See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

THEODORE See also:

• LASCARIS, CONSTANTINE (d. 1493 or 1500)
• LASCARIS, JOANNES [JOHN], or JANUS (c. 1445-1535)

LASCARIS (d. 1222)  , See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• FAMILY

family . He became the son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of the Emperor Alexius III. and distinguished himself during the sieges of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople by the Latins (1203-4) . After the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city he gathered a See also:

• BAND

band of fugitives in See also:

• BITHYNIA (BtOvpta)

Bithynia and established himself in the See also:

• TOWN

town of Nicaea, which became the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief rallying-point for his countrymen . Relieved of the danger of invasion by a Latin force which had defeated him in 1204 but was recalled to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe by a Bulgarian invasion, he set to See also:

• WORK

work to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a new Byzantine See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, and in 1206 assumed the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of emperor . During the next years See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore was beset by enemies on See also:

• DIVERS

divers sides . He maintained himself stubbornly in defensive See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns against the Latin emperor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, defeated his See also:

• RIVAL

rival Alexius See also:

• COMNENUS

Comnenus of See also:

• TREBIZOND (Gr. Trapezus)

Trebizond, and carried out a successful See also:

• COUNTER

counter-attack upon Gayath-ed-din, the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan of Koniah, who had been instigated to See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war by the deposed Alexius III . Theodore's crowningvictory was gained in 1210, when in a See also:

• BATTLE

battle near Pisidian See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch he captured Alexius and wrested the town itself from the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . At the end of his reign he ruled over a territory roughly conterminous with the old See also:

• ROMAN

Roman provinces of Asia and Bithynia . Though there is no See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of higher qualities of statesmanship in him, by his courage and military skill he enabled the Byzantine nation not merely to survive, but ultimately to See also:

• BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat back the Latin invasion . See E . See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, vol. vi., ed . J .

B . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1896) ; G . See also:

• FINLAY, GEORGE (1799-1875)

Finlay, See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, vol. iii . (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1877) ; and A . Meliarakes, `Ioropia so() BaotMLou ri7s Nucaras Kai. rou Deo7rorlcrou rajs '137r&Opou (See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, 1898) . Theodore's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, THEODORE II . (See also:

• LASCARIS, CONSTANTINE (d. 1493 or 1500)
• LASCARIS, JOANNES [JOHN], or JANUS (c. 1445-1535)

Lascaris), emperor from 1254 to 1258, is chiefly noticeable for two brilliant campaigns by which he recovered See also:

• THRACE

Thrace from the Bulgarians (1255-56) . His See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• DEATH

death prevented his making full use of his ability as a ruler . See M . J . B . Pappadopoulos, Theodore II .

Lascaris, empereur de Nicee (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1908) .