Certainty: 2 Rebellion of Ioannes Bryennios & Nikephoros Basilakes, joined reluctantly by Nikephoros Bryennios Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios, joined by Adrianople, Raidestos & other cities Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Nikephoros Bryennios, acclaimed at Traianoupolis, advanced to Adrianople Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Herakleia in Thrace captured by rebels of Nikephoros Bryennios led by his brother Ioannes Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Attack on Constantinople by troops of Ioannes Bryennios Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes Bryennios defeated at Athyras by Alexios Komnenos & Roussel Certainty: 2
1078
Certainty: 2 Katakalon Tarchaneiotes joined the rebellion of Bryennioi
Katakalon Tarchaneiotes, the katepano of Adrianople, had opposed the rebellion of the Bryennios brothers, and wrote to Michael VII and Nikephoritzes asking for troops to suppress it. He received no assistance, either because there were no troops available or because his two correspondents were too lazy to reply. Thus for several days he resisted the rebel movement in Adrianople almost single-handedly. He then realised that he was exposing himself to great risk for little purpose, and allowed himself to be persuaded by Ioannes Bryennios to join the rebellion. The move was cemented by Anna the kouropalatissa, mother of the Bryennios brothers, who arranged for a betrothal between Katakalon's sister Helena and the son of Ioannes Bryennios. Ioannes also recruited many westerners to his brother's cause
Certainty: 3 Defeat of rebel Nikephoros Bryennios by Roussel de Bailleul Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Pechenegs raiding the Chersonnesos were defeated by Ioannes Bryennios & became his allies Certainty: 2
Sent against the rebel Nikephoros Bryennios in Thrace, Alexios Komnenos camped in Thrace near the Halmyros river whilst his enemy Nikephoros Bryennios camped on the plain of Kedoktou. Alexios left a good distance between the camps, so that Bryennios (and his own men) should not see the weakness of his army. Bryennios drew up his forces for battle, with his brother Ioannes leading the right wing, comprising Italians, the men brought by the famous Maniakes, Thessalian horsemen and some of the Hetaireia, 5,000 in all. The left wing, under the command of Katakalon Tarchaneiotes, included Macedonian and Thracian troops totalling 3,000, flanked by Pecheneg auxiliaries who were to attack the enemy from the rear. Nikephoros himself was in the centre with elite Macedonian and Thracian troops, especially the Thessalian cavalry. Alexios hid some of his men in hollows, ordering them to attack when they found themselves behind the enemy. Despite instructions from Nikephoros III to postpone battle till the arrival of Turkish reinforcements, he divided the rest of the army in two: he himself commanded the Athanatoi and the Kelts, while Konstantinos Katakalon Euphorbenos had troops from Choma and the Turks, to keep watch on the Pechenegs
Certainty: 2 Battle of Halmyros: victory of Alexios Komnenos over Bryennios Certainty: 2