- 'sentinels';
transcribed into Gr**** as ἐξκουβίτορες or ἐξκούβιτοι, exkoubitores/
exkoubitoi) were
founded in c. 460 as an
imperial guard-unit by the
Byzantine emperor...
- used as a
general reference for all
common soldiers of the tagmata. the
Exkoubitoi or
Exkoubitores (Lat. Excubiti, Gr. Ἐξκούβιτοι, "the Sentinels"), established...
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creation along with the
first two tagmata, the
Scholai ("Schools") and
Exkoubitoi ("Excubitors"), by
Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775) in the mid-8th century...
-
successor of the
imperial guards established by
Constantine the Great. the
Exkoubitoi or
Exkoubitores (Lat. Excubiti, Gr. Ἐξκούβιτοι, "the Sentinels"), established...
-
survive the
reign of
Alexios I; the scholai,
Immortals (athanatoi), and
exkoubitoi are not
mentioned in the
reigns of his
immediate successors. The notable...
- of the
tagmata in the mid-8th century, four of them, the Scholai, the
Exkoubitoi, the
Hikanatoi and the Noumeroi, as well as, uniquely, the
thema of the...
-
campaign against the
Normans of
Robert Guiscard,
leading the
tagma of the
Exkoubitoi. The
campaign ended in the
Byzantine defeat at the
Battle of Dyrrhachium...
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After crossing the iron gate of the Chalke, however, at the hall of the
Exkoubitoi, he was
opposed by the
soldiers of the
Hetaireia guard and
armed oarsmen...
