The exact date of the unit's establishment is uncertain: the Vita Ignatii, an hagiographic account of the life of Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople, records that the unit was said to have been established circa 809 by Emperor Nikephoros I (r. 802–811), and this date is generally accepted; sigillographic evidence, however, is vague, and could support a late 8th-century establishment.
Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder | Nikephoros Katakalon | Nikephoros I of Constantinople | Nikephoros II Phokas | Nikephoros I | Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger | Nikephoros Melissenos | Nikephoros Choumnos | Nikephoros Bryennios |