The military commander Leo the Armenian and…

804 CE

The military commander Leo the Armenian and his comrade-in-arms Michael the Amorian had at first supported Bardanes Tourkos when he and Nikephoros I were fighting over the imperial throne in 803, but later desert him and join the cause of Nicephoros.

Leo, having distinguished himself as a general under Nikephoros, becomes strategos of the Anatolic theme.

Locations
Amorium > Hisarköy Kutahya Turkey View →

People
Bardanes Tourkos View → Leo V the Armenian View → Michael II View → Nikephoros I View →

Groups
Arab people View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Anatolic Theme View → Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Nikephorian dynasty View →

Topics
Arab-Byzantine Wars View → Byzantine-Muslim War of 803-09 View →

Commodities
Weapons View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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