Kekaumenos is the family name of the otherwise anonymous Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

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 author of the Strategikon

Strategikon of Kekaumenos

The Strategikon of Kekaumenos is a late 11th century Byzantine manual offering advice on warfare and the handling of public and domestic affairs.The book was composed between 1075 and 1078 by its author, a Byzantine general of partly Armenian descent...

, a manual on military and household affairs

Byzantine military manuals

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 composed c. 1078. He was apparently of Graeco-Armenian origin and the grandson of the doux

Dux

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of Hellas

Hellas (theme)

The Theme of Hellas was a Byzantine military-civilian province located in southern Greece. The theme encompassed parts of Central Greece, Thessaly and, until circa 800, the Peloponnese...

. Despite relevant suppositions, there exists no concrete evidence that he is the famous 11th century general Katakalon Kekaumenos

Katakalon Kekaumenos

- Life :Katakalon Kekaumenos was born in Koloneia, and although apparently a member of the noble Katakalon family, according to John Skylitzes he was not of aristocratic origin. He first distinguished himself in the Sicilian campaign of George Maniakes...

, or his son.

His father-in-law was Nikulitzas Delphinas, a lord of Larissa

Larissa

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 who took part in the Vlach revolt in 1066.

Sources

• "Byzantine Siege Warfare in Theory and Practice" by Eric McGeer from The Medieval City under Siege
• Logos Nouthetetikos, or Oration of Admonition to an Emperor by William North