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Theoktistos Bryennios
Theoktistos Bryennios was a Byzantine general and strategos of the theme of the Peloponnese in the 840s. Sent by the regency of Empress Theodora, he subdued the Slavic peoples of the region, including the Melingoi and Ezeritai of the Taygetus mountains, who kept their own leaders but had to pay a fixed tribute. The campaign is described in Constantine VII's De Administrando Imperio.
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