Maleinos, the Glossary
The Maleinos (pl. Maleinoi; Μαλεΐνος, pl.) was a Byzantine Greek noble family, first attested in the 9th century, which rose to be amongst the most important and powerful members of the Anatolian aristocracy (the dynatoi) in the 10th century, providing many senior generals to the Byzantine army.[1]
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49 relations: Anatolia, Andronikos I Komnenos, Arabs, Athanasius the Athonite, Balkans, Bardas, Bardas Phokas the Elder, Bardas Phokas the Younger, Basil II, Battle of Manzikert, Battle of Marash (953), Bithynia, Bithynium, Byzantine army, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Greeks, Caesar (title), Calabria, Cappadocia, Cappadocia (theme), Charsianon, Constantine Maleinos, Constantinople, Dynatoi, Eustathios Maleinos, John I Tzimiskes, Leo Phokas the Younger, List of Byzantine emperors, Logothetes tou dromou, Macedonia (region), Magister officiorum, Malagina, Michael Maleinos, Nikephoros II Phokas, Niketas Choniates, Nobility, Patrician (ancient Rome), Plural, Proedros, Romanos I Lekapenos, Sakarya River, Seljuk dynasty, Southern Italy, Strategos, Syria, Theme (Byzantine district), Thessaloniki, 12th century, 9th century.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Andronikos I Komnenos
Andronikos I Komnenos (Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός; – 12 September 1185), Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185.
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Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
Athanasius the Athonite
Athanasius the Athonite (Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἀθωνίτης), was a Byzantine monk who is considered the founder of the monastic community on the peninsula of Mount Athos, which has since evolved into the greatest centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.
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Balkans
The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
Bardas
Bardas (Βάρδας; died 21 April 866) was a Byzantine noble and high-ranking minister.
Bardas Phokas the Elder
Bardas Phokas (Βάρδας Φωκᾶς) (c. 878 – c. 968) was a notable Byzantine general in the first half of the 10th century.
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Bardas Phokas the Younger
Bardas Phokas (or Phocas) (Βάρδας Φωκᾶς) (–13 April 989) was an eminent Byzantine general who took a conspicuous part in three revolts for and against the ruling Macedonian dynasty.
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Basil II
Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (ὁ Βουλγαροκτόνος), was the senior Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025.
Battle of Manzikert
The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, theme of Iberia (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey).
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Battle of Marash (953)
The Battle of Marash was fought in 953 near Marash (modern Kahramanmaraş) between the forces of the Byzantine Empire under the Domestic of the Schools Bardas Phokas the Elder, and of the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, the Byzantines' most intrepid enemy during the mid-10th century.
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Bithynia
Bithynia (Bithynía) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea.
Bithynium
Bithynium or Bithynion (Βιθύνιον) was an ancient city in Bithynia.
Byzantine army
The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Byzantine Greeks
The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Caesar (title)
Caesar (English Caesars; Latin Caesares; in Greek: Καῖσαρ Kaîsar) is a title of imperial character.
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Calabria
Calabria is a region in southern Italy.
Cappadocia
Cappadocia (Kapadokya, Greek: Καππαδοκία) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey.
Cappadocia (theme)
The Theme of Cappadocia (θέμα Καππαδοκίας) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) encompassing the southern portion of the namesake region from the early 9th to the late 11th centuries.
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Charsianon
Charsianon (Χαρσιανόν) was the name of a Byzantine fortress and the corresponding theme (a military-civilian province) in the region of Cappadocia in eastern Anatolia (modern Turkey).
Constantine Maleinos
Constantine Maleinos (Κωνσταντίνος Μαλεΐνος) was a prominent Byzantine general of the mid-10th century. Maleinos and Constantine Maleinos are Maleinos family.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
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Dynatoi
The dynatoi (δυνατοί, sing. Δυνατός, Dynatos "the powerful") was a legal term in the Byzantine Empire, denoting the senior levels of civil, military and ecclesiastic (including monastic) officialdom, who usually, but not always, also commanded considerable fortunes and landed estates.
Eustathios Maleinos
Eustathios Maleinos (Εὐστάθιος Μαλεΐνος) was a leading Byzantine general and one of the wealthiest and most influential members of the Anatolian military aristocracy during the late 10th century. Maleinos and Eustathios Maleinos are Maleinos family.
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John I Tzimiskes
John I Tzimiskes (925 – 10 January 976) was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976.
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Leo Phokas the Younger
Leo Phokas or Phocas (Λέων Φωκᾶς, c. 915–920after 971) was a prominent Byzantine general who scored a number of successes in the eastern frontier in the mid-10th century alongside his older brother, the Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas.
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List of Byzantine emperors
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.
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Logothetes tou dromou
The (λογοθέτης τοῦ δρόμου), in English usually rendered as Logothete of the Course/Drome/ or Postal Logothete, was the head of the department of the Public Post (cursus publicus, demosios dromos, or simply ὁ δρόμος), and one of the most senior fiscal ministers (logothetes) of the Byzantine Empire.
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Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.
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Magister officiorum
The magister officiorum (Latin;; magistros tōn offikiōn) was one of the most senior administrative officials in the Later Roman Empire and the early centuries of the Byzantine Empire.
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Malagina
Malagina (Μαλάγινα), in later times Melangeia (Μελάγγεια), was a Byzantine district in the valley of the Sangarius river in northern Bithynia, at least overlapping the modern territory of Pamukova.
Michael Maleinos
Saint Michael Maleinos (Μιχαήλ Μαλεΐνος, –12 July 961) was a Byzantine monk who commanded great respect among Christians of Asia Minor. Maleinos and Michael Maleinos are Maleinos family.
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Nikephoros II Phokas
Nikephoros II Phokas (Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς, Nikēphóros Phōkãs; – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969.
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Niketas Choniates
Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.
Patrician (ancient Rome)
The patricians (from patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome.
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Plural
The plural (sometimes abbreviated as pl., pl, or), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number.
Proedros
Proedros (πρόεδρος, "president") was a senior Byzantine court and ecclesiastic title in the 10th to mid-12th centuries.
Romanos I Lekapenos
Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (Ῥωμανός Λακαπήνος or Λεκαπηνός, Rōmanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized as Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for and senior co-ruler of the young Constantine VII.
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Sakarya River
The Sakarya (Sakarya Nehri; 𒀀𒇉𒊭𒄭𒊑𒅀|translit.
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Seljuk dynasty
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids (سلجوقیان Saljuqian, alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), Seljuqs, also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turkomans at the battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) is taken as a turning point in the history of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire." or the Saljuqids, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture in West Asia and Central Asia.
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Southern Italy
Southern Italy (Sud Italia,, or Italia meridionale,; 'o Sudde; Italia dû Suddi), also known as Meridione or Mezzogiorno (Miezojuorno; Menzujornu), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern regions.
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Strategos
Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (στρατηγός, pl.; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general.
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
Theme (Byzantine district)
The themes or (θέματα,, singular) were the main military and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire.
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
12th century
The 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar.
9th century
The 9th century was a period from 801 (represented by the Roman numerals DCCCI) through 900 (CM) in accordance with the Julian calendar.
See also
Maleinos family
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maleinos
Also known as Maleinoi, Maleinos family.