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.