Journals / Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi / 2019 / Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2

Romanos IV Diogenes’ Attitude towards his Troops

Romanos IV Diogenes'in Birliklerine Karşı Tutumu

Pages
529–537
Publication Date
2022-10-12
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

The article concludes that theemperor’s own attitude had a quite negative impact on the morale of his soldiers, and caused the battle to belost for the Byzantines before it was even fought.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:Romanos IV Diogenes is well known for the battle of Mantzikert (August 1071 A.D.), thestronghold lying to the north of Lake Van on the Armenian plateau, given that this was the first time inByzantine history an emperor was captured alive by the Seljuks.
📊
Key Findings & Data:His responsibility for his army’s crushingdefeat has not received the attention that it deserves in modern scholarship.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:The article concludes that theemperor’s own attitude had a quite negative impact on the morale of his soldiers, and caused the battle to belost for the Byzantines before it was even fought.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Romanos IV Diogenes is well known for the battle of Mantzikert (August 1071 A.D.), thestronghold lying to the north of Lake Van on the Armenian plateau, given that this was the first time inByzantine history an emperor was captured alive by the Seljuks. His responsibility for his army’s crushingdefeat has not received the attention that it deserves in modern scholarship. This article examines his attitudeto his soldiers and officers; and further discusses whether it was in line with the prescriptions found inByzantine military manuals. The Historia of Michael Attaleiates, a direct participant in all three ofDiogenes’ military campaigns in Asia Minor against the Turks, constitutes the main source for this research.Important information is also found in later chronicles that were written by Theodoros Skoutariotes,Constantine Manasses, George – the Monk – Hamartolos, and Zonaras. These chronicles remain littlestudied and some of them are still un-translated into modern languages. The article concludes that theemperor’s own attitude had a quite negative impact on the morale of his soldiers, and caused the battle to belost for the Byzantines before it was even fought.

Özet

Romanos Diogenes IV, Bizans tarihinde ilk defa Selçuklular tarafından canlı olarak ele geçirilen bir imparator olarak, Ağustos 1071’de Malazgirt (Ermenistan platosundaki Van Gölü'nün kuzeyindeki ana yer) savaşı ile oldukça iyi tanınmaktadır. Ordunun ciddi yenilgisindeki sorumluluğu şimdiye kadar modern araştırmacılardan hak ettiği değeri bulamamıştır. Bu çalışma, askerlerine ve memurlarına yönelik tutumunu incelemekte ve bunun ötesinde Doğu Roma askeri el kitaplarındaki yönergelere uygun olup olmadığını tartışmaktadır. Diogenes'in Türklere karşı yaptığı üç Anadolu kampanyasına da doğrudan katılan Michael Attaleiates’in Historia kitabı, bu konunun ilk kaynağını oluşturmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, önemli bilgiler daha sonra Theodoros Skoutariotes, Constantine Manasses, keşiş George Hamartolos ve Zonaras tarafından yazılan kroniklerde de bulunmaktadır. Bu kronikler çok az çalışılmış ve bazıları hala modern dillerde çevrilmemiştir. Çalışma, imparatorun askerlerine davranışının, onların moralini oldukça olumsuz yönde etkilediğini ve savaşmadan önce Doğu Romalıların savaşı kaybetmelerine neden olduğu sonucuna varmıştır.

🔖

Cite This Article

VRATIMOS, A. (2022). Romanos IV Diogenes’ Attitude towards his Troops. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2, 529–537. https://ajindex.com/articles/433715

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (4)

  1. Attal. Hist. (= Attaleiates, Historia) Text: Michaelis Attaliatae Historia. Ed. E. T. Tsolakis. Athens 2011 (Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 50). Text: Michaelis Attaliotae Historia. Eds. W. B. de Psesle & I. Bekker. Bonn 1853 (Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae). Byen. Hyle.Hist. (= Bryennios, Hyle Historias). Text and translation: Nicéphore Bryennios Histoire. Ed. P. Gautier. Brussels 1975 (Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 9). Hamart. Chron. Breve. (= Hamartolos, Chronicon Breve) Text: Georgius Monachus, Chronicon Breve. Ed. E. De Muralto. Paris 1863 (Patrologia Graeca 110). Historia Imperatorum. URL: http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bbb/0596/215r/0/Sequence-40.
  2. Bern, Burgerbibliothek, cod. 596, ff. 215r.17-215v.8. Κεκαςμένορ, ΢ηξαηεγηθόλ. Text and translation: D. Tsoungarakis. Athens 1996. Leo VI Taktika. Text and translation: The Taktika of Leo VI. Ed. G. Dennis. Washington D.C. 2010 (Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 49). Manas. Brev. Chron. (= Manasses, Breviarium chronicum) Constantini Manassis: Breviarium chronicum. Ed. O. Lampsides. Athens 1996 (Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 36/I-II). Peri Stratiotikon Epitimion. W. Ashburner (1926). “The Byzantine Mutiny Act”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 46 (1926) 80-109. Psel. Chron. (= Psellos, Chronographia) Text: Michaelis Pselli Chronographia. Ed. D. R. Reinsch. Berlin – Boston 2014 (Millennium Studies 51/I-II). Skout. Syn. Chron. (= Skoutariotes, Synopsis Chronike). Text: Anonymou Synopsis Chronike. Ed.: K. Sathas. Paris 1894 [repr. Athens 1972] (Mesaionike Bibliotheke 7). Skyl. Cont. (= Skylitzes Continuatus). Text: Η ζπλέρεηα ηεο Χξνλνγξαθίαο ηνπ Ισάλλνπ ΢θπιίηζε (Ioannes Skylitzes Continuatus). Ed. E. Th. Tsolakis. Thessaloniki 1968. Zonar. Ep.Hist. (= Zonaras, Epitome Historion) Text: Ioannis Zonarae epitomae historiarum libri XIIIXVIII. Ed. T. Büttner-Wobst. Bonn 1841-1897 (Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae I-III). Beihammer A. D. (2017). Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca.1040-1130. London – New York 2017.
  3. Cheynet J.-C. (1980). “Mantzikert: une désastre militaire?”. Byzantion 50 (1980) 410-438.
  4. Cheynet J.-C. (1990). Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance (963-1210). Paris 1990 (Byzantina Sorbonensia 9). Cheynet J.-C. (1996) “Les arméniens de l’empire en Orient de Constantin X à Alexis Comnène (1059- 1081)”. Eds. J.-C. Cheynet et al., L’Arménie et Byzance: histoire et culture. Paris (1996) 67-78. Dédéyan G. (1975). “L’immigration arménienne en Cappadoce au X