Byzantine military aristocracy

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The Byzantine military aristocracy was a powerful landed elite of soldier-nobles who dominated the empire’s frontier defense and high command, especially from the 10th to 12th centuries.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocracy ⓘ
military elite ⓘ
social class ⓘ
activeInPeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine tagmata ⓘ
Byzantine themes ⓘ
cataphracts ⓘ
clibanarii ⓘ
doux ⓘ
katepano ⓘ
pronoia system ⓘ
strategoi ⓘ
basedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Byzantine frontier regions ⓘ
eastern frontier themes ⓘ
declinesAfter 11th century ⓘ
Battle of Manzikert ⓘ
emergesFrom military land grants ⓘ
theme system ⓘ
exercisesPowerOver military estates ⓘ
rural peasantry ⓘ
flourishedDuring Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
gainsProminenceUnder Basil II ⓘ
John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
Nikephoros II Phokas ⓘ
hasCharacteristic hereditary elite ⓘ
landed elite ⓘ
landholding based power ⓘ
provincial nobility ⓘ
soldier-nobles ⓘ
warrior ethos ⓘ
influences Byzantine military policy ⓘ
frontier strategy ⓘ
imperial succession struggles ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
opposedBy Byzantine civil bureaucracy ⓘ
Constantinopolitan civil aristocracy ⓘ
owns large landed estates ⓘ
military lands ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
playsRole frontier defense ⓘ
high military command ⓘ
provincial governance ⓘ
relatedTo Byzantine landed aristocracy ⓘ
Byzantine provincial magnates ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
supportedBy provincial armies ⓘ
theme soldiers ⓘ

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Digenis Akritas → associatedWith → Byzantine military aristocracy ⓘ
Byzantine military aristocracy → relatedTo → Byzantine provincial magnates ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine military aristocracy