summary:
Nikephoros Botaneiates was dismissed after the army had crossed the Sangarios. Romanos IV was suspicious of him (and not of the treacherous men he kept with him). He was later to be appointed strategos of Anatolikon by Michael VII
Dates:
1071
Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates (
Nikephoros 3
)
Was dismissed together with other men from the army after crossing the Sangarios by
Romanos 4
who was suspicious of him and kept instead some treacherous men with him (:)
ὡς ὑπόπτους διωσάμενος Skylitzes Continuatus 143.17-18
Made strategos of the Anatolikon theme by
Michael 7
(VII Doukas) (:)
στρατηγίας τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν Bryennios 55.3
Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (
Romanos 4
)
Gathered his forces scattered by an enemy attack, selected some troops, dismissed the others including
Nikephoros 3
Botaneiates of whom he was suspicious, took with him those prone to treachery, and advanced, unaware of his impending ills (:)
Skylitzes Continuatus 143.10-20