Prior to coming to power, this man served as a general and put down the rebellions of Nikephoros Basilakes and Nikephoros Bryennios.
Prior to coming to power, this man served as a general and put down the rebellions of Nikephoros Basilakes and Nikephoros Bryennios. This ruler ordered Basil the Physician to be burned at the stake as part of his persecution of the Bogomils. This man bribed Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI into invading northern Italy. This man won the siege of (*) Larissa and thus fended off an invasion by Bohemund of Taranto and the Normans. A history of this man's reign was written by his daughter, Anna. For ten points, name this first Byzantine emperor from the Comnenos dynasty.
Prior to coming to power, this man served as a general and put down the rebellions of Nikephoros Basilakes and Nikephoros Bryennios.
{Alexius I} Comnenos