Returning from Cilicia, Ioannes II sent a detachment to punish the people of Ikonion
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IOANNES II (1118-1143)
1139
Summary:
Ioannes II, after a three-year expedition, returned via Cilicia to Constantinople. As he went, he sent a detachment to punish the people of Ikonion, who had taken advantage of his absence by attacking Byzantine possessions. This raid was successful
Dates:
1139
Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (
Ioannes 2
)
After a three-year (i.e. two-year) absence, he returned via Cilicia to Constantinople; as he passed, he sent a detachment to punish the Turks of Ikonion, who had exploited his absence by attacking the Byzantines; his raid was successful (:)
Niketas Choniates, Historia 31.21-27
Part of the report on the campaign refers to problems in river-crossings, especially of the Sangaris, which was in spate; the Turks had stolen areas of Bithynia and Bebryx (?) in Ioannes' absence, but he now punished them many times over (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XI.81-90
As he crossed Anatolia he realised that
Masud 17001
had profited by his absence to attack Byzantine Bithynia; he made a gesture to punish him, so that the Sangarios would be able to discuss his achievements with the Euphrates and Tigris (:)
Italikos 266.30-267.16
Mas'ud, sultan of Ikonion (
Masud 17001
)
He had profited from the absence of
Ioannes 2
to make inroads into Byzantine Bithynia; as Ioannes returned, he was punished for this presumption (:)
Italikos 267.2-16