Submission of Philaretos Brachamios to Nikephoros III Botaneiates
Unit appears in:
NIKEPHOROS III (1078-1081)
1078
Summary:
Philaretos Brachamios pledged his loyalty to the new emperor, Nikephoros II Botaneiates, blaming Michael VII for his earlier opposition to imperial power
Dates:
1078
Philaretos Brachamios (
Philaretos 101
)
Pledged his loyalty to the emperor (
Nikephoros 3
), became his servant out of his own accord and obeyed his orders, sending letters blaming for his past cruelty the previous emperor (
Michael 7
)'s behaviour, encouraged by the logothetes (
Nikephoros 63
) (In the same year (of the rebellion of Basilakes, i.e. 1078): Ἐν δὲ τῷ ἔτει τούτῳ)
δοῦλος αὐτεπάγγελτος γέγονε καὶ ὑπηρέτης Attaleiates: History 301.7-24 / 215.18-216.4
Pledged his loyalty to the emperor (
Nikephoros 3
) and became a subject of the empire out of his own will, after opposing the previous emperor
Michael 7
(in the same year (as the rebellion of Basilakes:τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει)
τῆς αὐτοκρατορίας δοῦλος αὐτεπάγγελτος γέγονε Skylitzes Continuatus 184.6-12