Tyrach & baptised Pecheneg leaders, sent from Constantinople to pacify the others, joined their raids

Summary:
After the defeat of Konstantinos Arianites at the battle of Dampolis, Konstantinos IX gave gifts and favours to the baptised Pecheneg leaders, Karamas, Kataleim, Selte, Soultzous and Tyrach. In this way he persuaded them to undertake to pacify their fellow Pechenegs. In fact, they simply swelled their numbers in the raids 
Dates:
1049 
leaders of Pechenegs who crossed Danube in 1046/47 (Anonymi 5006)
  • Sent back to their people, they reverted to their old habits, constantly raiding and plundering the surrounding regions, spilling the blood of the Ausonians on Roman soil, and thus causing the emperor (Konstantinos 9) to march against them once more (:) καὶ τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν γῆν τοῖς αἵμασι τῶν Αὐσόνων πιαίνοντες Attaleiates: History 31.16-22 / 25.3-8
Karamas, Pecheneg commander and Roman ally (Karamas 101)
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders cajoled by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) who granted them gifts and favours and sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs (after the latter's victory over Konstantinos 116 at Dampolis): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) Skylitzes 467.93-95
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders who were allowed to leave Constantinople, joined the other Pechenegs (in Bulgaria), and dismissed the promises given to Monomachos (Konstantinos 9, who sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) μακρὰ χαίρειν εἰπόντες ταῖς πρὸς τὸν Μονομάχον ὑποσχέσεσι Skylitzes 468.19-22
Kataleim, Pecheneg commander and Roman ally (Kataleim 101)
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders cajoled by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) who granted them gifts and favours and sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs (after the latter's victory over Konstantinos 116 at Dampolis): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) Skylitzes 467.93-95
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders who were allowed to leave Constantinople, joined the other Pechenegs (in Bulgaria), and dismissed the promises given to Monomachos (Konstantinos 9, who sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) μακρὰ χαίρειν εἰπόντες ταῖς πρὸς τὸν Μονομάχον ὑποσχέσεσι Skylitzes 468.19-22
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • Informed by Konstantinos 116 of the disaster (by the Pechenegs at Dampolis), he brought to his side with gifts and favours Tyrach 101 and the captive Pecheneg leaders, sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs, and summoned all the eastern tagmata (:) Skylitzes 467.92-96
Konstantinos Arianites, doux of Adrianople (Konstantinos 116)
  • After his defeat by the Pechenegs at Dampolis he returned to Adrianople, wrote to the emperor (Konstantinos 9) about the disaster, and requested fresh troops to face the numerous enemy troops (:) Skylitzes 467.88-92
Selte, Pecheneg commander, once a Roman ally (Selte 101)
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders cajoled by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) who granted them gifts and favours and sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs (after the latter's victory over Konstantinos 116 at Dampolis): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) Skylitzes 467.93-95
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders who were allowed to leave Constantinople, joined the other Pechenegs (in Bulgaria), and dismissed the promises given to Monomachos (Konstantinos 9, who sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) μακρὰ χαίρειν εἰπόντες ταῖς πρὸς τὸν Μονομάχον ὑποσχέσεσι Skylitzes 468.19-22
Soultzous, Pecheneg commander and Roman ally (Soultzous 101)
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders cajoled by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) who granted them gifts and favours and sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs (after the latter's victory over Konstantinos 116 at Dampolis): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) Skylitzes 467.93-95
  • Was presumably one of the captive Pecheneg leaders who were allowed to leave Constantinople, joined the other Pechenegs (in Bulgaria), and dismissed the promises given to Monomachos (Konstantinos 9, who sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs): in association with Tyrach 101 (:) μακρὰ χαίρειν εἰπόντες ταῖς πρὸς τὸν Μονομάχον ὑποσχέσεσι Skylitzes 468.19-22
Tyrach, Pecheneg leader (Tyrach 101)
  • Was cajoled along with the captive Pecheneg leaders by the emperor (Konstantinos 9) who granted them gifts and favours and sent them to pacify their fellow Pechenegs (after the latter's victory over Konstantinos 116 at Dampolis) (:) Skylitzes 467.93-95
  • Allowed to leave Constantinople with the captured Pecheneg leaders, he joined the other Pechenegs (in Bulgaria) and dismissed the promises he had given to Monomachos (Konstantinos 9, who sent him to pacify his fellow Pechenegs) (:) μακρὰ χαίρειν εἰπόντες ταῖς πρὸς τὸν Μονομάχον ὑποσχέσεσι Skylitzes 468.19-22