Chronography (partim edita e cod. Paris. gr. 1712)
to appear but if not, the opposite, countless terrors and a swift destruction. Therefore, when night fell, the emperor went with Kassiteras to the mo
he exiled Patriarch Nicephorus and 609 Theodore at which time it is also said that when Patriarch Nicephorus was being sent into exile, Theophanes, c
less. For when the renowned patriarch Tarasios had long since departed this life, he heard him call a certain Michael by name, and having leaped 612 u
the east, they burned the areas outside the Golden Gate as far as Rhegion. And coming to Athyras, they destroyed the fortress there and the bridge, wh
he marched, having gathered a great army and the Avars and all the Sklavinias and in addition to these he prepares instruments of various city-takers
The Stammerer and Iconoclast, 8 years, 9 months. This man took as his wife Euphrosyne, the daughter of Constantine who had been blinded, who had embra
with freedom to practice the Christian ways having been conceded who until now have been called tributaries. And indeed the islands would have been c
he did in the following way. It was a custom for the Persians that the proclamation of a king be from the royal line whence, the royal line having fa
that there were many for her in the chest, and she places these on our head and face after 629 the kisses. These things drove the emperor to madness
to venerate and honor the holy icons and to denounce his impiety. And not long after, when the patriarch arrived at the great church and reproached hi
he made him commander of the Scholae, and received his children from holy baptism. 11. In his 7th year the emperor goes out with Manuel and the senate
of Oxyartes, brother of Dareios, who, having married Dionysios the tyrant of Heraclea, named the city, which was under him, after his wife. and having
they devoured. 20. But the student of Leo the philosopher, who was also the informer of the betrayal, was asked by the amermoumnes about his knowledge
Theodore, whose relic the founder Michael himself later brought to the monastery of Michaelitzes in Chalcedon. The renowned Theophanes lived until the
they requested. So he withdrew and looked at the house and, being pleased, moved the nuns to another monastery, and having adorned it with every kind
the wicked one is driven out of the church and is confined in a certain monastery in Kleidio. In which, having scraped the icons of the saints, the em
the divine mystery having been celebrated purely, all the heretics under the whole sun having been subjected to deposition along with their chief prie
And although many were killed, those who were captured were more numerous. But Theoktistos, having gone to the empress, again enjoyed the same familia
and to come to the palace. Having befriended also the protospatharios Theophanes Phalganes and some others, he kills Theoktistos in the palace, with t
At this the protonotary became sullen, and reported with dejection the response from the Domestic of the Schools, and at the same time bringing and sh
it was sealed, the fool with the fools raising his voice in laughter, laughing at the renowned Ignatius as not being accommodating in matters and as o
and the generals bring his head and those of many others into the city. From this a great peace comes about in the east. And the toils and the heroic
of whom Sergius said, even if he is to be such, I will kill him along with his mother. To whom the saint said, You will not be able to hinder the p
I said to this pious and discerning monk that we too, when serving the liturgy with him, never heard him speak a prayer, but rather whisper the words
as he was passing by in a procession, the patrician Damianos, the *parakoimomenos*, who was sitting in the Horologion, did not rise to honor him. And
waiting for him gives a sword to two men dressed in gold, as if praepositi, and says that having quickly slipped away he assigned the emperor to the r
Mamas, they bring Peganes with an earthenware censer smoking brimstone, and he meets and censes Symbatios. And he himself is blinded in one 681 eye, a
the emperor ordered one of his guards to throw a spear at Basil. And during dinner time, not only this one but others too, whenever he got drunk with
dejected, and as one might guess, pondering his own affairs. He had set out from Adrianople of Macedonia, which was formerly called Orestias from Ores
