Talk:Theodore I Laskaris

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The newly added information on the etymology of Laskaris is interesting. It all hangs together and I have verified most of the details. However, I can't verify whether the Arabic derives from the Persian (as the original editor said) or vice versa. If anyone can check this, please do! Andrew Dalby 12:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi. I have also read that "Laskaris" is of Persian orgin, meaning something like "warrior".  The ODB mentions this too and references the standard work of F. Justi, Iranisches Namenbuch, Marburg 1895, 183.  I don't have it handy right now, but it is as reliable as we can get, though somewhat dated.


 * Thanks, Imladjov, that's good enough for me. Andrew Dalby 17:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Did the Despotate of Epirus or the Empire of Trebizond claim to be Bzyantine Emperors and in the line of emperors should they be placed until the Niceans actually take Constantinople and become the Bzyantine Empire officially again.


 * Well, yes and no. No one claimed to be a Byzantine emperor, and apparently they all claimed to be (explicitly or implicitly) Roman emperors.  I do not recall what Theodore Komnenos Doukas called himself (apart from "emperor", implicitly of the Romans), but the Nicaean and Trebizontine emperors certaintly considered themselves such.  Rulers of Epirus (they were not all despots and the term Despotate is a misnomer) apart from Theodore (and for a short time in 1237–1242 or 1241–1242 his son John) did not claim the imperial title. Best, Imladjov 21:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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