Monomachos (), or in Latin Monomachus, in Ukrainian and Russian Мономах (Monomakh), is a Greek

epithet An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alfred the Great, Suleima ...

, meaning "he who fights alone" and "

gladiator A gladiator ( , ) was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their ...

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Monomachos (Byzantine family) The House of Monomachos, Romanization of Greek, Latinized Monomachus (), feminine form Monomachina (Μονομαχίνα), was the name of a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy, aristocratic family active in the 10th ...

, a family of Byzantine officials * Niketas Monomachos, Byzantine official and saint *

Constantine IX Monomachos Constantine IX Monomachos (; 980/ 1000 – 11 January 1055) reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055. Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita chose him as a husband and co-emperor in 1042, although he had been exiled for conspiring agai ...

, Byzantine emperor (r. 1042–1055) *

Theodosios Monomachos Theodosios Monomachos, Latinized as Theodosius Monomachus (), was a senior Byzantine noble and the nephew of Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos. When Constantine's successor, the Empress Theodora, died in 1056, Monomachos tried to usurp the throne b ...

, nephew of the above, Byzantine official and usurper *

Michael Monomachos Michael Senachereim Monomachos (; ) was a high-ranking Byzantine official, who served as governor of Thessalonica and Thessaly. He reached the high rank of '' megas konostaulos''. Life Michael and his brother, George Atouemes Monomachos, were s ...

, 14th-century Byzantine general *

Vladimir II Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh (; Christian name: ''Vasily''; 26 May 1053 – 19 May 1125) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. He is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is celebrated on May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), May 6 ...

, Rus' Grand Prince (r. 1113–1125) **

Monomakhovichi The House of Monomakh or Monomakhovichi were a major princely branch of the Rurikid dynasty, descendants of which managed to inherit many princely titles which originated in Kievan Rus'. History The progenitor of the house is Vladimir II Monoma ...

, the dynasty founded by him * Hannibal Monomachus, a friend and staff officer of the Carthaginian general Hannibal

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