having learned the land and the affairs, and having written down the book, and having made this very ancient by his practices, it was deposited in the
Constantine, the son of Michael by Eudokia, died, but according to rumor, the son of Basil whom, after mourning greatly, he laid in the tombs of the
The possession of these castles is not safe for you, as long as their rulers are dwelling here but if you wish to rule them securely, send them as pr
And when once a banquet was being held for the emperor, and the first of the senate were dining with him, and the bird often uttered the aforesaid say
Having beaten Santabarenos, they exiled him to Athens. Then the emperor, sending men after him, blinded him and exiled him to the east. But after many
he deposited the body of Saint Lazarus and of Mary Magdalene. At this time Tauromenium was surrendered to the Hagarenes. 10. In the 15th year the isla
having run through the traditions of those who made use of some counsel or oracle and who surpassed them, they are so named. The name Dromitai came to
of the Saracens went out against the Romans. And the emperor appointed Himerios the logothete as head of all the naval forces. And he also writes to A
When Pantaleon the metropolitan was coming in to the emperor, Samonas asked him Against whom is the misfortune? And he said, Against you and if th
having sent immediately, he brought Nicholas from Galakrenoi and enthroned him, having deposed 716 Euthymius, whom he exiled to the monastery of Agath
ruling, there being sufficient men, 719 and having entered by night through a side-gate of the protovestiarios Michael, which was near the acropolis,
(Alexander had brought down from the palace) they bring her up again. And having gained control of the empire, she brings up to the palace Constantine
when the drungarius Romanos was ordered to cross. But when they came to battle, the Patzinaks, seeing them quarreling, withdrew to their own lands. Wh
to rest for a short while in his own house. Likewise Constantine the parakoimomenos was ordered to write a letter, ordering him the same things, and t
tyrannically rising up wherefore I neither wish him to be domestic from now on, nor do I say that he has committed this rebellion with my counsel, bu
and when they used an indistinct and terrible shout, and most violently charged against them, the rector immediately fled, but fighting for him Photen
to be in the middle, where they were about to speak to one another. At this, Symeon sent men and burned down the church of the Most Holy Theotokos at
they did not judge it a good omen for they said that both would part on irreconcilable terms regarding the peace. But Symeon, reaching his own camp,
When Apolasath, a prudent and intelligent man, died, the inhabitants of Melitene broke the peace. Therefore, John Kourkouas, the Domestic of the Schoo
his father. And they deposed Patriarch Tryphon after he had completed the appointed time, 745 and he died in his own monastery. And the church was vac
those who survived and ended up on the shore of Koile, escaped when night fell. But Theophanes, returning after a great victory, was received honorabl
only a face, but the son-in-law Constantine said he saw eyes and ears. To them the celebrated Sergios said, You both saw well. And they replied, An
evil communications. What becomes of his kinsmen? After feasting and entertaining them, while the food was still in their mouths, men prepared for thi
his son Romanos, and he is buried in the church of the Holy Apostles with Leo the emperor, his father. In appearance he was tall in stature, fair in c
of the army wished to return home. But the most prudent Nicephorus and doux restrained them with the sweetness of his words. So the emperor, learning
he made him commander of the Scholae, and received his children from holy baptism. 11. In his 7th year the emperor goes out with Manuel and the senate and the whole army against the Hagarenes. and having easily taken both Zapetra and Samosata, which boasted in its wealth because the amermoumnes was from there, he returned exulting in his victory and the spoils. and coming as far as the Bryas he ordered a palace to be built and gardens to be planted and waters to be brought; which also were done. and from there arriving in the city, holding a hippodrome race and performing the first baïon, riding in a white chariot and celebrating a triumph over the spoils he was crowned, with the demes shouting "Welcome, incomparable factionary." 