Doukas (historian)
Doukas or Dukas (c. 1400 – after 1462) was a Byzantine Greek historian who flourished under Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor. He is one of the most important sources for the last decades and eventual fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans.
Doukas | |
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| Born | c. 1400 somewhere in western Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) |
| Died | after 1462 |
| Nationality | Byzantine, Ottoman |
| Occupation | historian |
| Known for | being one of the most important sources for the last decades and eventual fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans |
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