Niketas Choniates
Historian and government official (c. 1155–1271) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Medieval Greek: Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; c. 1155 – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician – like his brother Michael Akominatos, whom he accompanied to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came his nickname, "Choniates" meaning "person from Chonae"). Nicetas wrote a history of the Eastern Roman Empire from 1118 to 1207.
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Νικήτας Χωνιάτης | |
Born | c. 1155 |
Died | 1217 (aged 61–62) |
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Family | Michael Choniates (brother) |
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