10 Times Alexios I Komnenos Saved the Byzantine Empire
Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to the Byzantium Blogger and here we are again with another Byzantine history article! In this one being the 13 th part of this series featuring top lists concerning the lives of emperors who I think have interesting stories, we will go over Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118) who many consider to be one of the greatest Byzantine emperors. Alexios I Komnenos who is immortalized through his daughter Anna Komnene’s work The Alexaid was one of those few Byzantine emperors to achieve a lot, both as a successful military commander on the battlefield and as a reformer and diplomat emperor. Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (r. 1081-1118), art by myself Although no matter how much successes Alexios I achieved as emperor in his 37-year reign, his rise to power was a complicated one and so were the times he grew up in. The Byzantine Empire Alexios I grew up in during the late 11 th century was past the golden age ...