Fortunate victories over Turks prevented total destruction of Anatolia

Summary:
Even with the penny-pinching military policy of Konstantinos X, occasional forunate victories were won over Turkish generals like Chorosalaris and Samouch. Thus although eastern Anatolia was exposed to Turkish raids, the enemy were kept back; otherwise Galatia, Honorias and even Phrygia would have been attacked 
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Chorosan/Chorosalaris, Turkish leader (Chorosan 101)
  • He was defeated by the Roman army in a stroke of luck and thus the barbarians, who would have otherwise reached Galatia and Honorias and even Phrygia, stayed away (:) Skylitzes Continuatus 113.2-6
  • Was defeated by the Roman army, thus preventing the Turks from raiding Galatia, Honorias and even Phrygia (:) τὴν η῞ττω συμβαλόντες τύχῃ τινὶ ἀγαθῇ ἐκληρώσαντο Attaleiates: History 78.17-22 / 59.22-60.2
Emperor Konstantinos X Doukas (Konstantinos 10)
  • In Michael 61's view he made a great mistake because military disorgansiation increased the power of our enemies and made them more active against us (:) ἀγνόημα δὲ μέγα ἠγνόησεν Psellos: Chronographia VIIa 18.1-3
Samouch/Zamouches, Turkish leader (Samouch 101)
  • Was defeated by the Roman army, thus preventing the Turks from raiding Galatia, Honorias and even Phrygia (:) τὴν η῞ττω συμβαλόντες τύχῃ τινὶ ἀγαθῇ ἐκληρώσαντο Attaleiates: History 78.17-22 / 59.22-60.2
  • He was defeated by the Roman army in a stroke of luck and thus the barbarians, who would have otherwise reached Galatia and Honorias and even Phrygia, stayed away (:) Skylitzes Continuatus 113.2-6