This man's guards exposed a dissident by tricking him into stealing a sacred crucifixion nail, exposing Gregory Gabras. He used the pronoia system to bankroll a military reform that replaced most of the tagma except the Varangian Guard and revamped the aristocracy by creating new court titles for me
This man's guards exposed a dissident by tricking him into stealing a sacred crucifixion nail, exposing Gregory Gabras. He used the pronoia system to bankroll a military reform that replaced most of the tagma except the Varangian Guard and revamped the aristocracy by creating new court titles for men like Nikephoros Bryennios, this man's son-in-law and a major historical source for his reign. The insane monk Raiktor joined a force against this man that won the Battle of (*) Dyrrhachium and Robert Guiscard. Godfrey of Bouillon and Raymond of Toulouse led armies to support this ruler against the Seljuks in the First Crusade, as related in his namesake epic written by his daughter Anna. For 10 points, name this eleventh-century restorer of Byzantine power and founder of the Komnenos dynasty.
This man's guards exposed a dissident by tricking him into stealing a sacred crucifixion nail, exposing Gregory Gabras.
{Alexius I} Komnenos