Alexios Komnenos Branas – the last general of the Komnenoi (based to his seals)
Alexios Komnenos Branas – the last general of the Komnenoi (based to his seals)

Summary/Abstract: A new seal was published of the Byzantine military leader Alexius Comnenus Vrana as a panhypersebastos (1183-1186). It originates from the area of the village of Lyulyakovo, Burgas region, where according to some researchers the Goloe fortress was situated. Branas has exceptional merits to Byzantium, which is evidenced from the high title he holds, ranking among the first in the hierarchy of the Empire. An excellent commander, a cold-blooded tactician who won some of the most difficult victories during this period, he ended his life as a usurper of the throne in Constantinople. He remains in the memory of his contemporaries as the last great general of the Komnenoi era.

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