- John I
Tzimiskes (Gr****: Ἰωάννης ὁ Τζιμισκής, romanized: Iōánnēs ho
Tzimiskēs; c. 925 – 10
January 976) was the
senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976...
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Mesopotamian campaigns of John
Tzimiskes were a
series of
campaigns undertaken by the
Byzantine emperor John I
Tzimiskes against the
Fatimid Caliphate...
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Thrace at the
Battle of
Arcadiopolis in 970, the
Byzantine emperor John I
Tzimiskes led an army
north into
Bulgaria in 971 and
captured Preslav, the capital...
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Phokas by
Tzimiskes in
December 969 by
feigning illness (and then
becoming ill in reality), he knew of it and
threw his full
support behind Tzimiskes' ****umption...
- in earnest.
Nikephorus and
Tzimiskes seized Mopsuestia July 13,
while Leo
Phokas invested Tarsus and
Nikephoros and
Tzimiskes arrived soon after. Nikephoros...
- co-conspirator John
Tzimiskes was
acclaimed emperor.
Fearing that the empress' many
enemies would damage his
political prospects,
Tzimiskes turned against...
- John
Tzimiskes,
resolved on a
forward strategy and
began raiding deep into
Hamdanid territory. In
spring 956, Sayf al-Dawla pre-empted
Tzimiskes from...
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Tzimiskes returned in the
spring of 975; Syria, Lebanon, and much of
Palestine fell to the
imperial armies of Byzantium. It
appears that
Tzimiskes grew...
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Stephen &
Constantine Lekapenos)
Romanos II
Nikephoros II
Phokas John I
Tzimiskes Basil II
Constantine VIII Zoe
Romanos III
Argyros Michael IV
Michael V...
- I
Tzimiskes.
Following Deacon's memories,
Sviatoslav was a bright-e**** man of
average height but of
stalwart build, much more s****y than
Tzimiskes. He...
