Erisgen, having fled from Alp Arslan, arrived unharmed in the capital and was welcomed in the house of the kouropalates Manuel Komnenos, whom he had captured and then saved. He was not received by Romanos IV until many days later, in the Chrysotriklinos early one morning, after the senate had been convened. Romanos made him proedros and kept him by his side, considering that he would be useful in the campaign against the Turks. Manuel regained considerable prestige as a result