Leo Apostyppes
Leo Apostyppes or Apostoupes (
Byzantine
military leader active in the 880s.
He appears in 880, as military governor (Kotyaion.[1]
Shortly after, however, two of Apostyppes' subordinates, the koubikoularios Chamaretos, wrote to the Emperor accusing Apostyppes of having planned Prokopios' death since the beginning, and of plotting against Basil himself. The two sons of Apostyppes, Bardas and David, learned of these accusations and killed Baianos, whereupon they along with Leo tried to flee to the Abbasid Caliphate. They were intercepted by the manglabites Bartzapedon however, who killed Bardas and David when they tried to resist. Leo was brought back to Constantinople, where he had an eye and an arm cut off and was banished to Mesembria.[1]
References
Sources
- Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.
- Wortley, John, ed. (2010). John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76705-7.