Macedonian armies & generals, including Bryennios, sent against Turks by Konstantinos IX

Summary:
Konstantinos IX sent the army stationed in Macedonia to the East under local generals, among them Bryennios the ethnarches. It was rumoured among the Turks that they would be annihilated by troops of the same race as those with which Alexander destroyed the Persians 
Dates:
1054 
Bryennios the ethnarches (Anonymus 195)
  • Was sent by Konstantinos 9 to the East along with other Macedonian generals and the Macedonian army, for it was rumoured among the Turks that they would be annihilated by troops of the same race as those with which Alexander destroyed the Persians (:) Skylitzes 479.9-13
  • Was sent by Monomachos (Konstantinos 9) at the head of the Macedonian army against the Turks (:) Glykas 599.14-16
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • Sent his Macedonian army to the East under Macedonian generals, among them Bryennios (Anonymus 195), for it was rumoured among the Turks that they would be annihilated by troops of the same race as those with which Alexander destroyed the Persians (:) Skylitzes 479.9-13
  • Sent the Macedonian army under Bryennios (Anonymus 195) against the Turks (:) Glykas 599.14-16