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People: Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl

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.