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Argyros Family
Thw House of Argyros (, derived from , "silver"), feminine Argyre (), Latinized as Argyrus and Argyra, was the name of a prominent aristocratic family of Roman Emperors of the Byzantine Empire active from the middle of the 9th century until the very end of the Empire in the 15th century, although it passed its peak after the mid-11th century. The name also evolved the variant forms Argyropoulos () and the feminine Argyropoulina (). The Argyroi apparently originated in the province of Charsianon, where they had large estates. They hence belonged to the Anatolian land-holding military aristocracy (the "''dynatoi''"); indeed, they are among the earliest, and almost archetypal, such families to emerge, along with the Doukai. The family is first securely attested in the mid-9th century, but may have its origins in a certain ''patrikios'' Marianos and his son Eustathios, who was captured by the Umayyads in 740/41 and executed after refusing to convert to Islam. Beginning with the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th centuryAD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'. During the early centuries of the Roman Empire, the western provinces were Latinised, but the eastern parts kept their Hellenistic culture. Constantine I () legalised Christianity and moved the capital to Constantinople. Theodosius I () made Christianity the state religion and Greek gradually replaced Latin for official use. The empire adopted a defensive strategy and, throughout its remaining history, experienced recurring cycles of decline and recovery. It reached its greatest extent un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustathios Argyros (general Under Leo VI)
Eustathios Argyros (; died ca. 910) was a Byzantine aristocrat and one of the most prominent generals under Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912). The first member of the Argyros family to rise to high posts, he fought with distinction against the Arabs in the east, before being disgraced ca. 907, possibly in connection with the flight of Andronikos Doukas to the Arabs. Rehabilitated soon after, he was appointed as ''strategos'' of Charsianon, from which post he oversaw the settlement of Armenian lords as march-wardens along the Empire's eastern frontier. Promoted to commander of the imperial bodyguard in late 908, he again fell into disgrace shortly after and died of poison (apparently a suicide) on his way to his estates. Life Eustathios Argyros was the son of the ''tourmarches'' Leo Argyros, the founder of the noble Argyros family. Nothing is known of his life or prior to the turn of the 10th century, although he may have been in imperial service as early as 866, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyropoulos Family
The Argyropoulos family (, ), is a Phanariote family. Members of the family held significant positions within the Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Greece, Russian Empire and the Danubian Principalities.http://www.ghyka.net/Familles/Argyropoulo/Argyropoulo.pdf Notable members * Emmanouil Argyropoulos (1889–1913), Greek aviator * Iakovos Argyropoulos (1766–1850), Dragoman of the Porte * Argiropulos Efendi (d. 1850), Ottoman Greek diplomat * Periklis Argyropoulos (1871–1953), Greek admiral and diplomat * Aspasia Manos (1896–1972), Consort of King Alexander of Greece References {{Reflist Argyropoulos family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argiropulos Efendi
Argiropulos Efendi, also known as Yanko Argiropoulo, Jean Argyropoulos, or Jak Agriopulo Efendi, (?-1850), was an Ottoman Greek diplomat. Life In 1797, İsmail Ferruh Efendi was appointed to replace Yusuf Agah Efendi, and both Argiropoulo and his brother Georges were assigned as translators in his entourage. In a letter to his government, the British chargé d'affaires in Istanbul at the time, Spencer Smith, requested that support not be withheld from the Argiropoulo brothers despite their inadequate education, as they came from a respectable family. The Argiropoulo family is said to trace its origins to the Byzantine Empire, specifically the Argyros family. Their father, Manolaki (Emmanuel), was originally a physician but also served as a translator for the Navy and acted as the chief steward to his brother-in-law, Alexandru Moruzi, the Prince of Wallachia. The Argiropoulo brothers continued to serve under İsmail Ferruh Efendi until the end of his three-year mission. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Greeks
Ottoman Greeks (; ) were ethnic Greeks who lived in the Ottoman Empire (1299–1922), much of which is in modern Turkey. Ottoman Greeks were Greek Orthodox Christians who belonged to the Rum Millet (''Millet-i Rum''). They were concentrated in eastern Thrace (especially in and around Constantinople), and western, central, and northeastern Anatolia (especially in Smyrna, Cappadocia, and Erzurum vilayet, respectively). There were also sizeable Greek communities elsewhere in the Ottoman Balkans, Ottoman Armenia, Ottoman Syria and the Ottoman Caucasus, including in what, between 1878 and 1917, made up the Russian Caucasus province of Kars Oblast, in which Pontic Greeks, northeastern Anatolian Greeks, and Caucasus Greeks who had collaborated with the Russian Imperial Army in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 were settled in over 70 villages, as part of official Russian policy to re-populate with Orthodox Christians an area that was traditionally made up of Ottoman Muslims and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Argyropoulos
John Argyropoulos (; ''Ioannis Argyropoulos''; ; surname also spelt ''Argyropulus'', or ''Argyropulos'', or ''Argyropulo''; c. 1415 – 26 June 1487) was a lecturer, philosopher, and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the revival of classical Greek learning in 15th century Italy. He translated Greek philosophical and theological works into Latin besides producing rhetorical and theological works of his own. He was in Italy for the Council of Florence during 1439–1444, and returned to Italy following the Fall of Constantinople, teaching in Florence (at the Florentine Studium) in 1456–1470 and in Rome in 1471–1487. Biography John Argyropoulos was born c. 1415 in Constantinople where he studied theology and philosophy. As a teacher in Constantinople, Argyropoulos had amongst his pupils the scholar Constantine Lascaris. He was an official in the service of one of the rulers of the Byzantine Morea and in 1439 was a member of the Byzantine delegatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Argyros
