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	NICEPHORUS (I.-III.) - LoveToKnow Article on NICEPHORUS (I.-III.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		NICEPHORUS I., emperor 802-811, was a native of Seleucia in Pisidia, who was raised by the empress Irene to the office of logothetes or lord high treasurer.
		Nicephorus was also the author of lists of the emperors and patriarchs of Constantinople, of a poem on the capture of Jerusalem, and of a synopsis of the Scriptures, all in iambics; and of commentaries on liturgical poems.
		Nicephorus is the author of a valuable compendium (Breviarium historicum) of Byzantine history from 602 to 770, of a meagre Chronologia corn pendiaria from Adam to the year of his own death.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NICEPHORUS_I_III_.htm (2832 words)

	NICEPHORUS BRYENNIUS - LoveToKnow Article on NICEPHORUS BRYENNIUS
		Bryennius successfully defended the walls of Constantinople against the attacks of Godfrey of Bouillon (1097); conducted the peace negotiations between Alexius and Bohemund, prince of Antioch (1108); and played an important part in the defeat of Malik-Shah, the Seljuk sultan of Iconium (1116).
		After the death of Alexius, he refused to enter into the conspiracy set on foot by his mother-in-law and wife to depose John, the son of Alexius, and raise himself to the throne.
		As might be expected, his views are biased by personal considerations and his intimacy with the royal family, which at the same time, however, afforded him unusual facilities for obtaining material.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRYENNIUS_NICEPHORUS.htm (484 words)

	Book I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bryennius was a very clever warrior, as well as of most illustrious descent, conspicuous by height of stature, and beauty of face, and preeminent among his fellows by the weightiness of his judgment, and the strength of his arms.
		Bryennius, in addition to his confidence in his forces, was protected by their experience and orderliness, whereas Alexius, on the other hand, centred but few, and those very meagre, hopes on his army, but as counter-defence, could rely on the strength of his scientific knowledge and his strategic device.
		Bryennius for his part whipped out his sword quickly from its sheath, and before the spear could be driven home, he cut it in two, and struck his adversary on the collar bone, and bringing down the blow with the whole power of his arm, cut away the man's whole arm, breastplate included.
	www.earth-history.com /Europe/eur-alexiad-book-01.htm (12655 words)

	Saint Nicephorus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After the emperor's death (811), Nicephorus cooperated in the removal of Staurakios and in the elevation of the incapable Michael Rhangabe.
		Nicephorus at first replied to his removal from his office by excommunication, but was at last obliged to yield to force, and was taken to one of the cloisters he had founded, Tou Agathou, and later to that called Tou hagiou Theodorou.
		From there he carried on a literary polemic for the cause of the iconodules against the synod of 815; on the occasion of the change of sovereigns, in 820, he at least obtained the promise of toleration.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/saint-nicephorus.html (710 words)

	Nicephorus II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus and his step-son Basil, later.html" title="Basil II">Basil II Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine emperor 963-969, belonged to a Cappadocian family which had produced several distinguished generals.
		Thanks to his popularity with the army, Nicephorus was crowned emperor by the side of Romanus's infant sons, and in spite of the patriarch's opposition married their mother, the regent Theophano.
		Last of all, he was forsaken by his wife, and, in consequence of a conspiracy which she headed with his nephew John Tzimisces, was assassinated in his sleeping apartment.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/nicephorus-ii.html (553 words)

	Nicephorus III
		Nicephorus III (Botaniates), Byzantine emperor 1078-1081, belonged to a family which claimed descent from the Roman Fabii; he rose to be commander of the troops in Asia.
		In 1078 he revolted against Michael VII, and with the connivance of the Turks marched upon Nicaea, where he made himself emperor.
		With the help of Alexius Comnenus he drove Bryennius and other rivals out of the field, but failed to clear the invading Turks out of Asia Minor.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ni/Nicephorus_III.html (161 words)

