Andronikos (I) was appointed supreme commander in Cilicia & Isauria: he attacked Mopsuestia
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1143-1160)
1152
Summary:
Dates:
1152
Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos (
Andronikos 1
)
Was sent by the emperor
Manuel 1
as supreme commander in Cilicia and Isauria (Armenia), in part to further the marriage of the kaisar Ioannes Roger (
Ioannes 306
) at Antioch (:)
Kinnamos 121.18-122.3
Arriving in Cilicia, he besieged
Toros 102
in Mopsuestia and would have captured him but for laziness and negligence; Toros made a sortie and defeated him, despite his last-minute bravery, and he only just escaped to Antioch (:)
Kinnamos 123.14-124.7
Toros II, prince of Cilician Armenia (
Toros 102
)
Captured by the emperor
Ioannes 2
during a Byzantine expedition to Armenia, he had escaped and returned to Cilicia, and was trying to raise the cities there in revolt; was now opposed by
Andronikos 1
(Komnenos) (Long ago: ἐκ μακροῦ)
Kinnamos 121.20-122.1