Domain of Brachamios
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Was a factually independent domain created by Byzantine general Philaretos Brachamios in southern Anatolia during the Byzantine-Seljuk wars.
Establishment
January 1079: While the Seljuks strengthened themselves in Anatolia thanks to Suleyman, general Filareto Bracamio, who remained isolated from Constantinople, led a long resistance that led to the formation of a principality under Byzantine nominal authority but in fact almost autonomous, which controlled Cilicia (including Tarsus, Mamistra and Anazarbe) and Edessa.
Chronology
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Were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire.
January 1085: In 1084 the Seljuks waged war against Bracamio and wrested Antioch from him.
January 1088: In 1087, it was the sultan Malik Shah who attacked the domains of Bracamio, wresting Edessa from him.
Expansion during the rule of Suleiman I in the Sultanate of Rum.
January 1085: Suleyman ibn Qutalmish, the founder of the Sultanate of Rum, began to expand eastward taking Antioch and the whole of Cilicia.
January 1087: Edessa conquered by Sultanate of Rum.
Expansion during the rule of Malik Shah I in the Seljuk Empire.
January 1087: Syrian Seljuks occupied the areas of Kyrrhos and Gaziantep (Ayntab) in 1086.
January 1081: The seljuk conquests led the Armenians to seek refuge in Byzantium and in Cilicia. Between 1078 and 1085, Philaretus built a principality. Ruben organized a band of Armenian troops and revolted against the Byzantine Empire. He was joined by many other Armenian lords and nobles. Thus, in 1080, the foundations of the independent Armenian princedom of Cilicia, and the future kingdom, were laid under Ruben's leadership.
Disestablishment
January 1088: In 1087, it was the sultan Malik Shah who attacked the domains of Bracamio, wresting Edessa from him.
