Katakalon Kekaumenos convinced many rebels of dangers of settlement, & (secretly) the imperial ambassadors

Summary:
[Skylitzes' version] Although Isaakios (I) and his generals applauded Michael VI's offer to have Isaakios adopted and proclaimed co-emperor, Katakalon Kekaumenos disagreed, considering it wrong to allow the old emperor to stay on the throne. He objected to the abandonment of the oath taken to depose Michael VI, warning that if Isaakios were adopted by Michael VI, he would soon be poisoned and his supporters blinded. Men in a position to know said that he was approached secretly by the emperor's envoys, and urged to maintain these objections 
Dates:
1057 
Katakalon Kekaumenos (Katakalon 101)
  • Objected to the abandonment of the oath taken (to remove Michael 6 from power), warning that if Isaakios 1 were to be adopted by the emperor (Michael 6, as suggested by the latter), he would soon be poisoned and his supporters would be blinded (:) φαρμάκοις κατεργασθεὶς οἰχήσεται θᾶττον Skylitzes 497.7-11
  • It was said by men in a position to know that he was approached secretly by the emperor's envoys (Konstantinos 13, Theodoros 106, Michael 61) and urged to maintain his objections (to Isaakios 1 being adopted by Michael 6 and proclaimed emperor) (:) Skylitzes 497.11-14
  • Although Isaakios 1 and his generals applauded the emperor (Michael 6)'s offer (to have the former adopted and proclaimed emperor) he disagreed, considering it unfair to allow the old man (Michael 6) to remain on the throne (:) Skylitzes 497.1-7
Konstantinos III Leichoudes, patriarch of Constantinople (Konstantinos 13)
  • It was said by men in a position to know that he approached secretly Kekaumenos (Katakalon 101) and urged him to maintain his objections (to Isaakios 1 being adopted by Michael 6 and proclaimed emperor): in association with Theodoros 106, Michael 61 (:) Skylitzes 497.11-14
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
Theodoros (Leon) Alopos, envoy of Michael VI to Isaakios Komnenos (Theodoros 106)