2015/09/03 by Alexander V. Maiorov · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Byzantine Studies and History #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Byzantine architecture #Emperor #Ancient history #Nephew and niece #Alliance #CONQUEST #History #Empire #Roman Empire #Classics #Archaeology #Law #Political science
paper · doi:10.1163/18763316-04203002
openalex publication_date 2015/09/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The Galician-Volhynian prince Roman Mstislavich became the main military ally of the Byzantine Empire in the early 13th century. The circumstances and the time of Roman’s campaign in Niketas Choniates’ account are the same as in the Russian chronicles reporting the steppe campaigns of the prince. All the Byzantine sources name Roman Mstislavich the “igemon of Galicia”. The term igemon, unlike other Byzantine titles of Rusian princes, meant the Emperor’s ally and relative (or in-law). The alliance between Alexios III and Roman led also to more stable relations with the Rusian population of the Lower Dniester and the Lower Danube. The military aid that Roman rendered to Alexios III was guaranteed by Roman’s marriage to the niece of Alexios III, the elder daughter of the overthrown emperor Isaak II.