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Romanos IV Diogenes

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1030–1072 Also known as Romanos IV Diogenes

Romanos IV Diogenes (c. 1030–1072), an Anatolian military noble, rose on the Byzantine eastern frontier in the 1050s and became emperor in 1068 by ma…

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  1. 1051–1059Eastern Anatolia · AnatoliaIn the 1050s Romanos served in eastern Anatolia, taking part in frontier defense and campaigns against the Seljuk Turks and in the Armenian direction; his valor and military family background gradually won the trust of Constantine IX and subsequent courts.
  2. 1059–1060Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter Isaac I Komnenos abdicated in 1059 and Constantine X Doukas acceded, Romanos was summoned to Constantinople for a higher military post, continuing to plan eastern defenses, laying the groundwork for his accession in 1068 through marriage to Eudokia.

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