-
Armenian word t'orn "grandson", was
rendered in Gr**** as
Tornikios or Tornikes.
Nikolaos and Leon
Tornikios,
probably brothers, were
among the
supporters of Constantine...
- more is
known of him. Leo
Tornikios was born in Adrianople, the
scion of the
noted noble Armenian or
Georgian family of
Tornikios. His contemporary, Michael...
- ****eon
Tornikios was the
Catapan of
Italy from May to
September 1017. He was
originally the
strategos of Cephallenia. As strategos, he accompanied...
-
Euthymios was the son of the
logothetes tou
dromou Demetrios Tornikios, and a
member of the
Tornikios family, of
princely Armenian or
Georgian origin that entered...
- was a
descendant of the
prominent Tornikios clan, of
Armenian or
Georgian origin. His father,
Demetrios Tornikios, was a
prominent official who rose...
- March,
Basil disembarked with
reinforcements from
Constantinople and Leo
Tornikios ****eon, the
strategos of Cephalonia.
Basil immediately besieged the...
- June 1017) was the
Byzantine general sent by the
Catapan of
Italy Leo
Tornikios ****eon to
fight the
Lombard rebel Melus of Bari in 1017. He is not...
-
rebellion of his
nephew Leo
Tornikios, who
gathered supporters in
Adrianople and was
proclaimed emperor by the army.
Tornikios was
forced to retreat, failed...
- John
Kourkouas 1010–1016
Basil Mesardonites May 1017 –
December 1017 Leo
Tornikios ****eon
December 1017 – 1027
Basil Boioannes c. 1027–1029 Christophoros...
- Constantinople.
Basil died in 1016,
after years of
peace in
southern Italy. Leo
Tornikios ****eon
arrived as Basil's
successor in May of that year.
After Basil's...
