Alex uses Melissenos as the centerpiece to…

1083 CE

Alex uses Melissenos as the centerpiece to a ruse at Larissa, in Thessaly.

The emperor gives him the imperial insignia and a detachment of the army, which Bohemond proceeds to attack in the belief that this is the main imperial force, since the emperor is present with it.

While the Normans pursue Melissenos's men, Alexios with the main army takes and loots the Norman camp, forcing Bohemond to lift the siege and withdraw.

Many of his dispirited, homesick men, demoralized by the huge rewards that Alexios offers deserters, fall away.

Bohemond goes to Italy to raise more money but his principal lieutenants surrender almost as soon as he has departed.

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Larissa > Lárisa Larisa Greece View →

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Alexios I Komnenos View → Bohemond I of Antioch View → Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor View → Nikephoros Melissenos View → Pope Gregory VII View → Robert Guiscard View →

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Lombards (West Germanic tribe) View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Hellas, Theme of View → Venice, Duchy of View → Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Peloponnese (theme) View → Normans View → German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire View → Apulia, Norman Duchy of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored View →

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Investiture Controversy View → Holy Roman Empire-Papacy War of 1081-84 View → Norman invasion of the Balkans, First View →

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Weapons View → Money View →

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