| 31. | John Doukas and the Varangian Guard then compelled Eudokia to leave power to Michael and retire to a convent.
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| 32. | The Varangian Guard was only used in battle during critical moments, or where the battle was most fierce.
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| 33. | Guiscard sent a strong force of spearmen and crossbowmen against the Varangian flank and inflicted heavy casualties on them.
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| 34. | Alexei Shakhmatov considered Malusha to be the daughter of Mstisha Sveneldovich, son of Sveneld, a Varangian warlord.
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| 35. | The region was also a center of operations for eastern Scandinavian ( Varangian ) adventurers, merchants and pirates.
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| 36. | As such, this runestone may be a memorial to a Varangian who died while in service in Asia.
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| 37. | The remnants of the Byzantine centre, including the Emperor and the Varangian Guard, were encircled by the Seljuks.
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| 38. | Bohemond commanded the left flank, which defeated the Emperor's largely Anglo-Saxon " Varangian Guard ".
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| 39. | It is also recorded that there were Varangian contingents among the forces that fought the Arabs in Syria in 955.
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| 40. | This was most likely a reference to the Varangian Guard and their two handed axe, probably a Dane axe.
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