Basil’s expansionist policy, having fueled the annexation …
Years: 1022 - 1022
Basil’s expansionist policy, having fueled the annexation of the possessions of David of Tao in 1000, finally extinguishes Armenian independence, after King Seneqerim-Hovhannes Artsruni of Vaspurakan (Van) in ceding his dominions to the emperor in 1021-22, hands over his entire kingdom in exchange for vast domains in Sebasteia, where he and fourteen thousand of his retainers settle; and …
Locations
People
- Ashot IV
- Basil II
- George I of Georgia
- Hovhannes-Smbat III of Armenia
- Seneqerim-Hovhannes of Vaspurakan
Groups
- Armenian people
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Vaspurakan, Kingdom of
- Armenia, Bagratid
- Georgia, (Bagratid) Kingdom of
