Monk and later senior general in Italy and the Balkans
Years active
c. 944–963
Parent
Leo Argyros (father)
Relatives
Romanos Argyros (brother)
Marianos Argyros (Greek: Μαριανός Ἀργυρός, fl. 944 – 16 August 963) was a Byzantine aristocrat and member of the Argyros family. A monk, in 944 he supported the assumption of sole rule by Constantine VII, and was allowed to leave the monastery and enter imperial service. He held a succession of senior military commands, fighting in southern Italy against local rebels and the Fatimids, and in the Balkans against the Magyars. In 963, he tried to oppose the takeover of the imperial throne by the general Nikephoros Phokas by assuming control over Constantinople and arresting his father, Bardas Phokas the Elder. During the ensuing clashes, he was hit on the head by a platter and died on the next day, 16 August.
MarianosArgyros (Greek: Μαριανός Ἀργυρός, fl. 944 – 16 August 963) was a Byzantine aristocrat and member of the Argyros family. A monk, in 944 he supported...
Romanos Argyros, born in 968, was probably the son of Marianos, a member of the Argyros family. Other candidates for his father are Pothos Argyros who defeated...
Bringas gathers support and closes the gates of Constantinople. General MarianosArgyros is killed in a riot, forcing Bringas to flee. August 16 – Nikephoros...
taking possession of his treasures. In the meantime Leo Phokas and MarianosArgyros had countered Magyar incursions into the Byzantine Balkans. After a...
921-922 Romanos Argyros; they were the parents of: (Marianos?) Argyros; he married and was the father of: Emperor Romanos III Argyros, died 1034; he married...
some support within the city from a few high-ranking officers, namely MarianosArgyros, but he himself was not a skilled orator and was unable to obtain the...
sister of the future emperor Romanos III Argyros and the daughter of (Marianos?) Argyros, the son of Romanos Argyros and Agathe, daughter of the emperor Romanos...
Bringas gathers support and closes the gates of Constantinople. General MarianosArgyros is killed in a riot, forcing Bringas to flee. August 16 – Nikephoros...
chief) of the East, despite Bringas's objections. Bringas now turned to MarianosArgyros, the commander-in-chief of the West, and offered him the Byzantine...
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