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John I Tzimiskes (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Τζιμισκής, romanized: Iōánnēs ho Tzimiskēs; c. 925 – 10 January 976) was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976. An intuitive and successful general who married into the influential Skleros family , he strengthened and expanded the Byzantine Empire to include Thrace ...
Jul 10, 2018 · John I Tzimiskes was Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976 CE. Although he took the throne by murdering his predecessor Nikephoros II Phokas, John was a popular emperor. A skilled general and a competent politician, he is known for expanding Byzantium 's borders to the Danube River in the west and further into Syria in the east. Rise to Power.
John I Tzimisces (born 925—died Jan. 10, 976, Constantinople) was a Byzantine emperor (969–976) whose extension of Byzantine influence into the Balkans and Syria and maintenance of domestic tranquillity assured the prestige and stability of the empire for his immediate successors.
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Best known for brutally murdering his uncle, Nicephorus II Phocas, John Tzimisces was a talented and successful ruler in his own right.
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The Mesopotamian campaigns of John Tzimiskes were a series of campaigns undertaken by the Byzantine emperor John I Tzimiskes against the Fatimid Caliphate in the Levant and against the Abbasid Caliphate in Syria.
- 974-975
- Byzantine victory
- Syria, the Levant
Tzimiskes led a conspiracy to overthrow a ruler viewed as hostile to the interests of his fellow eastern landowners. John was acclaimed emperor and, at the demand of Patriarch Polyeuktos, banished Theophano, Nikephoros’s widow, to Prinkipio.
John I Tzimiskes was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976. An intuitive and successful general who married into the influential Skleros family, he strengthened and expanded the Byzantine Empire to include Thrace and Syria by warring with the Rus' under Sviatoslav I and the Fatimids respectively.
