ConstantineManiakes (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Μανιάκης; fl. ca. 830–866) was a senior Byzantine court official of the mid-9th century. Maniakes was probably...
Arabs soon recaptured the island, Maniakes' successes there later inspired the Normans to invade Sicily themselves. Maniakes' achievements in Sicily were largely...
August 1042 Constantine relieved the general George Maniakes from his command in Italy, and Maniakes rebelled, declaring himself emperor in September. He...
he has been regarded as the son or grandson of ConstantineManiakes. Composed at the court of Constantine VII, the chronicle opens in 814, covers the Second...
carried George Maniakes and his army to Sicily in 1038. After the disastrous desertions of the Normans, Salernitans and Varangians from Maniakes' army, John...
declared for the Lombard rebels. Constantine IX recalls Maniakes to Constantinople. George Maniakes revolts against Constantine IX and is declared emperor by...
Michael and John ordered the general George Maniakes to conquer the Emirate of Sicily. In 1038 Maniakes landed in southern Italy and soon captured Messina...
is defeated by Constantine Diogenes. 1030–1032: War against the Muslims in Syria. Emperor Romanos III is defeated, but George Maniakes captured Edessa...
Spring – Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos sends a Byzantine expeditionary force to the Balkans against the rebellious George Maniakes, governor of the...
Constantine IX's reign were Stephanos Pergamenos [de], a court eunuch who was a surprising success as a general, for his victory over George Maniakes...
the leader of the troops committed by Guaimar IV of Salerno to George Maniakes' Sicilian expedition in 1038. According to Amatus of Montecassino, he refused...
February 1042 – April 1042 Synodianos April 1042 – September 1042 George Maniakes Autumn 1042 Pardos February 1043 – April 1043 Basil Theodorokanos Autumn...
rebels who claimed the imperial title. The following list starts with Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, who rebuilt the city of Byzantium...
including the future patriarch Michael Keroularios and the general George Maniakes. Maniakes was promptly sent back to Southern Italy in order to contain the advance...
Kedrenos reports that he was charged with the execution of Theophobos. ConstantineManiakes 842–unknown Michael III An Armenian who had come to the Byzantine...
the city. In 1032 the capture and successful defence of Edessa by George Maniakes and the sound defeat of a Saracen fleet in the Adriatic did little to restore...
married into the Komnenos family. He was active in Sicily under George Maniakes before going to Southern Italy as Catepan of Italy in 1040–41. He was recalled...
They passed through Frazzanò and the pianura di Maniace, where George Maniakes and the first Hautevilles had distinguished themselves 21 years prior....
was arrested and had his goods confiscated before being released. George Maniakes (1042–1043) – the Catepan of Italy, he was systematically reclaiming territory...
term Albanoi is related to groups which supported the revolt of George Maniakes in 1042 and marched with him throughout the Balkans against the Byzantine...
new emperor Constantine IX Monomachos. 1042–1043: Rebellion of George Maniakes against Constantine IX Monomachos, crushed when Maniakes died in battle...
declared for the Lombard rebels. Constantine IX recalls Maniakes to Constantinople. George Maniakes revolts against Constantine IX and is declared emperor by...
origin. He first distinguished himself in the Sicilian campaign of George Maniakes. There, Kekaumenos, with the rank of protospatharios, commanded a contingent...
under the Greek general George Maniakes invaded the island together with their Varangian and Norman mercenaries. Maniakes was killed in a Byzantine civil...
of Emperor Leo III the Isaurian r. 717–741) and his son, the future Constantine V (r. 741–775). The battle resulted in a decisive Byzantine victory....
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