*aka ‘stypeiotes’*
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(‘greek’ –> [Κεστά [Στυππιώτης / Στυπειώτης])
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*died ’11 september 883’*
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(‘kesta styppiotes” was briefly the *’domestic’ of the ‘schools’* of the ‘byzantine empire’ in ca. 883)
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(his ‘surname’ points to an origin in the town of ‘stypion’ (modern štip), while his first name is evidence of a ‘slavic’ or ‘bulgar’ ethnic origin)
(in ‘883’, he succeeded the disgraced ‘andrew the scythian’ as ‘domestic of the schools’ (aka ‘commander-in-chief’) of the ‘byzantine army’)
(andrew’s ‘disgrace’ has been variously attributed to the ‘falling out’ between ’emperor basil I’ (the ‘macedonian’) + his heir ‘leo VI (the ‘wise’) at the time, with ‘andrew’ being accused as a partisan of ‘leo’, or to accusations of ‘timidity’ against the ‘arabs of tarsus’ + failing to exploit a victory he had won against them)
(‘kesta’ took to the field against the ‘arabs’ himself, but his negligent leadership allowed the ‘tarsians’ (under ‘yazaman al-khadim’) to ‘surprise’ + ‘overwhelm’ the ‘byzantine camp’ in a ‘night attack’)
(according to ‘al-tabari’… – (who erroneously mentions ‘andrew’ as ‘commander’ of the ‘byzantines’) – …this took place on ’11 september 883′, and the ‘byzantine army’ was decimated…)
(‘arab chroniclers’ – with considerable exaggeration – report that 70,000 out of 100,000 ‘byzantine troops’ were killed + that ‘kesta’ – (along with the strategoi of the ‘anatolic theme’ + of ‘cappadocia’) – fell in the field, with the commander of ‘koron fortress’ barely being able to escape, despite his heavy injuries)
(following this debacle, ‘andrew the scythian’ was re-appointed as ‘domestic of the schools’)
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(it is probable that captives from this disaster were among the byzantines ransomed in the ‘prisoner exchange’ of ‘february 884′, while 80 years later, ’emperor nikephoros II phokas’ recovered the 7 gold/silver crosses taken by ‘yazaman’, when ‘tarsus’ fell to the ‘byzantines’)
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