	Station Information - Nicephorus III
		In 1078 he revolted against Michael VII, and with the connivance of the Seljuk Turks marched upon Nicaea, where he made himself emperor.
		In the face of another rebellious general, Nicephorus Bryennius, his election was ratified by the aristocracy and clergy.
		Nicephorus ultimately quarrelled with Alexius, who used his influence with the army to depose the emperor and banish him to a monastery.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/nicephorus_iii.html (150 words)

	Rodolphe Guilland, "Les Eunuques dans l'Empire Byzantin" (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The eunuch Nicephorus, not the same as the aforementioned eunuch Nicephorus, the former protovestiary of Constantine VIII (1025-1028) and titled proedrus, put on the monk's habit under the reign of Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1034-1041) and retired to the celebrated monastery of Stoudios (Cedr.
		In the expedition of 964, Nicephorus II Phocas sent the Byzantine fleet to Sicily under the command of the eunuch patrician Nicetas, navarchos or drungaire of the fleet, who was defeated and taken prisoner (Leo the Deacon 65-67; Cedr.
		Nicephorus Bryennius marched on Constantinople and was convinced that the senate would decide in his favor out of hatred for Nikephoritzes (Zonaras III 716; Attal.
	www.well.com /user/aquarius/guilland-eunuques.htm (13232 words)

	Feature Articles
		dynasty, the Caesar Nicephorus Bryennius, Alexius' son-in-law, and Anna Comnena, the daughter of Alexius and the widow of Bryennius.
		Bryennius, who held the position of Caesar, or heri presumptive of Alexius I, had intended to write a full account of his reign.
		Bryennius goes on to refer to the great Roman republican hero Scipio Africanus Aemilianus, the paragon of Cicero's ideals in his Republic and De Amicitia, whose birthday, says Cicero, will always be recalled with joy as long as the Roman state will remain.
	helleniccomserve.com /comnena.html (2995 words)

	Nicephorus Bryennius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus Bryennius (1062 - 1137), Byzantine soldier, statesman and historian, was born at Orestias (Adrianople).
		Bryennius successfully defended the walls of Constantinople against the attacks of Godfrey of Bouillon during the First Crusade (1097); conducted thepeace negotiations between Alexius and Bohemund, prince ofAntioch (the Treaty of Devol, 1108); and played an important part in the defeat of Malik Shah, the Seljuk sultan of Iconium (1116).
		In addition to information derived from older contemporaries (such as his father and father-in-law) Bryennius made use of theworks of Michael Psellus the Younger, John Skylitzes and Michael Attaliota.
	www.therfcc.org /nicephorus-bryennius-96060.html (474 words)

	The Alexiad
		Afterwards, the Emperor Nicephorus (Botaniates) who had now obtained the throne, sent him away again to the West this time, against Nicephorus Bryennius, who was upsetting the whole of the West by putting the crown on his own head, and proclaiming himself Emperor of the Romans.
		But John Bryennius, the own brother of the general, mindful hereupon of his "impetuous strength" and courage, turned his horse with his curb, and cutting down at a blow the "Immortal" coming at him, stayed the discomfited phalanx, rallied the men, and drove the enemy off.
		Hereupon, as the army of Bryennius could no longer put up any resistance (for by now all, both men and horses, were sorely wounded), they turned their standard to retreat, and offered their backs as a target to their foes.
	www.pos1.info /a/alexiad.htm (18365 words)

	Constantinople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus took the always unpopular but highly commendable course of maintaining a resolute neutrality between the image worshippers and the iconoclasts.
		Nicephorus fell in a Bulgarian campaign against the Bulgar Khan Krum, who after defeating him, had his skull lined with silver and used it as a drinking cup.
		The victorious general Nicephorus returned, married the widow, and associated himself on the throne with the infants after the precedent of Romanus I. He recovered Cyprus, and his armies overran half Syria.
	www.roman-empire.net /constant/constantinople.html (13388 words)

