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Using Andronikos

  • In the example corpus, andronikos often appears in combinations such as: andronikos iii, andronikos ii, of andronikos.

Context around Andronikos

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

emperor 1× 1183 1× 284 1× troubles 1× pardoned 1× nevertheless 1× fiction 1× afterwards 1× brother 1×

Often after:

iii 5× seems 1× doukas 1× making 1×

Sentence patterns with Andronikos

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

andronikos i was 1× andronikos ii died 1× andronikos ii palaiologos 1× andronikos ii was 1× andronikos iii nevertheless 1× andronikos iii wanted 1× andronikos seems then 1× death of andronikos 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

andronikos i was 1× andronikos ii died 1× andronikos ii palaiologos 1× andronikos ii was 1× andronikos iii nevertheless 1× andronikos iii wanted 1×

Common sentence endings:

also in 1329 1× and euphrosyne kastamonitissa 1× by economic difficulties 1× constantinople in 1165 1× constantinople in 1332 1× death of andronikos 1×

Words around Andronikos

Just before it in the word index:

andronicus 21 andronico 2 andronici 5 andromedae 2 andromeda 82 andromaque 5

Just after it in the word index:

andronov 3 andronovo 3 andropause 2 andropov 30 andros 41 androscoggin 32

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulrasheed 26 abhinav 26 aboriginals 26 abstractly 26 accidentals 26 accrues 26

Corpus analysis for Andronikos

  • In this selection, "andronikos" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, emperor, 1183, 284, iii, seems and doukas stand out and add context to how "andronikos" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include andronikos i was and andronikos ii died. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "andronikos" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with andronikos

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Andronikos II was also plagued by economic difficulties. (8 words)

The novel ends with the death of Andronikos. (8 words)

Andronikos II died as a monk at Constantinople in 1332. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Portrayal in fiction Andronikos is the main protagonist in Michael Arnold's Against the Fall of Night (Garden City, New York: Doubleday 1975), as well as Ange Vlachos' Their Most Serene Majesties (Vanguard Press, 1964). (35 words)

Soon afterwards Andronikos had the Empress Maria imprisoned and then killed — forcing a signature from the child Emperor Alexius to put his mother to death — by Pterygeonites and the hetaireiarches Constantine Tripsychos. (32 words)

This situation, holding out the alarming prospect of Andronikos making a bid for Manuel's throne sponsored by both Galicia and Hungary, spurred the Byzantines into an unprecedented flurry of diplomacy. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

During the reign of Emperor Andronikos II, the scholar Theodore Metochites was appointed ktetor (founder) of the monastery.

Andronikos II died as a monk at Constantinople in 1332.

Andronikos III nevertheless provided active leadership and cooperated with able administrators.

Andronikos III wanted Nicomedia and the other few Byzantine forts in Anatolia not to suffer the same fate and sought to pay off the Ottomans with tribute.

Andronikos II Palaiologos sought to resolve some of the problems facing the Byzantine Empire through diplomacy.

Andronikos II was also plagued by economic difficulties.

Andronikos I was the last of the Komnenoi to rule Constantinople, although his grandsons Alexios and David founded the Empire of Trebizond in 1204.

Andronikos seems then to have resolved to exterminate the aristocracy, and his plans were nearly successful.

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By November 1183, Andronikos had associated his younger legitimate son John Komnenos on the throne.

Byzantium: The Decline and Fall p. 284 Andronikos III meanwhile effected the recovery of Phocaea in 1334 from the last Genoese governor, Domenico Cattaneo.

Despite these troubles, Andronikos III took advantage of a secession crisis in Despotate of Epirus to seize Byzantine control from Nikephoros II Orsini in 1337.

Early life Alexios III Angelos was the second son of Andronikos Doukas Angelos and Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa.

His younger brother Isaac was threatened with execution under orders of Andronikos I, their first-cousin once-removed, on September 11, 1185.

Manuel pardoned Andronikos and persuaded him to return to Constantinople in 1165.

Nevertheless, Andronikos III effected the recovery of Lordship of Chios (including Lesbos ) from Martino Zaccaria in a naval battle, also in 1329.

Portrayal in fiction Andronikos is the main protagonist in Michael Arnold's Against the Fall of Night (Garden City, New York: Doubleday 1975), as well as Ange Vlachos' Their Most Serene Majesties (Vanguard Press, 1964).

Soon afterwards Andronikos had the Empress Maria imprisoned and then killed — forcing a signature from the child Emperor Alexius to put his mother to death — by Pterygeonites and the hetaireiarches Constantine Tripsychos.

The failed attempt at usurpation by his older brother Andronikos IV Palaiologos in 1373 led to Manuel's being proclaimed heir and co-emperor of his father.

The novel ends with the death of Andronikos.

This situation, holding out the alarming prospect of Andronikos making a bid for Manuel's throne sponsored by both Galicia and Hungary, spurred the Byzantines into an unprecedented flurry of diplomacy.

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Common combinations with andronikos

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Frequently asked questions

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