Diogenes (Byzantine family)
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The House of Diogenes (Greek: Διoγένης, romanized: Diogenēs), feminine form: Diogenissa,[a] plural: Diogenai,[b][1] was a Cappadocian Greek noble family of the Byzantine military aristocracy that provided several prominent generals and three emperors during the 10th and 11th century.[2] Romanos IV Diogenes was, by marriage to Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Byzantine Emperor between 1068 and 1071. Romanos led the Byzantine army for the pivotal defeat at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cheynet 2003, p. 93.
- ^ Norwich 1993, p. 344.
Sources
[edit]- Norwich, John Julius (1993). Byzantium: The Apogee. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-011448-5.
- Cheynet, Jean-Claude (2003). "Basil II and Asia Minor". In Magdalino, Paul (ed.). Byzantium in the Year 1000. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789047404095_007. ISBN 9789047404095.
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