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Eastern themata of the Byzantine Empire, c. 950. The presence of Armenians in the territory of the Roman Empire is known from the beginning of the first century. The geographer Strabo reports that "Comana has a large population and is an important trading centre for merchants from Armenia". [2]
In 1891 John Buchan Telfer reported to the Royal Society of Arts several Byzantine emperors of Armenian origin, including Maurice and John Tzimiskes. [8]The first work on Byzantine emperors of Armenian origin, Armenian Emperors of Byzantium (Armenian: Հայ կայսերք Բիւզանդիոնի), was authored by Fr. Garabed Der-Sahagian and published in 1905 by the Mekhitarist congregation of ...
Byzantine Armenia, sometimes known as Western Armenia, [1] [2] [3] is the name given to the parts of Kingdom of Armenia that became part of the Byzantine Empire. The size of the territory varied over time, depending on the degree of control the Byzantines had over Armenia. The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires divided Armenia
In 384 the kingdom was split between the Byzantine Empire and the Persians. [49] Western Armenia quickly became a province of the Roman Empire under the name of Armenia Minor; Eastern Armenia remained a kingdom within Persia until 428, when the local nobility overthrew the king, and the Sassanids installed a governor in his place.
After the 395 AD partition of the Roman Empire into halves, Cilicia became incorporated into the Eastern Roman Empire, also called the Byzantine Empire. In the sixth century AD, Armenian families relocated to Byzantine territories. Many served in the Byzantine army as soldiers or as generals, and rose to prominent imperial positions. [13]
Armenian–Byzantine wars (1151–1168) Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia: Byzantine Empire: Victory. Armenians inflicted a heavy defeat to the Byzantine army in the battle of Mamistra; The Byzantine Empire abandoned its pretensions to the Armenian state [citation needed] War with Antioch (1156) Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia: Principality of Antioch ...
John Kourkouas (d. 946), one of the most important generals of the Byzantine Empire; Theophilos Kourkouas (d. 960s), was a distinguished Byzantine general; John Kourkouas (d. 971), was a senior Byzantine military commander; Bardas Skleros (d. 979), Byzantine general who led a wide-scale Asian rebellion against Emperor Basil II
In the sixth century, the Byzantine Empire established the position of presiding prince of Armenia (formally "prince of the Armenians"). This office was created in an attempt to legitimize a local vassal leader with Byzantine backing and counteract Sasanian efforts in the region.