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Dalassenoi

Author(s) : Krsmanović Bojana (11/9/2003)
Translation : Chrysanthopoulos Dimitrios

For citation: Krsmanović Bojana, "Dalassenoi",
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ENTRY TYPE

Persons

SUMMARY

A family of the military aristocracy, emerging at the end of the 10th century. Its members occupied a prominent place in the byzantine military hierarchy. The second generation of the Dalassenoi was also given the chance to occupy the throne. Information regarding the family is available up until the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century. After 1204, the family loses its place in the upper layers of the byzantine society.

Main Role

Military officials

1. General 2. Descent of the Dalassenoi 3. The emergence of the Dalassenoi (2nd half of the 10th – first decades of the 11th century) 4. The conflict of the Dalassenoi with members of the Paphlagonian dynasty 5. The Dalassenoi during the 2nd half of the 11th century 6. The Dalassenoi during the Komnenoi dynasty 7. The waning of the prestige of the Dalassenoi family in the 13th century

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