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Niketas Oryphas or Oöryphas (Gr****: Νικήτας ὁ Ὀρύφας or Ὠορυφᾶς, fl. 860–873) was a
distinguished Byzantine official, patrikios, and
admiral under the...
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monasteries and
other properties on the
suburban Princes' Islands.
Oryphas, the
admiral of the
Byzantine fleet,
alerted the
emperor Michael, who promptly...
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carried over the Isthmus. In 868 AD, the
Byzantine admiral Niketas Oryphas had his
whole fleet of one
hundred dromons dragged across the
Isthmus in...
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intervention of
Basil I, who sent a
fleet under the
command of
Niketas Oryphas in
relief of the city.
After this
successful intervention, the Byzantine...
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Basil I the
Macedonian (r. 867–886),
following the
expeditions of
Niketas Oryphas. Byzantium, the
Roman Pope and the
Franks vied for the
support of the Slavs...
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celebrated a
triumph in the Hippodrome. In 879 or 880,
Nasar replaced Niketas Oryphas as the
droungarios tou ploimou,
commander of the
Byzantine navy's Constantinople-based...
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intervention of
Basil I, who sent a
fleet under the
command of
Niketas Oryphas in
relief of the city.
After this
successful intervention, the Byzantine...
