Defeat & capture of Lewon the Armenian ruler

Summary:
Stories of his capture vary: Italikos has him unsuccessfully attacked early in the campaign, with Ioannes II undertaking engineering work in the Taurus but only catching Lewon's family. One of his sons was to escape from Constantinople and become the successful Armenian leader Toros II 
Dates:
1137 
family of Leon/Lewon I, ruler of Cilician Armenia (Anonymi 25008)
  • The wife and children of Leon 17002 were captured, but Leon himself escaped (:) Italikos 255.21-256.1
  • Despite the great posturing of Leon 17002, he was captured with his wife and children, indeed his whole family (:) Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 62.19-21
Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (Ioannes 2)
  • His entry to Cilicia was blocked by Leon 17002, relying on the mountainous terrain; he defeated Leon, the robbers' lair (Seleukia?) was eliminated, its governor captured and the way forward opened (:) Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 55.6-56.3
Leon/Lewon I, ruler of Cilician Armenia (Leon 17002)
  • He was threatened during an early penetration of the Taurus by Ioannes 2, who had to undertake engineering work; his family Anonymi 25008 were caught, but he escaped (:) Italikos 255.21-256.1
  • He stood in the way of Ioannes 2's entry to Cilicia, relying on the mountainous terrain; but he was defeated, the robbers' lair (Seleukia?) was eliminated, its governor captured and the way forward opened (:) Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 55.6-56.3
  • Despite his great posturing, he was captured with Anonymi 25008: his wife and children and his whole family (:) Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 62.19-21
Toros II, prince of Cilician Armenia (Toros 102)
  • Captured by the emperor Ioannes 2 during a Byzantine expedition to Armenia, he had escaped and returned to Cilicia, and was trying to raise the cities there in revolt; was now opposed by Andronikos 1 (Komnenos) (Long ago: ἐκ μακροῦ) Kinnamos 121.20-122.1