Skleros

The Skleros (Greek: Σκληρός; plural: Σκληροί, Skleroi), latinized Sclerus, feminine form Skleraina (Σκλήραινα), Latinized Scleraena, was a noble Byzantine family active mostly in the 9th–11th centuries as members of the military aristocracy, and as civil functionaries thereafter.

Skleros
Σκληρός

Sclerus
Family
Bardas Skleros receives officials as emperor, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes
Current regionNorth-eastern Asia Minor
Place of originMelitene
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