Manuel advanced from Nis against Hungarian-Serbian allies
Unit appears in:
MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1143-1160)
1150
Summary:
Dates:
1150 Autumn
Ioannes Komnenos, protosebastos and protovestiarios (
Ioannes 17006
)
Was sent with an army by the emperor
Manuel 1
to support the foragers who met Hungarian troops; defeated them and pursued them to the Strymon (Drin?) (:)
Kinnamos 104.24-105.6
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
Sent
Ioannes 17006
to protect the foragers against the Hungarians who fled to Strymon (Drin?) and Tara; he camped on the road to Setzenitza, seeking
Ouresis 17001
of Serbia who was awaiting the main Hungarian force (:)
Kinnamos 104.24-105.15
Mustered an army at Nis, learning of Paionian (Hungarian) reinforcements for the Dalmatians (Serbs); marched through Longomeros to meet them; advanced via the Sava and the Drina, which divides Serbia from Bosnia (Autumn :φθινούσης ἤδη τῆς ὥρας )
Kinnamos 103.23-104.10
He returned to Pelagonia, to face another worse rebellion by the Serbs, with Hungarian allies; he treated them carelessly as unimportant opponents, but Hungarian support had given them more strength [Choniates' dating of the beginning of the Italian campaign to this time has not been accepted] (at the beginning of spring:τοῦ ἔαρος ὑποφαίνοντος)
Niketas Choniates, Historia 91.9-92.33