id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3646 Theodore I Laskaris - Wikipedia .html text/html 6670 795 74 By the time of Theodore's arrival, Asia Minor had been a centre of uprisings against the imperial government for decades.[28] A rebellious magnate, Theodore Mangaphas, held Philadelphia; another aristocrat, Sabas Asidenos, ruled Sampson; and Nikephoros Kontostephanos controlled the lands on the upper course of the Maeander River.[29] Theodore appeared as his father-in-law's representative and secured the Bithynian towns' loyalty in Alexios III's name until the end of 1204.[17][29][30] The local Greeks acknowledged him as the strategos (or military leader) of Bithynia.[31] He established his seat in Prussa,[32] but he made frequent journeys to attend assemblies and dinners, encouraging the local Greeks' resistance against the "Latins", as the crusaders were universally called. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3646.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3646.txt