The Battle of Lemnos in 1024 was the culmination of a raid by Kievan Rus' troops through the Dardanelles and into the Aegean Sea.
According to Skylitzes, in 1024 a Rus' leader named Chrysocheir assembled 800 men and sailed to Constantinople, aiming to enlist in the Varangian Guard of Emperor Basil II (r.
[1][2] This Chrysocheir was a relative of the late Kievan prince Vladimir of Kiev, who had married the Emperor's sister Anna.
[3][4] At Constantinople, Chrysocheir and his men were asked to surrender their weapons before being allowed into the city to enlist.
The Byzantine commanders initially pretended that they wanted to negotiate, so that the Rus' were lulled into false security.