Niketas Choniates

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1155 – 1216

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Who was Niketas Choniates?

Niketas or Nicetas Choniates, whose real surname was Akominatos, was a Greek Byzantine government official and historian – like his brother Michael Akominatos, whom he accompanied to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae. Nicetas wrote a history of the Eastern Roman Empire from 1118 to 1207.

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Born
1155
Colossae
Also known as
  • Nicetas Choniates
Died
1216
İznik

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on July 23, 2013

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