* Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty.

* Nicephorus III, Byzantine Emperor

Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Latinized as Nicephorus III Botaniates (, c. 1002 – 10 December 1081 ) was Byzantine emperor from 1078 to 1081.

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* Dumbarton Oaks, Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: Leo III to Nicephorus Iii, 717 – 1081 ( 1973 )

In his sixteenth year he was sent by his father, the logothete Constantine Akropolites the elder, to the court of John III Doukas Vatatzes, emperor of Nicaea, where Akropolites continued his studies under Theodore Hexapterygos and Nicephorus Blemmydes.

In 811 Nicephorus sent Pope Leo III a golden pectoral cross.

Andronikos III and Michael Shishman met at Chernomen ( according to Nicephorus Gregoras at Dimotika ) and concluded an aggressive alliance against Serbia.

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For example, under Nicephorus II Phocas hypatos was a 7th rank in court hierarchy, under Constantine IX Monomachus it became 8th, under Isaac I Comnenus it became 10th, under Michael VII Ducas it became 11th, under Nicephorus III it became 13th and finally under Alexius I it occupied 26th position, after which point all ranks lower than 20th were abolished.

Emperor and Empress in full regalia, both with the loros, Nicephorus III and Maria of Alania.

Manuscript illumination of Emperor Nicephorus III Botaniates ( 1078-81 ) flanked by St John Chrysostomos and the Archangel Michael

* July 26 – Battle of Pliska: Nicephorus I is defeated by the Bulgar khan Krum, and is succeeded by Stauracius as Byzantine emperor.

* April 12 – Nicephorus is elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasius.

* October 31 – Irene is deposed as Empress of Byzantium, replaced by Nicephorus I, and banished to Lesbos.

Nikephoros, Nicephorus or Nikiforos (, " Bringer of Victory ") is the name of:

How much is missing can be guessed from the Stichometry of Nicephorus, where 4300 stichoi or lines are attributed to The Book of Jubilees.

This flag was based on their coat of arms, whose pattern is supposed to be derived from the standards of their claimed ancestor, Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas ( 963 – 969 AD ).

) It is rejected by Nicephorus ( c. 810 ), Pseudo-Anastasius, and Pseudo-Athanasius in Synopsis and the 60 Books canon.

It would appear that the Emperor Nicephorus I incurred George's disfavour at around the same time: in 808, Nicephorus discovered a plot against him, and punished the suspected conspirators, amongst whom were not only secular figures " but also holy bishops and monks and clergy of the Great Church, including the synkellos ... men of high repute and worthy of respect "; it is unknown whether the syncellus in question was George himself or a colleague / successor, but the attack on the clergy, including George's friends and colleagues, would not have endeared the Emperor to George, and is suggested as the motivating factor in the " pathological hatred " towards Nicephorus I in the Chronicle of Theophanes The date of his death is uncertain ; a reference in his chronicle makes clear that he was still alive in 810, and he is sometimes described as dying in 811, but there is no evidence for this, and textual evidence in the Chronicle of Theophanes suggests that he was still alive in 813.

According to Nicephorus Gregoras, Andronikos also had an illegitimate daughter, Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond.

Nicephorus was also the author of lists of the emperors and patriarchs of Constantinople, of a poem on the capture of Jerusalem, and of a synopsis of the Scriptures, all in iambics ; and of commentaries on liturgical poems.

Basil II also prepared carefully, assembling a large army of his own and taking his most experienced commanders, including the governor of Philippopolis ( modern Plovdiv ), Nicephorus Xiphias, who had conquered the old Bulgarian capitals Pliska and Preslav from Samuel in 1001.

He also compiled a historical work, " Chronographia tripartita ", from the Greek writings of Theophanes, Nicephorus, and George Syncellus, and made a collection of documents concerning the affairs of Pope Honorius I.

Algirdas ' pagan faith also went into the 14th Byzantine historian's Nicephorus Gregoras ' accounts.

The description agrees with the so-called Abgar picture of Jesus ; it also agrees with the portrait of Jesus Christ drawn by Nicephorus, St. John Damascene, and the Book of Painters ( of Mt.

The Byzantine monasteries furnish a long line of historians who were also monks: John Malalas, whose " hronographia " ( P. G., XCVII, 9-190 ) served as a model for Eastern chroniclers ; Georgius Syncellus, who wrote a " Selected Chronographia "; his friend and disciple Theophanes ( d. 817 ), Abbot of the " Great Field " near Cyzicus, the author of another " Chronographia " ( P. G., CVIII ); the Patriarch Nicephorus, who wrote ( 815-829 ) an historical " Breviarium " ( a Byzantine history ), and an " Abridged Chronographia " ( P. G., C, 879-991 ); George the Monk, whose Chronicle stops at A. D. 842 ( P. G.

An early example of the use of the word " nation " ( in conjunction with language and territory ) was provided in 968 by Liutprand ( the bishop of Cremona ) who, while confronting the Byzantine emperor, Nicephorus II, on behalf of his patron Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, declared:

In the aftermath, an agreement between Charlemagne and Nicephorus in 814 recognized Venice as Byzantine territory and granted the city trading rights along the Adriatic coast.

* 811: Battle of Pliska fought between a Byzantine force led by emperor Nicephorus I and a Bulgarian army commanded by Khan Krum.

* July 26 – Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor ( in battle )

** Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian ( b. 1295 )

* Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian ( approximate date ; d. 1360 )

* Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine soldier ( b. 1062 )

* Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine statesman ( d. 1137 )

St. Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Α ΄, Nikēphoros I ), ( c. 758 – April 5, 828 ) was a Christian Byzantine writer and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 806, to March 13, 815.

* Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295 – 1360

* Nicephorus II, Byzantine Emperor

Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I, Logothetes or Genikos ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Α ΄, Nikēphoros I, " Bringer of Victory "; died July 26, 811 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 802 to 811, when he was killed in the Battle of Pliska.

Nikephoros II Phokas ( Latinized: Nicephorus II Phocas ) (, Nikēphoros II Phōkas ) ( c. 912 – 10 – 11 December 969 ) was a Byzantine Emperor ( 963 – 969 ) whose brilliant military exploits contributed to the resurgence of Byzantine Empire in the tenth century.

* The crown of the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus Phocas ( 963-969 ) at the Great Lavra monastery on Mount Athos.

Nikephoros Gregoras, Latinized as Nicephorus Gregoras (; c. 1295-1360 ), Byzantine astronomer, historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea Pontica.

In the Byzantine Empire a tax on hearths known as kapnikon was first explicitly mentioned for the reign of Nicephorus I ( 802 – 811 ) although its context implies that it was already then old and established and perhaps it should be taken back to the 7th century AD.

Nikephoros Bryennios ( or Nicephorus Bryennius ) ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος, Nikēphoros Bryennios ) ( 1062 – 1137 ), Byzantine general, statesman and historian, was born at Orestias ( Orestiada, Adrianople ) in the theme of Macedonia