Alexios Mosele ( el, ), or Musele/Mousele (Greek: Μουσηλέ), was a

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 Constantinopl ...

admiral (''

droungarios tou ploimou The ''droungarios'' of the Fleet ( el, δρουγγάριος τοῦ πλοΐμου/τῶν πλοΐμων, ''droungarios tou ploïmou/tōn ploïmōn''; after the 11th century δρουγγάριος τοῦ στόλου, ''droungarios tou stol ...

'') in the early reign of Emperor

Romanos I Lekapenos Romanos I Lekapenos ( el, Ρωμανός Λεκαπηνός; 870 – 15 June 948), Latinisation of names, Latinized as Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for the infant Constantine ...

(r. 920–944).. He was killed in 921, leading a detachment of imperial marines along with the imperial '' tagmata'' under the ''

domestikos ton scholon The office of the Domestic of the Schools ( gr, δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν, domestikos tōn scholōn) was a senior military post of the Byzantine Empire, extant from the 8th century until at least the early 14th century. Originally ...

'', Pothos Argyros, against the forces of the

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

tsar, Simeon I (r. 893–927) during the

Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 The ByzantineBulgarian war of 913927 ( bg, Българо–византийска война от 913–927) was fought between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire for more than a decade. Although the war was provoked by the Byzantin ...

. The Byzantines were defeated at the

Battle of Pegae The Battle of Pegae ( bg, битка при Пиги) was fought between 11 and 18 March 921 in the outskirts of Constantinople between the forces of the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–92 ...

, and during the subsequent flight, Mosele slipped and drowned while trying to board one of his warships..

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* * * 10th-century Byzantine military personnel Byzantine admirals Byzantine people of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars 9th-century births Year of birth unknown 921 deaths Deaths by drowning {{Byzantine-mil-bio-stub