Nikephoros Basilakes wrote a speech to welcome Ioannes II on his return from Syria

Summary:
Nikephoros Basilakios promised Ioannes II a welcome unparallelled in human history in richness and enthusiasm, as he returned to his capital after achieving victories which were equally unique. The speech mentions in an imprecise way many of the events occurring in Cilicia and Syria, culminating in a plea to the church and people of Constantinople to celebrate a better triumph than that already seen in Antioch 
Dates:
1139 
Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (Ioannes 2)
  • He was welcomed back to the capital by a speech of Nikephoros 17003, which mentioned many of the events in Cilicia and Syria, culminating in a plea to the church and people of Constantinople to celebrate a better triumph than that seen in Antioch (:) Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 49.1-74.27
Nikephoros Basilakios, writer involved in doctrinal disputes (Nikephoros 17003)
  • He promised Ioannes 2 a welcome unparallelled in human history in richness and enthusiasm as he returned to his capital after achieving victories which were equally unique (:) Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 49.1-50.3
  • Ioannes 2's feats before the Syrian campaign: (1) defeats of Getai, Massagetai, Dakai and Sakkai; (2) European victories over Dalmatians and Scythian Nomads who live in wagons without government (the latter filling the Danube with blood) (:) Γέτην ... Μασσαγέτην ... Δάκας ... Σάκκας. Δαλμάτας ... Σκύθας ... Νομάδας Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 51.7-8, 52.23-25