-
first appears in
circa 626, when a
certain George was
tourmarchēs of the
Armeniac Theme. The
tourmarchēs was
usually based in a
fortress town.
Aside from his...
- up as
rival emperor in
Anatolia to
avenge Leo V. He had been made the
tourmarchēs of the
Foederati (a
command in the
Anatolic Theme) by Leo, and so bore...
- rank rose in importance, and
eventually surp****ed and
replaced that of
tourmarches, so that in the Komnenian-era army, the
taxiarchia was the largest-scale...
-
Byzantine military commander and
rebel leader.
Agallianos served as
tourmarches of the
Theme of ****as in 726/7, when the
theme erupted in
revolt against...
-
officers were, in
order of rank, the
tourmarchēs of the Theodosiakoi, the
tourmarchēs of the Viktores, the
tourmarchēs of the
seacoast (tēs paraliou), and...
-
indicating the
existence of a
first short-lived
theme there, and a seal of a
tourmarches with the
Armenian name Mousilikes, is
tentatively dated to c. 870. It...
- encomp****ing the old Tourmas, now each
ruled by a
Praktor instead of a
Tourmarches fulfilling the same
civic and
military roles now
widely in the hands...
- (also
known as "Armenia Minor").
Although the
mention of a "George,
tourmarchēs of the Armeniacs" in 629,
during the
Persian campaigns of
Emperor Heraclius...
- the
family was a soldier,
probably of
humble origin, who was
appointed tourmarches (divisional commander) in 872. His son,
Nikephoros Phokas the Elder,...
- also
became part of the
theme of the
Aegean Sea and was the seat of a
tourmarches.
Abydos was
sacked by an Arab
fleet led by Leo of
Tripoli in 904 AD whilst...
