Kekaumenos ( Greek : Κεκαυμένος ) is the family name of the otherwise unidentified Byzantine author of the Strategikon , a manual on military and household affairs composed c. 1078. He was apparently of Georgian-Armenian origin and the grandson of the doux of Hellas . Despite relevant suppositions, there exists no concrete evidence that he is the famous 11th century general Katakalon Kekaumenos , or his son.
5-827: His father-in-law was Nikulitzas Delphinas , a lord of Larissa who took part in the revolt of Vlachs ( Aromanians ) in Thessaly in 1066. The 11th-century scholar Kekaumenos wrote of a Vlach homeland situated "near the Danube and [...] the Sava, where the Serbians lived more recently". He associated the Vlachs with the Dacians and the Bessi . Kekaumenos referred to the Vlachs as an "unfaithful and undisciplined race". He did this in
10-628: The Emperor Constantine X Doukas , but the Emperor dismissed him and no measures were taken. Upon returning to Larissa, Nikoulitzas saw the growing movement and tried to talk the rebels out of it. They insisted on Nikoulitzas becoming their leader, as he had a fort and a private army. Nikoulitzas declined, as his two sons were in Constantinople, fearing they would come in harm's way. The rebels, however, forced Nikoulitzas to take
15-471: The Vlachs of Hellas . The younger Nikoulitzas bore the rank of protospatharios , but is not known to have had any official position. Nikoulitzas had his own fortress with a garrison of men, and was one of the most powerful lords of Thessaly. The Vlachs and Slavs of the region started planning a revolt in 1065, prompted by the taxation increases and corruption in the same area. When Nikoulitzas heard this from his spies he went to Constantinople to warn
20-473: The archaic style of the time, where he pointed to the Balkan area " Dacia Aureliana " and to Macedonia where the Bessi lived. This Byzantine biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a writer from Armenia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nikulitzas Delphinas Nikoulitzas Delphinas ( Greek : Νικουλιτζάς Δελφινάς )
25-463: Was an 11th-century Byzantine magnate and local lord of Larissa , in Thessaly . He took part in a revolt initiated by the Vlachs of Thessaly in 1066. It is uncertain whether Nikoulitzas may have been an ethnic Greek or an ethnic Vlach, as Vlachs could have been considered by Byzantine chroniclers at the time as Greeks. He was the grandson of Nikulitsa , the governor of Servia and archon of
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