2013/01/01 by Antonios Vratimos · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Byzantine Studies and History #Classical Antiquity Studies #Balkan and Eastern European Studies #Hearsay #Power (physics) #Plot (graphics) #Statistics #History #Econometrics #Mathematics #Law #Political science #Physics
paper · doi:10.3406/rebyz.2013.4998
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Michael Attaleiates implicated Eudokia Makrembolitissa in a plot to remove her husband, Romanos IV Diogenes, from power long before the Mantzikert campaign (1071 A. D.). The present article investigates her possible motives through a detailed analysis of the sources. It concludes that Attaleiates’ testimony cannot be reliable, and is probably based on a false assumption or on some inaccurate hearsay evidence.