Portal:Byzantine Empire/DYK/14

• ... that the Byzantine theme of Lykandos, which played an important role in the Arab–Byzantine wars of the early 10th century, was founded by Melias, an Armenian prince, and settled by Armenians?
• ... that the Gasmouloi were the descendants of mixed Byzantine Greek and Latin unions, and were employed as marines in the Byzantine navy?
• ... that although the Byzantine megas doux Alexios Apokaukos owed his rise to the patronage of John VI Kantakouzenos, he instigated the civil war of 1341–1347 against him?