Failure of plots by Boril & Germanos to have Alexios Komnenos banished or blinded

Summary:
Boril and Germanos redoubled their efforts to get revenge on Isaakios and Alexios Komnenos by having them blinded or exiled. This would also deprive Konstantinos Doukas, son of Maria of Alania, of his protector. Alexios intercepted the decrees of the two Scythian slaves and carried them to Nikephoros III, who took his side: the Scythians were reprimanded. However they still pressured Nikephoros to change his mind. At one stage he seems to have decided to blind Alexios: but he subsequently chose to send him instead on perilous missions, hoping that he would either be killed or disobey so that he might be punished 
Dates:
1080 
Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (Alexios 1)
  • Intercepted the decree issued by Boril 61 and Germanos 101 planning to banish him and thus deprive Konstantios 61 of his protector, and went up to Nikephoros 3 who reprimanded the plan's instigators (:) τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνήνεγκε Bryennios 59.22-61.2
  • Was sent by Nikephoros 3 (III Botaneiates), who abandoned his plan to have him blinded, on perilous missions so that he might get killed or disobey and be punished (:) οἷα δή τις ὑπόθεσις παρεισέπιπτε μεγάλης δεομένη καὶ βουλῆς καὶ χειρὸς καὶ πόλεμον ἀπαιτοῦσα καὶ γενναίας ὲνδειξιν ψυχῆς καὶ ἀνδρίας καὶ κίνδυνον τῇ ἐγχειρήσει ταύτης ἐπικρεμάμενον, εὐθὺς τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ χρῆσις ἦν Bryennios 61.10-22
Boril, protoproedros and ethnarches (Boril 61)
  • Intending to get rid of Alexios 1 Komnenos and thus deprive Konstantios 61 Doukas of his protector, he issued a decree banishing Alexios 1: in association with Germanos 101 (:) πρόσταγμα καταπέμπουσιν ὑπερορίαν τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ διακελευόμενον Bryennios 59.17-22
  • Was reprimanded by Nikephoros 3 (III Botaneiates) after the emperor found out about the decree banishing Alexios 1 Komnenos: in association with Germanos 101 (:) τῶν τῷ προστάγματι συνθεμένων καταμεμψάμενος Bryennios 59.26-61.2
  • Encouraged Nikephoros 3 (III Botaneiates) to have Alexios 1 Komnenos blinded: in association with Germanos 101 (:) ὑπὸ τῶν δηλωθέντων αὐτοῦ δούλων περιαγόμενος Bryennios 61.3-5
Germanos, slave of Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Germanos 101)
  • Intending to get rid of Alexios 1 Komnenos and thus deprive Konstantios 61 Doukas of his protector, he issued a decree banishing Alexios 1: in association with Boril 61 (:) πρόσταγμα καταπέμπουσιν ὑπερορίαν τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ διακελευόμενον Bryennios 59.17-22
  • Was reprimanded by Nikephoros 3 (III Botaneiates) after the emperor found out about the decree banishing Alexios 1 Komnenos: in association with Boril 61 (:) τῶν τῷ προστάγματι συνθεμένων καταμεμψάμενος Bryennios 59.26-61.2
  • Encouraged Nikephoros 3 (III Botaneiates) to have Alexios 1 Komnenos blinded: in association with Boril 61 (:) ὑπὸ τῶν δηλωθέντων αὐτοῦ δούλων περιαγόμενος Bryennios 61.3-5
Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Nikephoros 3)
  • At the instigation of Boril 61 and Germanos 101 he was planning to have Alexios 1 Komnenos blinded, although he subsequently chose to send him instead on perilous missions, hoping that he would either be killed or disobey so that he might be punished (:) ἕτερον δὲ τρόπον κακοῖς ἐσκέπτετο τοῦτον περιβαλεῖν καὶ ἀφορμὴν ἐζήτει εὐπρόσωπον κακοῖς τὸν ἀναίτιον παραπέμψαι Bryennios 61.3-22
  • Impressed by the virtues of Alexios 1 Komnenos, who informed him of the decree issued by Boril 61 and Germanos 101 planning to banish Alexios 1 in order to deprive Konstantios 61 Doukas of his protector, he reprimanded the plan's instigators (:) τῶν τῷ προστάγματι συνθεμένων καταμεμψάμενος, εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ τοῦ πράγματος περιέστησε Bryennios 59.23-61.2