	Theodora (11th century) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After two months of active participation in government she allowed herself to be virtually superseded by Zoë's new husband, Constantine IX, on June 11, 1042.
		Upon his death on January 11, 1055, and in spite of her seventy years of age, she reasserted her dormant rights with vigour, and frustrated an attempt to supersede her on behalf of the general Nicephorus Bryennius.
		By her firm administration she controlled the unruly nobles and checked numerous abuses; but she marred her reputation by excessive severity towards private enemies and the undue employment of menials for advisers.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Theodora_(11th_century) (336 words)

	Nicephorus III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus III Botaniates, Byzantine emperor 1078- 1081, belonged to a family which claimed descentfrom the Roman Fabii ; he roseto be commander of the troops in Asia.
		In 1078 he revolted against Michael VII, and with the connivance of the Seljuk Turks marched upon Nicaea,where he made himself emperor.
		With the help of Alexius Comnenus he drove Bryennius and other rivals out of the field, but failedto clear the invading Turks out of Asia Minor.
	www.therfcc.org /nicephorus-iii-219373.html (156 words)

	Nicephorus Bryennius: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Nicephorus Bryennius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus Bryennius: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Nicephorus Bryennius
		At the suggestion of his mother-in-law he wrote a history (called by him TXrj loroptos, materials for a history) of the period from 1057 to 1081, from the victory of Isaac I (Comnenus) over Michael VI to the dethronement of Nicephorus Botaneiates by Alexius.
		In addition to information derived from older contemporaries (such as his father and father-in-law) Bryennius made use of the works of Michael Psellus, John Scylitza[?] and Michael Attaliota[?].
	www.encyclopedian.com /ni/Nicephorus-Bryennius.html (492 words)

	Roman Emperors DIR John II Comnenus, Emperor of Cyprus
		As Alexius lay on his deathbed in the monastery of the Mangana (15th August 1118), John, consorting with relatives whom he could trust, among whom was his brother, the sebastokrator Isaac, stole into the monastery and removed the imperial signet ring from his dying father.
		Irene was taken by surprise and was unable either to persuade her son to desist, or to induce Nicephorus to act against him.
		However, her husband Nicephorus was too half-hearted in his support for the plot to succeed.
	www.roman-emperors.org /johncomn.htm (3157 words)

	Byzantine Empire 610-1095 by Sanderson Beck
		Nicephorus married his son Stauricius to an Athenian relative of Irene, and in 806 he appointed the moderate historian, another Nicephorus, to replace Tarasius as patriarch.
		As an aristocrat, Nicephorus resented the laws giving land back to the peasants, and in 967 in the name of equal justice he proclaimed a law that protected the property of the powerful from being reclaimed by the poor and that attempted to keep the lands of the rich, the poor, and the military separate.
		Nicephorus had banished John Tzimisces to his estate at Chalcedon, and apparently the Empress Theaphano (who some believe also poisoned Constantine VII as well as her husband Romanus II) helped John's conspiracy that murdered her husband Nicephorus while he slept on December 10, 969.
	www.san.beck.org /AB15-ByzantineEmpire.html (17708 words)

	Alexius I Comnenus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under one of these emperors, Romanus IV Diogenes (1067–1071), he served with distinction against the Seljuk Turks.
		Under Michael VII Parapinaces (1071–1078) and Nicephorus III Botaniates (1078–1081) he was also employed, along with his elder brother Isaac, against rebels in Asia Minor, Thrace and in Epirus in 1071.
		The success of the Comneni roused the jealousy of Botaniates and his ministers, and the Comneni were almost compelled to take up arms in self-defence.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Alexius_I (838 words)

	Nicephorus III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus III Botaniates, emperador byzantine 1078-1081, pertenecido a una familia que demandó pendiente del Fabii romano; él se levantó para ser comandante de las tropas en Asia.
		Con la ayuda de Alexius Comnenus él condujo a Bryennius y a otros rivales del campo, pero falló al claro a turcos invasores fuera del menor de edad de Asia.
		Nicephorus peleó en última instancia con Alexius, que utilizó su influencia con el ejército para depose el emperador y para banish lo a un monasterio.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ni/Nicephorus%20III.htm (167 words)

