-
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...
-
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...
- (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,...
- 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...
-
typical fashion, with the full
array of
thematic officials, of whom a
tourmarches of
Gothia is
known at the turn of the 11th century, as well as the ubiquitous...
-
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...
