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Baanes was born in Armenia in the mid-8th century. His father was of Jewish descent and had been proselytized into the Paulician community, and his mother was Armenian, a disciple of the Paulician Joseph-Epaphroditos. He studied under Joseph-Epaphroditos and succeeded him as a teacher of the Paulicians, clashing with another teacher, Sergios-Tychikos. He died between 800/801 and 834/5. |
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City in northern Lycia. Balboura was probably founded in the first half of the 2nd century BC by a mixture of local peoples. During the Hellenistic period four different languages were spoken there: Greek, Pisidian, Solymian and Lydian. Balboura formed a tetrapolis with its neighbouring cities of Kibyra, Oinoanda and Boubon, an alliance that was dissolved by the Roman general Murena in c. 84 AD. In the Roman Imperial times the city was a member of the Lycian League. In later periods it... |
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A city in western Asia Minor with a significant Greek Orthodox community; the majority of its members were Turkish-speaking. In the 19th century Balikesir was the seat of a kaymakamlık and a mutasarrıflık under the same name, which until the early 20th century belonged to the Prussa vilayet. Ecclesiastically it belonged to the metropolis of Cyzicus. |
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Commander of Emperor Valerian’s guard during his expedition in Persia. After the arrest and death of Valerian in 260 A.D. he repulsed the Persian invasion in Asia Minor, aided the usurpers of the throne Macrianus I, Macrianus II and Quietus and was eventually killed at 261. |
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Important family of Smyrna activating in commerce, banking, politics, diplomacy and letters between the 18th and the 20th century. Several of its members settled in European capitals and financial centres, such as Constantinople, Marseilles, Paris, Vienna and Athens, and successfully expanded their activities over various sectors. The marriages with members of influential families played a key role in the spread of the family. |
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Son of a merchant from Marseilles, he entered the Phanariot circles of Constantinople and developed significant banking activities there and in Greece. He successively held the Austrian and the Italian nationality. |
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Prominent Greek politician born in Smyrna. He served as a minister in various Greek governments from 1908 onwards. He was Foreign Minister during the last phase of the Campaign in Asia Minor, and was among those considered responsible for the defeat. He was sentenced to death in the so-called ‘Trial of the Six’ and was executed in November 1922. |
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L'armée byzantine en Asie Mineure |
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Les armées d’Arménie et d’Orient ainsi que les régiments de la garde impériale ont été installés en Asie Mineure pour sauver Constantinople de l’invasion arabe. Les thèmes ont évolué se montrant d’abord plus efficaces à partir du VIIIe siècle, puis se sont affaiblis au cours du Xe siècle pour disparaître à la fin du suivant. L’armée des tagmata devint prépondérante, permettant la reconquête du Xe siècle, mais elle ne put s’opposer à l’avance des envahisseurs turcs en raison des guerres civiles.... |
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