Definition of Dagisthaeus. Meaning of Dagisthaeus. Synonyms of Dagisthaeus

- the emperor Justinian I. Dagisthaeus was possibly a descendant of the Ostrogothic chieftain Dagistheus. In 548, Dagisthaeus, still a young officer, was...
- 000 Roman and 1,000 Tzani (relatives of the Lazes) auxiliaries under Dagisthaeus to ****ist Gubazes and besieged the fortress of Petra but faced tough...
- 000 Tzani, and were under command of the magister militum per Armeniam Dagisthaeus. The Roman archery was very efficient during the siege; as they suppressed...
- Peter, direct predecessor of John Tzibus John Tzibus (?–541) Valerian Dagisthaeus (?–550) Bessas (550–554) Martin Justin John Mystacon Heraclius the Elder...
- back to Byzantium. In 548, Emperor Justinian dispatched 8,000 men under Dagisthaeus, who together with a Lazic force set siege to the Persian garrison at...
- Lazic king switched to the Byzantine side, and in 549 Justinian sent Dagisthaeus to recapture Petra, but he faced heavy resistance and the siege was relieved...
- culminating in the Lazic War, where 1,000 Tzanni auxiliaries under Dagisthaeus parti****ted. Emperor Heraclius's offensive in 628 AD brought victory...
- siege by a combined Byzantine-Lazic force. As the Byzantine commander, Dagisthaeus, had neglected to sa****uard the mountain p****es with sufficient men,...
- of the city with consideration. In 548, Justinian sent a force under Dagisthaeus—this time allied with the Lazi, who had become discontent with Sasanian...
- after him. He may have been an ancestor of the later Byzantine general Dagisthaeus. Jones, Martindale & Morris 1980, p. 341. Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin;...