The military commander Leo the Armenian and …
Years: 804 - 804
The military commander Leo the Armenian and his comrade-in-arms Michael the Amorian had at first supported Bardanes Tourkos when he and Nikephoros I were fighting over the imperial throne in 803, but later desert him and join the cause of Nicephoros.
Leo, having distinguished himself as a general under Nikephoros, becomes strategos of the Anatolic theme.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Anatolic Theme
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Nikephorian dynasty
