Chrysocheres

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Chrysocheres (also known as Chrysocheir or Chrysoverges) (died 872) was a leader of the Paulicians from 863 to 872. He succeeded his uncle, Karbeas, after the latter was slain in Michael III's campaign against the Paulicians in 863. He led an expedition to Nicomedia and Nicaea, and after taking Ephesus, turned the church of St. John into a stable. This raid impelled Basil I to march on Tephrike, but Chrysocheres counterattacked and took Ancyra. In 872, Basil sent his son-in-law and the Domestic of the Schools, Christopher, against the Paulicians. With the help of an earthquake he razed Tephrike, took several other towns including Taranda, captured Chrysocheres, beheaded him, and sent his head back to the emperor in Constantinople.