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Nikephoros Diogenes (Greek: Νικηφόρος Διογένης), Latinized as Nicephorus Diogenes, was presumably a junior Byzantine emperor around 1069–1071. He was born c. 1069 to Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes and Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa.
Jun 27, 2024 · Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder was magistros and dux of the West under Romanos Diogenes and commanded the left flank in the battle of Manzikert. He was appointed dux of Dyrrachion by Michael VII. 9 Bryennios was proclaimed emperor by his troops in Traianopoulos in November of 1077.
Nikephoros Diogenes (Greek: Νικηφόρος Διογένης), Latinized as Nicephorus Diogenes, was the son of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes and Eudokia Makrembolitissa. Crowned co-emperor during his father's reign, he later served as a general during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, scoring...
The historian Nikephoros Bryennios (‘the Younger’) provides an important view of the background behind Romanos’ fateful decision to launch a major strike towards Lake Van.
Diogenes (r. 1068-1071) and the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Manzikert. Materials for a History and The History, explain the origins of these discrepancies. by Nikephoros Bryennios, in relation to
Nikephoros was a capable ruler whose path to the throne—the deposition of Eirene—and refusal to persecute former Iconoclasts provoked vituperation from later, mostly monastic, chroniclers.
2019, Diogenes Postgraduate Journal. The successful 1081 Komnenian coup against Nikephoros III Botaneiates is generally seen by modern historians as denoting a marked shift in the governance of the Byzantine Empire and attitudes towards the nature of imperial rule itself.
