Prosouch, Turkish military commander in service of Manuel I M XII
Προσούχ(ης) (Prosouch 17001)
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Description
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Very knowledgable in military matters
οὐκ ἄϊδριν τὰ πολέμια. Niketas Choniates, Historia 52.27
A war-hardened man
ἀνδρὶ ἐμπειρομάχῳ. Kinnamos 71.6
Competent in warfare
ἱκανὸς τὰ πολέμια. Kinnamos 33.21-22
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Education
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Received a Byzantine upbringing and education
τροφῆς δὲ καὶ παιδείας μεταλαχὼν ῾Ρωμαϊκῆς. Kinnamos 73.3
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Turkish (Persian)
Πέρσῃ μὲν τὸ γένος. Kinnamos 73.2-3
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Location
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Adrianople (Thrace)
began to shadow the Crusaders at Adrianople πόλιν ᾿Αδριανοῦ. Kinnamos 71.7
Adrianople (Thrace): bridge over three rivers
he managed to calm Frederick Barbarossa after leaving his horse at the bridge γεφύρας. Niketas Choniates, Historia 64.49-53
Longoi (Thrace)
spied on the Crusaders at Longoi (Thrace) Λόγγοι. Kinnamos 73.4
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Eunuchs
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