Doukas (historian)

For other people with the same name, see Dukas (disambiguation).
Doukas
Bornc. 1400
somewhere in western Asia Minor
(modern-day Turkey)
Diedafter 1462
Occupationhistorian
Known forbeing one of the most important sources for the last decades and eventual fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans

Doukas or Dukas (Greek: Δούκας; 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.

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