31. John Doukas and the Varangian Guard then compelled Eudokia to leave power to Michael and retire to a convent. 32. The Varangian Guard was only used in battle during critical moments, or where the battle was most fierce. 33. Guiscard sent a strong force of spearmen and crossbowmen against the Varangian flank and inflicted heavy casualties on them. 34. Alexei Shakhmatov considered Malusha to be the daughter of Mstisha Sveneldovich, son of Sveneld, a Varangian warlord. 35. The region was also a center of operations for eastern Scandinavian ( Varangian ) adventurers, merchants and pirates. 36. As such, this runestone may be a memorial to a Varangian who died while in service in Asia. 37. The remnants of the Byzantine centre, including the Emperor and the Varangian Guard, were encircled by the Seljuks. 38. Bohemond commanded the left flank, which defeated the Emperor's largely Anglo-Saxon " Varangian Guard ". 39. It is also recorded that there were Varangian contingents among the forces that fought the Arabs in Syria in 955. 40. This was most likely a reference to the Varangian Guard and their two handed axe, probably a Dane axe.