Isaac Argyros (Greek: Ισαάκιος Αργυρός) was a Byzantine mathematician and monk, born about 1312, who wrote a treatise named ''Easter Rule'', along with books on arithmetic, geometry and astronomy. Works * ''An Easter Rule'', a treatise on Easter * ''New Tables: An Astronomical treatise'', based on Ptolemaic astronomy Bibliography * ''Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth'', Joseph Needham, Cambridge University Press 1959, References 1312 births Isaac Isaac ( ; ; ; ; ; ) is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith. Isaac first appears in the Torah, in wh ... Year of death unknown 14th-century Byzantine writers 14th-century astronomers 14th-century Byzantine scientists 14th-century Byzantine monks Byzantine astronomers 14th-century Greek scienti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komnenian Period
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Komnenos dynasty for a period of 104 years, from 1081 to about 1185. The ''Komnenian'' (also spelled ''Comnenian'') period comprises the reigns of five emperors, Alexios I, John II, Manuel I, Alexios II and Andronikos I. It was a period of sustained, though ultimately incomplete, restoration of the military, territorial, economic and political position of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantium under the Komnenoi played a key role in the history of the Crusades in the Holy Land, while also exerting enormous cultural and political influence in Europe, the Near East, and the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. The Komnenian emperors, particularly John and Manuel, exerted great influence over the Crusader states of Outremer, whilst Alexios I played a key role in the course of the First Crusade, which he helped bring about. Moreover, it was during the Komnenian period that contact between Byzantium and the 'Latin' Christian West, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexios I Komnenos
Alexios I Komnenos (, – 15 August 1118), Latinization of names, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine Emperor, Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After usurper, usurping the throne, he was faced with a collapsing empire and constant warfare throughout his reign, Alexios was able to curb the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Seljuk Empire, Seljuk Turks were the catalyst that sparked the First Crusade. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenos, Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power and initiated a hereditary succession to the throne. The son of John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools), John Komnenos and a nephew of Isaac I Komnenos, Alexios served with distinction under three Byzantine emperors. In 1081, he led a rebellion against Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates and took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Argyros
Basil Argyros (; – after 1023) was a Byzantine nobleman and general of the Argyros family and a brother of the emperor Romanos III.Kazhdan (1987), p. 69. Basil was the maternal grandfather of emperor Romanos IV Diogenes. According to the ''Synopsis Historion'' by John Skylitzes, Basil Argyros was the ''strategos'' of Samos who was sent to fight the Italian rebel Meles .Cheynet & Vannier (2003), p. 72. It is possible that the account of Basil's career in Italy is the result of Skylitzes' conflation of Argyros with another contemporary Basil, surnamed Mesardonites, who was the catepan of Italy. On the other hand, he may have been a commander of the fleet sent to support Basil Mesardonites in his crackdown on the rebellion. He was recalled from Italy . Modern scholars such as Guilou and Vannier consider Basil Argyros and Basil Mesardonites to have been the same person, a view not shared by Alexander Kazhdan. After a gap in his recorded career, Basil appears as the first Byzanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pothos Argyros (Domestic Of The Schools)
Pothos Argyros (; ) was a Byzantine general active in the first half of the 10th century. Early life He was the eldest son of the ''magistros'' Eustathios Argyros (general under Leo VI), Eustathios Argyros, Drungary of the Watch under Leo VI the Wise (ruled 886–912). He had two brothers, Leo Argyros (10th century), Leo and Romanos. In ca. 910, Pothos and his brother Leo Argyros were serving at court as manglabites (personal bodyguards of the emperor), when their father was poisoned after being suspected by Leo of plotting against him. The two brothers brought their father's body for burial to the monastery of Saint Elizabeth in the Charsianon district, founded by their grandfather Leo Argyros (9th century), Leo Argyros. Accordingly, he was born probably ca. 890 or a little later. Military career Pothos and Leo both followed military careers and reached high office. In ca. 921 Pothos was appointed to the post of Domestic of the Schools by Romanos I (r. 920–944) in succession t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Argyros (10th Century)
Leo Argyros () was a Byzantine aristocrat and general active in the first decades of the 10th century. Life He was the son of the ''magistros'' Eustathios Argyros, ''droungarios'' of the Watch under Leo VI the Wise (ruled 886–912). In ca. 910, Leo and his brother Pothos Argyros were serving at court as manglabites (personal bodyguards of the emperor), when their father was poisoned after being suspected by Leo for plotting against him. The two brothers brought their father's body for burial to their ancestral monastery of Saint Elizabeth in the Charsianon district. Pothos and Leo both followed military careers. According to Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, already in 911, Leo, despite his youth, became military governor (''strategos'') of the theme of Sebasteia, with the rank of ''protospatharios''. Both brothers played a distinguished role during the regency of Empress Zoe Karbonopsina (913–919). Leo and a younger brother, Romanos, participated in the campaign against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
