Romanos IV Diogenes - submitting to Alp Aslan after defeat at the Battle of Manzikert

The Unlucky Diogenes Family

Romanos IV Diogenes – submitting to Alp Aslan after defeat at the Battle of Manzikert Romanos’s Father, Constantine The Diogenes family first came to prominence during the reign of Basil II early in the 11th century. Constantine Diogenes rose through the ranks of the taghmata – the central armies under the control of the emperor- …

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