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===Pre First Crusade=== * [[Raictor]], a Byzantine monk who claimed to be the emperor [[Michael VII]]. He presented himself to [[Robert Guiscard]] who used him as a pretext to launch his invasion of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 71" /> * A conspiracy in 1084 involving several senators and officers of the army. This was uncovered before too many followers were enlisted. In order to conceal the importance of the conspiracy, Alexios merely banished the wealthiest plotters and confiscated their estates.<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 71" /> * [[Tzachas]], a [[Seljuq Turks|Seljuq Turkic]] emir who assumed the title of emperor in 1092.<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72">Finlay 1854, p. 72</ref> * [[Constantine Humbertopoulos]], who had assisted Alexios in gaining the throne in 1081 conspired against him in 1091 with an [[Armenians|Armenian]] called Ariebes.<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" /> * [[John Komnenos (governor of Dyrrhachium)|John Komnenos]], Alexios' nephew, governor of [[Dyrrachium]], accused of a conspiracy by [[Theophylact of Bulgaria]].<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" /> * [[Theodore Gabras]], the quasi-independent governor of [[Trabzon|Trebizond]] and his son [[Gregory Gabras|Gregory]].<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" /> * [[Michael Taronites]], the [[brother-in-law]] of Alexios.<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" /> * [[Nikephoros Diogenes]], the son of emperor [[Romanos IV]].<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" /> * [[Constantine Diogenes (pretender)|Pseudo-Leo Diogenes]], an impostor who assumed the identity of another of Romanos' sons, Leo Diogenes.<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 73">Finlay 1854, p. 73</ref> * [[Karykes]], the leader of a revolt in [[Crete]].<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" /> * [[Rhapsomates]], who tried to create an independent kingdom in [[Cyprus]].<ref name="Finlay 1854, p. 72" />
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