Romanos Skleros, brother of Maria Skleraina E / M XI
Ῥωμανῷ ... τῷ Σκληρῷ (Seibt pp. 82-83, Seyrig 159, DO V.9.5-6) (Romanos 104)
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Narrative (17) Description (6) Commander of right wing in army of Michael 6 τὸν ἐφεστηκότα τούτῳ. Zonaras 18.2.21 He was the glory of the senate, a man who was young in body but old in intelligence γερουσίας ἡ δόξα, συγκλήτου κλέος ... νέος τὸ σῶμα, τὰς φρένας δὲ πρεσβύτης. Psellos Poema 17.207-210 He was entirely handsome and good, spiritually and physically, in character and intellect, with magnificence and nobility ὅλος γοῦν τυγχάνων καλός, ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἤθους, ἀπὸ τῆς γνώμης, ἀπὸ τῆς μεγαλοπρεποῦς φύσεως καὶ εὐγενοῦς προαιρέσεως. Psellos Letters (K - D) 68, 101.15-20 Was ill disposed to Georgios 62 , who was chief neighbour at his house in the theme of the Anatolikon, bearing a grudge because in a former difference of opinion he had been handled roughly by Georgios 62 τῷ κατὰ τὸ θέμα τῶν ἀνατολικῶν οἴκῳ τοῦ Μανιάκη ἀρχιτερμονῶν κακῶς διετίθει τὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς, μνησικακῶν ὅτι πρῴην διαφερόμενος ἐκείνῳ κατεπονεῖτο. Zonaras 17.22.3 One of the magnates whose residence was at Anatolikon οἱ δὲ κατὰ τὸ θέμα τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν τὰς οἰκήσεις ἔχοντες ἄρχοντες. Skylitzes 488.63-64 When the axle of empire had rolled over to Konstantinos 9 , he had become very powerful on account of his sister - he was brother of the emperor Konstantinos 9 's beloved (Maria 64 Skleraina) - and was honoured as magistros and protostrator ὁ Σκληρὸς Ῥωμανὸς (ἀδελφὸς δ᾿ ἦν ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς ἐρωμένης τῷ βασιλεῖ) μέγα δεδύνητο διὰ τὴν ὁμαίμονα καὶ μάγιστρος καὶ πρωτοστράτωρ τετίμητο. Zonaras 17.22.3 Dignity/Office (22) Second Name (12) Kinship (8) Location (13) Possession (1) Uncertain Ident (1)