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    Ashot Taronites (Greek: Ἀσώτιος Ταρωνίτης, romanized: Asōtios Tarōnitēs; Armenian: Աշոտ, romanized: Ašot; fl. c. 995 – c. 997/8) was a Byzantine nobleman...
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    garrison of Thessalonica, killing its commander, Gregory Taronites, and capturing his son Ashot. After the great victory in the Battle of Trajan's Gates...
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    1000 CE) was a Bulgarian-Byzantine noblewoman. She was the wife of Ashot Taronites, and daughter of tsar Samuil of Bulgaria and Agatha. According to the...
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    Gregory Taronites (Greek: Γρηγόριος Ταρωνίτης, romanized: Grēgorios Tarōnitēs) was an Armenian prince of Taron, who went over to Byzantine service and...
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  • Ashot III (Greek: Ἀσώτιος, Asotios; Arabic: Ashūṭ ibn Ghirghūr and Ibn Ṭurnīq; fl. c. 900–967) was the last independent ruler of the southern Armenian...
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    and Ashot III (died 967), 898–967 Upon the death of Ashot III in 967, his two sons, Grigor II (Gregory Taronites) and Bagrat III (Pankratios Taronites),...
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    Romanos with overt kindness. In 1005, the governor of Dyrrhachium Ashot Taronites surrendered his city to the Byzantines. The defection of Dyrrhachium...
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    Princess Miroslava fell in love with the Byzantine noble captive Ashot, son of Gregorios Taronites, the dead governor of Thessaloniki, and threatened to commit...
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    son-in-law Ashot Taronites, a Byzantine captive who had married his daughter Miroslava, governor of the city. In circa 1005, however, Ashot and Miroslava...
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    against Emperor Basil II Gregory Taronites (d. 991/995), prince of Taron, who went over to Byzantine service Ashot Taronites (d. 995 or 997), Byzantine nobleman...
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