Alexios summoned Georgios Palaiologos for a meeting outside Dyrrachion; but he regarded it as fatal for a commander to leave a besieged city, and came only reluctantly after the third summons, when he had received as a token the ring from Alexios' finger. He arrived escorted by some warships. He advised against an immediate battle, supported by other experienced leaders, who wanted to wear Guiscard down by skirmishing, with the support of Bodin and the Dalmatians. The majority of the young commanders, however, advised that they fight immediately, especially Konstantios the porphyrogennetos, Nikephoros Synadenos, Nampites commander of the Varangians, and Leon and Nikephoros, sons of Romanos IV