-
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...
- Sicily.
Euphemius was a
Byzantine military commander. In 826, he was a
tourmarches and was
appointed by the new
governor of the
theme of Sicily, the patrikios...
- 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...
-
officers were, in
order of rank, the
tourmarchēs of the Theodosiakoi, the
tourmarchēs of the Viktores, the
tourmarchēs of the
seacoast (tēs paraliou), and...
- 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...
- the
family was a soldier,
probably of
humble origin, who was
appointed tourmarches (divisional commander) in 872. His son,
Nikephoros Phokas the Elder,...
- 741. Leo
Argyros hailed from the area of Charsianon, and
served as a
tourmarches under Emperor Michael III (reigned 842–867). He parti****ted in the pogrom...
- Tokat, Turkey) Died 823
Arcadiopolis (modern-day Lüleburgaz, Kırklareli, Turkey)
Allegiance Byzantine army Years of
service c. 803 – 820 Rank
tourmarches...
-
Theophanes also
singles out the loss of the
capable officer Diogenes, a
tourmarches (division commander) of the Anatolics. The
immediate impact of the Byzantine...
