Pierre Deljan
Pierre Deljan or Pierre Dolianos (literally in slavon, the “winner”, transcribed in Greek Byzantine Δολιάνος rather than Δελεάνος following a distortion of Michel Psellos) is the Bulgarian chief of a revolt against the Byzantine Empire in 1040 - 1041.
Perhaps fled slave of Constantinople (according to Jean Skylitzès, 409,89-90), Deljan proclaims himself going down from the Samuel tsar of Bulgaria: wire naturalness of the tsar Gabriel Radomir, itself wire and successor of Samuel (1014 - 1015).
Proclaimed tsar under the name of Pierre II, it takes the head of a revolt armed in Belgrade, seizes Niš and Skopje, obtains the rallying of the troops of the topics of Dyrrachium which elected Basileus of Bulgaria at their head, Tichomir. Deljan makes carry out this rival, seizes Dyrrachium, devastates Nicopolis d' Épire, and goes on Thessalonique. Perhaps it profits from the rallying of the army set of themes of Nicopolis, and is joined in front of Thessalonique by the strategist of Théodosioupolis, Alusian, grandson of Aron, brother of the Samuel tsar, who forces it to recognize it as Co-leader of the rebellion. The seat turns to the defeat following an exit of besieged on October 26th 1040, feastday of patron saint of the city, Saint Démétrius.
In 1041, Alusian makes plug Deljan, is made proclaim tsar in his place then the book with the emperor Michel IV with the triumph of which it ravels in Constantinople. The Byzantines subdue the Bulgarian revolt.
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