- The
Optimatoi (Gr****: Ὀπτιμάτοι, from Latin: Optimates, "the Best Men") were
initially formed as an
elite Byzantine military unit. In the mid-8th century...
- left
their cover to
chase the Byzantines,
whereupon Heraclius'
elite Optimatoi ****aulted the
chasing Persians,
causing them to flee. Thus, he
saved Anatolia...
-
emperor Maurice,
where it is
reserved for the
commander of the
elite Optimatoi mercenary corps. In the 10th-century, the term was
revived and refers...
-
foederati in
parts of Asia Minor.
Their descendants, who
formed the
elite Optimatoi regiment,
still lived there in the
early 8th century.
While they were...
- The unit's
origins may lie as far back as the 4th–5th centuries. the
Optimatoi (Gr. Ὀπτιμάτοι, from
Latin optimates, "the best"),
although formerly an...
- 746–47. From the 840s on,
Nicomedia was the
capital of the
thema of the
Optimatoi. By that time, most of the old,
seawards city had been
abandoned and is...
- not continental)
Koloneia (theme)
Lykandos Mesopotamia (theme)
Opsikion Optimatoi Paphlagonia (theme)
Iberia (which
incorporated the
historical region of...
-
Housecarl Komnenian army
Leidang Mamluk Manglabites New
England (medieval)
Optimatoi Piraeus Lion
Swedes (Germanic tribe)
Thingmen Trade route from the Varangians...
-
domesticates formed from the
elite corps of the old army, such as the
Optimatoi and Boukellarioi, both
terms dating back to the
recruitment of Gothic...
- Artabasdos, the
Count of the Opsikion. The new theme,
along with that of the
Optimatoi was
split off from the
Opsikion as
formed part of the Emperor's policy...
