Leo Rhabdouchos
Leo Rhabdouchos or Rhabduchus (Greek: Λέων Ῥαβδοῦχος) was the Byzantine governor of Dyrrhachium in 917, who was sent to the Serbian ruler Petar Gojniković to persuade him to attack Simeon I of Bulgaria. Leo was successful, but the Serbian attack failed and Petar was taken captive.[1] Leo was apparently a relative to the ruling Macedonian dynasty, and a brother-in-law of the famed diplomat Leo Choirosphaktes.[2] From the De Administrando Imperio, it is also known that Leo was later promoted from his rank of protospatharios to that of magistros, and became Logothete of the Drome (foreign minister).[3]
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- Moravcsik, Gyula; Jenkins, R. J. H., eds (1967). Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio. Washington, District of Columbia: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. http://books.google.com/books?id=eUW4SgAACAAJ.
- Stephenson, Paul (2000). Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77017-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaq90_BOvqIC.
- Tougher, Shaun (1997). The Reign of Leo VI (886-912): Politics and People. Leiden, The Netherlands; New York, New York; Köln, Germany: Brill. ISBN 9-004-10811-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=iPquae5A4zIC.