	Waverley Novels, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Princess Anna Comnena, it may be proper to observe, was born on the first of December, A.D. 1083, and was consequently in her fifteenth year when the chiefs of the first crusade made their appearance in her father's court.
		Even then, however, it is not improbable that she might have been the wife of Nicephorus Bryennius, whom, many years after his death, she speaks of in her history as [Greek: ton emon Kaisara], and in other terms equally affectionate.
		Her husband, Nicephorus Bryennius, was the grandson of the person of that name, who figures in history as the rival, in a contest for the imperial throne, of Nicephorus Botoniates.
	www.manybooks.net /pages/scottwaletext04wvr1210/4.html (335 words)

	Michael VII
		These misfortunes, which were but partially retrieved by the suppression of a Bulgarian revolt (1073), caused widespread dissatisfaction.
		In 1078 two generals, Nicephorus Bryennius and Nicephorus Botaniates, simultaneously revolted.
		Michael resigned the throne with hardly a struggle and retired into a monastery.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Michael_VII.html (201 words)

	Nicephorus Bryennius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus Bryennius (1062-1137), soldado, estadista e historiador byzantine, fue llevado en Orestias (Adrianople).
		Bryennius defendió con éxito las paredes de Constantinople contra los ataques de Godfrey del caldo durante el primer crusade (1097); condujo las negociaciones de la paz entre Alexius y Bohemund, príncipe de Antioch (el tratado Devol, 1108); y jugado una parte importante en la derrota de Malik Shah, el Seljuk sultan de Iconium (1116).
		En la sugerencia de su suegra él escribió una historia ("materiales para una historia") del período a partir de 1057 a 1081, de la victoria de Isaac I Comnenus Michael excesivo VI al dethronement de Nicephorus Botaniates de Alexius.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ni/Nicephorus%20Bryennius.htm (498 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comnena: The Alexiad: Complete Text
		My lawful husband was the Caesar Nicephorus, a scion of the clan of the Bryennii, a man who far outshone his contemporaries by his surpassing beauty, his superior intelligence, and his accurate speech.
		As Nicephorus could not abide neglecting his literary work, he wrote several excellent monographs even during times of stress and trouble.
		He brought it down to the Emperor Nicephorus (III) Botaniates, and opportunity forbade his carrying it further, thus causing loss to the events he meant to describe, and depriving his readers of a great pleasure.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad00.html (18194 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Leo Diaconus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The history, divided into ten books, covers the years from 959 to 975, that is, the reigns of Romanus II (959-963), Nicephorus Phocas (963-969) and John Zimisces (969-976).
		It describes the wars against the Arabs in which the fortresses of Cilicia and the Island of Cyprus were won back (964-965), the conquest of Antioch and Northern Syria from the Moslems (968-969).
		For the reigns of Nicephorus Phocas and John Zimisces, Leo the Deacon is the one source, the only contemporary historian, from whom all later writers have drawn their material.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09174b.htm (501 words)

	J.-P. Migne, Patrologiae Graecae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PG 100: Nicephorus Patriarch of Constantinople, Stephen Deacon of Constantinople, Gregorius Decapolita, Christopher Patriarch of Alexandria, and Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople
		PG 111: Nicholas Patriarch of Constantinople, Anonymous, Basilius Neopatrensis Metropolita, Basil Bishop of Cæsaræ Cappadocia, Gregory Presbyter of Cæsareæ, Josephus Genesius, Moses son of Cepha in Syria, Theodorus Daphnopata, Nicephorus Presbyter of Constantinople, Eutychius Patriarch of Alexandria, and George the Monk
		PG 142: Georgius Cyprius, Athanasius Patriarch of Constantinople, and Nicephorus Blemmida
	phoenix.reltech.org /Migne.html (1510 words)

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