Romanos IV Diogenes
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Romanos IV Diogenes
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Romanos IV Diogenes was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, he is nevertheless best known for his defeat and capture in 1071 at the Battle of Manzikert, which played a major role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and allowed for its gradual Turkification. Son of the general Constantine Diogenes and a prominent member of the Cappadocian Greek military aristocracy, Romanos rose to
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Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanos_IV_Diogenes
date created:
2002-08-21T03:13:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T18:38:33Z
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