Pothos Argyros (Greek: Πόθος Ἀργυρός; fl. c. 910 – after 958) was a Byzantine general active in the first half of the 10th century. He was the eldest son...
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Pothos Argyros or Argyrus (Greek: Πόθος Αργυρός) can refer to: Pothos Argyros (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 900s–922), Byzantine general and Domestic...
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magistros Eustathios Argyros, droungarios of the Watch under Leo VI the Wise (ruled 886–912). In ca. 910, Leo and his brother Pothos Argyros were serving at...
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was Pothos Argyros. His family is unknown. Rodolphe Guilland considered him an ancestor, likely grandfather, of Adralestos Diogenes, strategos of the Anatolic...
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The office of the Domestic of the Schools (Greek: δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν, romanized: doméstikos tôn scholôn) was a senior military post of the Byzantine...
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John Kourkouas (redirect from First Melitene campaign and conquest of Kalikala)
Kourkouas to the post of Domestic of the Schools, in effect commander-in-chief of all the imperial armies in Anatolia. According to the chronicle of Theophanes...
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burn the palaces in Pegae and responded by sending "sufficient troops" under the Domestic of the Schools Pothos Argyros, his brother Leo Argyros, the admiral...
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Pothos Argyros, and his brother Leo Argyros, to confront a Bulgarian invasion. In the ensuing Battle of Pegae near Constantinople, John fled the field...
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Charioteer Porta Panagia Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs Pothos Argyros (11th century) Pothos Argyros (Domestic of the Schools) Poutza Praecepta Militaria Praejecta...
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that Argyros' poisoning was done through an agent of the powerful and scheming court eunuch Samonas, it more likely was suicide. His two sons, Pothos and...
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