Philaretos Brachamios
| Philaretos Brachamios | |
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Varajnuni |
Philaretos Brachamios (
magistros and doux (duke), and finally as kouropalates
and doux.
Background
Since the 1060–1070s, the
Cilician plain to Diyar Mudar persisted.[1]
Career
Philaretos is described by
Seljuk Turks who advanced deep into Cappadocia and Lycaonia and plundered at will before rapidly retreating with their spoils. He was present at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, where he commanded a division of Romanus' army, and remained at the head of a considerable body of troops after the disaster.[4]
In the aftermath of the battle, he commanded the forces of the fortress
.He retained his dukedom until the
See also
References
- ^ Peacock & De Nicola 2016, p. 60.
- ^ Finlay, pp. 56-58
- ^ Finlay, pg. 35
- ^ Finlay, pg. 50
- ^ Finlay, pg. 50
- ^ Finlay, pg. 50
- ^ Andrews 2016, p. 69.
- ^ Beihammer 2017, p. 293-295.
Bibliography
- Andrews, Tara L. (28 November 2016). Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi and His Chronicle History as Apocalypse in a Crossroads of Cultures. Brill. ISBN 9789004330351. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- Beihammer, Alexander Daniel (2017). Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040-1130. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-22959-4.
- Dadoyan, Seta B. (2013). The Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World: Armenian Realpolitik in the Islamic World and Diverging Paradigms: Case of Cilicia Eleventh to Fourteenth Centuries. Transaction Publishers.
- Dostourian, A. (1993). Armenia and the Crusades, 10th to 12th Centuries. Chronicles of Matthew of Edessa. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Finlay, George (1854). History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires from 1057 – 1453. Vol. 2. William Blackwood & Sons.
- Gravett, Christopher; Nicolle, David (2006). The Normans: Warrior Knights and their Castles. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
- Peacock, Andrew Charles Spencer; De Nicola, Bruno (9 March 2016). Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia. Taylor & Francis.
- Yarnley, C. J. (1972). "Philaretos: Armenian Bandit or Byzantine General". Revue des Études Arméniennes. 9. Paris: 331–353.
Further reading
- Koltsida-Makre, Ioanna (2017). Caseau, Béatrice; Prigent, Vivien; Sopracasa, Alessio (eds.). "Philaretos Brachamios,Portrait of a Byzantine Official: An Unpublished Lead Seal in the Byzantine Museum of Phthiotis (Greece)". Travaux et mémoires. Centre de recherche d'histoire et civilisation byzans: 325–333. Retrieved 29 October 2023.