Defeat of rebel Nikephoros Bryennios by Roussel de Bailleul
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MICHAEL VII (1071-1078)
1078
Summary:
Roussel de Bailleul attacked the troops of Ioannes Bryennios, who had been sent by his brother the rebel Nikephoros to subdue the region of Kyzikos, and routed them
Dates:
1078
Ioannes Bryennios, brother of usurper Nikephoros (
Ioannes 61
)
Sent by his brother (
Nikephoros 62
Bryennios) to bring the peninsula of Kyzikos under his rule, he came across
Roussel 61
and was completely vanquished (in March of the first indiction:ἐνισταμένου μαρτίου μηνὸς τῆς πρώτης ἰνδικτιῶνος)
Skylitzes Continuatus 176.2-5
Withdrew to the area of Kyzikos and, while he was trying to subject the people there,
Roussel 61
encountered him and routed him mightily (:)
Zonaras 18.18.2
On learning this [that
Roussel 61
was to attack him], he ran away first, but many of the Macedonians were overtaken and some fell while others were captured (:)
Zonaras 18.17.28-29
Roussel de Bailleul (
Roussel 61
)
Encountered
Ioannes 61
, who had withdrawn to the area of Kyzikos and was trying to subject the people there, and routed him mightily (:)
Zonaras 18.18.2
Fought against
Ioannes 61
Bryennios and his men and defeated them completely (:)
κατὰ κράτος αὐτοὺς ἐτροπώσατο Attaleiates: History 270.9-11 / 193.23-24
Came across
Ioannes 61
Bryennios, sent by his brother (
Nikephoros 62
) to bring under his control the peninsula of Kyzikos, and vanquished him completely (in March of the first indiction:ἐνισταμένου μαρτίου μηνὸς τῆς πρώτης ἰνδικτιῶνος)
κατὰ κράτος αὐτὸν ἐτροπώσατο Skylitzes Continuatus 176.2-5