Konstantinos X accused Amertikes of trying to murder him
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1061
Summary:
Amertikes had been generously treated in Constantinople. However Konstantinos X accused him of trying to murder him with a dagger and banished him
Dates:
1061
Amertikes, Turkish commander (
Amertikes 101
)
Went to the old emperor of the Romans (
Michael 6
Stratiotikos), was received with great honours and remained in Constantinople, but then he was accused by
Konstantinos 10
Doukas of plotting to murder him and was exiled, only to be called back later (:)
καὶ μεγάλων τυχὼν δεξιώσεων Attaleiates: History 94.21-95.2 / 71.23-72.2
Defected to the Romans under
Michael 6
, received great gifts, dignities and honours, but was then accused by
Konstantinos 10
Doukas of intending to murder him with a dagger and was banished in perpetuity (:)
Skylitzes Continuatus 120.11-14
Emperor Konstantinos X Doukas (
Konstantinos 10
)
Accused the Turkish commander
Amertikes 101
(who had been staying in Constantinople) of plotting to murder him with a dagger (:)
ὡς μέλλοι τοῦτον μαχαίρᾳ διαχειρίσασθαι Attaleiates: History 94.23-95.1 / 71.24-72.1
Accused
Amertikes 101
of intending to murder him with a dagger and baished him in perpetuity (:)
Skylitzes Continuatus 120.12-14