Question

Early in his military career, this ruler successfully tricked the adventurer-turned-prince Roussel de Bailleul (15[1])(“roo-sell day BYE-yull”) into abandoning his capital by blindfolding (15[1])him. A history of this ruler’s reign that opens by quoting Sophocles claims he got stabbed in the buttocks while fighting nomads who later helped him win the Battle of Levounion (“lev-own-ee-yun”). This ruler introduced the hyperpryon as a replacement for his empire’s previous debased (15[1])coin, the (*) nomisma. (10[1])A future ally of this ruler previously routed his right flank at the Battle of Dyrrhachium (10[2]-5[2])(“dir-ACK-ee-yum”). A laudatory (-5[1])chronicle (-5[1])of (10[1])this ruler written by (-5[1])his daughter (-5[1])Anna (10[5]-5[1])includes (10[1])an account (10[3])of his appeal (10[1])to Pope Urban II for (10[1])aid (10[1]-5[1])against the Seljuk (10[1])Turks. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, name this Byzantine emperor during the (-5[1])First (-5[1])Crusade. ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: Alexios I Komnenos [or Alexius I; prompt on Alexios or Alexius]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, European History>
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