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Demetrios Iatropoulos
Demetrios Iatropoulos ( el, ∆ημήτριος Ἰατρόπουλος; ) was a senior Byzantine official of the late 13th century. He served as ''logothetes ton oikeiakon'' from 1260 until 1295, when he was promoted to ''protasekretis''. He took part in the 1273 synod in Constantinople against patriarch John XI Bekkos, and is mentioned in 1281/2 as leading an embassy to the Empire of Trebizond. Sources * 13th-century births 13th-century Byzantine people Byzantine officials Byzantine diplomats Year of death unknown 13th-century diplomats Byzantine Empire–Empire of Trebizond relations {{Byzantine-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople. It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire remained the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. The terms "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" were coined after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire, and to themselves as Romans—a term which Greeks continued to use for themselves into Ottoman times. Although the Roman state continued and its traditions were maintained, modern historians prefer to differentiate the Byzantine Empire from Ancient Rome a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
