Mikhail Aspiet ( Greek: Μιχαήλ Ἀσπιέτης ) is a Byzantine military leader of the mid- 12th century .
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Biography
He came from a noble Armenian family Aspietov [1] . Michael, most likely, is that Aspiet, about which John Kinnam wrote that he distinguished himself in the war against the Hungarians in 1167 [2] . According to Nikita Choniate , in 1176, after the defeat of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Miriokefal , Mikhail Aspiet and Ioann Komnin Vatats fought against the Seljuk Turks, raiding the Meander river valley . Although the two Byzantine commanders achieved some success, in one battle, the Turks injured Aspiet's horse and the frightened animal reared up, dropping the commander into Meander, where he drowned [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Kazhdan, 1991 , pp. 211–212.
- ↑ Savvides, 1991 , p. 74.
- ↑ Savvides, 1991 , pp. 74–75.
Literature
- Kazhdan, Alexander (1991), "Aspietes", in Kazhdan, Alexander , The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium , Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 211–212, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
- Savvides, Alexis GK Notes on the Armeno-Byzantine family of Aspietes, late 11th-early 13th centuries (Eng.) // Byzantinoslavica: journal. - Prague, 1991. - Vol. 52 . - P. 70-79 .