Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος), Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was a Byzantine Greek general who tried to establish himself...

1050s), Byzantine general Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (fl. 1070s), Byzantine general, son of the above, who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII...

Bryennios, megas doux in 1156 Joseph Bryennios (c. 1350 – 1430), Byzantine monk and writer Manuel Bryennios (fl. 1300), Byzantine scholar Nikephoros Bryennios...

Nikephoros Bryennios (Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος), Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was an important Byzantine general who was involved in rebellions...

future emperor) Alexios Komnenos and the rebellious governor of Dyrrhachium, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder. Bryennios had rebelled against Michael VII Doukas...

those of Nikephoros Bryennios, Nikephoros Basilakes, and Constantine Doukas, as well as an attempted assassination by the Varangian Guard. Nikephoros embraced...

Elder Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078 Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger...

battalion against Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder. Roussel garrisoned in Perinthus and he was joined there by Nikephoritzes after the fall of Michael VII...

She explains that during the battle, her father, Alexios I Komnenos, fought against the rebel Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder. Alexius happened upon a...

governors, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder and Nikephoros Basilakes, used this post as a launchpad for their imperial ambitions in the late 1070s. The region...

the works of Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger as Katakalon Katakalos (Κατακαλών Κατακαλός), was an 11th-century Byzantine official, active during the...

commander of the field army in the West by Nikephoros III. In this capacity, Alexios defeated the rebellions of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (whose son...

rebellious army (12,000 men) under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, governor (doux) of the Theme of Dyrrhachium. Bryennios is captured and later blinded. Philaretos...

The new unit fought under the future emperor Alexios I Komnenos in the Battle of Kalavrye (1078) against the rebel general Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder...

display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Fall – Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, governor (doux) of the Theme of Dyrrhachium in the western Balkans...

Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder and one of the Greek's two chief lieutenants. In the same year, he and Katakalon Kekaumenos were defeated by the Pechenegs...

by Nikephoros III Botaneiates. 1077–1078: Revolt of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder against Michael VII Doukas and Nikephoros III, defeated at the Battle...

occupied only a portion of the ancient city. In the 1070s, two of its governors, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder and Nikephoros Basilakes, led unsuccessful...

Constantinople experienced the so-called Komnenian cultural restoration. The historians Anna Komnene, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, John Skylitzes,...

failed siege of the imperial capital in 1047, it was a base of John Bryennios, brother of the rebel general Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, in 1077, and...

as taking part in the uprising of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, where he distinguished himself in the capture of Trajanopolis by the rebel forces. Following...

established on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire). In 330 the Emperor Constantine the Great changed the capital of the Roman Empire from...

by Nikephoros III Botaneiates. 1077–1078: Revolt of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder against Michael VII Doukas and Nikephoros III, defeated at the Battle...

823. The site appears again during the rebellion of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder against Nikephoros III Botaneiates in 1078. Shortly before the Battle...

Plato’s Teachings on the Origin of the Soul, and the Chronographia, a series of biographies from emperor Basil II to Nikephoros III, which serves as a...

first. Nikephoros Botaneiates marched upon Nicaea, where he proclaimed himself emperor. In the face of the threat posed by Nikephoros Bryennios, his election...

rebellious army (12,000 men) under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, governor (doux) of the Theme of Dyrrhachium. Bryennios is captured and later blinded. Philaretos...

"The Elder" and "the Younger" are epithets generally used to distinguish between two individuals, often close relatives. In some instances, one of the...

Komnenos defeat the rebels under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder. Siege of Taormina The Italo-Normans capture the fortress of Taormina from the Emirate of Sicily...

forces of Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, led by Alexios Komnenos, defeated the army of the rebel general Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder. It is next mentioned...