Theodorokanos

Theodorokanos () was a Byzantine general of Armenian origin active under Basil II both in the East and in the Balkans.

== Life == thumb|right|250px|Map of the Byzantine–Bulgarian wars in the time of Emperor Basil II and Tsar [[Samuel of Bulgaria]] His name is the hellenized form of Armenian T‘ot‘orakan ("belonging to Theodore"). A series of seals attributed to him by Ivan Jordanov allows a tentative reconstruction of his early career, holding the ranks of protospatharios and epi tou Chrysotriklinou and serving as the strategos (military governor) of Artze and as archegetes of the East. It is likely that he was strategos of Artze between 975 and 979, as the fortress was in Byzantine hands at that time, and was then promoted to archegetes, an office recently created that entailed overall command over the professional (and mostly Armenian) infantry of the eastern field armies.