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- The archontopouloi (Gr****: Ἀρχοντόπουλοι) were an elite military formation of the Byzantine army during the Komnenian era, in the 11th-12th centuries....
- Immortals (Gr. Ἀθάνατοι), were one of the elite military units. the Archontopouloi (Gr. Ἀρχοντόπουλοι), were an elite military formation of the Komnenian...
- such as the Varangians, the vestiaritai, the vardariotai and also the archontopouloi (the latter recruited by Alexios from the sons of dead Byzantine officers)...
- heavy cavalry stationed in Constantinople, the Vardariotai and the Archontopouloi, recruited by Alexios from the sons of dead Byzantine officers, foreign...
- disappear thereafter, along with another contemporary creation, the Archontopouloi. In Walter Scott's novel Count Robert of Paris the Immortals appear...
- 'Immortals' (a unit of heavy cavalry) stationed in Constantinople and the Archontopouloi, recruited by Alexios from the sons of dead Byzantine officers, and...
- in 1090 he defeated a small force of 300 Pechenegs while leading the Archontopouloi tagma against them. In early 1094, Tatikios was placed in charge of...
- created a special military unit out of orphaned sons of officers, called Archontopouloi, and it may be that the later noble families trace their descent to...
- (consul) Aristomachus (Egypt) Arius Arkadios II, Archbishop of Cyprus Archontopouloi Argos and Nauplia, Lordship of Argos, Bishopric of Armatus Armenia Armenia...