635 12. In his 8th year, when the patriarch Antony died, John the syncellus was ordained in his place, or rather Jannes and Jambres, the grammarian mentioned in the time of Leo the Armenian and transgressor, infamous for magic and lecanomancy and all impiety. Who, being found a suitable instrument for the emperor's impiety, accomplished with him all things leading to destruction; and the basilisk of impiety which the emperor had been in labor with and was containing, he broke forth and brought forth, ordering the holy icons to be plastered over or whitewashed. 13. This John, having built a dwelling of hewn stones outside the city, which is called Troulos to this day, through certain sacrifices consorted with demons and signified future events to the emperor; which also remained uninhabited because of the visitations of demons that occurred in it then. 14. Meanwhile, the emperor, having learned that a certain Hagarene woman, whom he had taken captive, had a spirit of Python and prophesied, summoning her, inquired whose reign would last for many years; and she said, "That of the Martinakioi." Therefore, on the assurance of such a prophecy, he condemned Martinakios to the monastic life, having made his house into a monastery for monks. From this she also foretold to Constantine Triphyllios the things that would happen to him, that "Likewise you and your children will be tonsured as clerics under Emperor Basil"; which also happened. 636 Likewise she also foretold to many others the things that would happen to them, and she accurately prophesied to the emperor the things that were destined to happen after his death, but also the veneration of the icons and the deposition of Jannes. And to George, who was in charge of the military rolls, she said that he would be killed at the sphendone opposite the hippodrome, and that his property would be confiscated by the imperial treasury. 15. In his 9th year the Arabs with a great force went out against Romania, and the emperor, along with the Persian refugees and the tagmata and Manuel the domesticus, advanced against them. And when an engagement took place, the emperor, having been defeated, entered the midst of the Persians, supposing he would be saved by them. But when Manuel, looking about, realized that the emperor was in the midst of the Persians, and that they were already intending to hand him over to the Arabs and through him to be reconciled with them, cutting through their midst and seizing the bridle of the emperor's horse, he dragged him out unwilling, considering it an unbearable shame if the Arabs were to take the emperor of the Romans captive. But the emperor, out of his mind with fear of the situation, wished to rush back to the Persians. But Manuel raised his sword as if to strike him. And he, being afraid, came out. And from there he returns in shame to Dorylaion. But Manuel, having been wounded in the battle and falling ill, died, having performed many deeds of valor against the Hagarenes; and his body 637 was carried to the monastery founded by him, which lies near the cistern of Aspar. (16) and immediately there were slanders to the emperor against the Persians and threats against Theophobos as a rebel and traitor and enemy. Theophobos, learning these things, taking the Persians, went down to Sinope; which took its name from one of the Amazons who built it, while Amastris, formerly called Kromma, from Amastris the Persian, daughter of
σχολῶν ἐποίησε, καὶ τοὺς αὐτοῦ παῖδας ἐκ τοῦ ἁγίου βαπτίσματος ἀνεδέξατο. 11. Τῷ ζʹ αὐτοῦ ἔτει ἐξέρχεται ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ Μανουὴλ
καὶ τῆς συγκλήτου καὶ τοῦ στρατοῦ παντὸς κατὰ Ἀγαρηνῶν. καὶ εὐπετῶς τήν τε Ζάπετρον καὶ τὸν Σαμοσάτορα πλούτῳ κομῶντα διὰ
τὸ ἀμερμουμνῆν ἐκεῖθεν εἶναι παραλαβών, ἐπανῄει τῇ νίκῃ καὶ τοῖς λαφύροις γαυρούμενος. καὶ ἐλθὼν μέχρι τοῦ Βρύα προσέταξε
παλάτιον οἰκοδομηθῆναι καὶ παραδείσους φυτευθῆναι καὶ ὕδατα ἀγαγεῖν· ἃ καὶ γεγόνασιν. ἐκεῖθέν τε εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀφικόμενος,
ἱππικὸν ποιήσας καὶ τὸ πρῶτον βαΐον παίξας, ἅρματι λευκῷ ἐποχησάμενος καὶ τὰ λάφυρα θριαμβεύσας ἐστεφανώθη, τῶν δήμων ἐπιβοώντων
"καλῶς ἦλθες, ἀσύγκριτε φακτωνάρη." 635 12. Τῷ ηʹ τούτου ἔτει, τοῦ πατριάρχου Ἀντωνίου τελευτήσαντος, ἀντ' αὐτοῦ χειροτονεῖται
Ἰωάννης ὁ σύγκελλος, Ἰαννὴς δὲ μᾶλλον καὶ Ἰαμβρής, ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀρμενίου καὶ παραβάτου Λέοντος μνημονευθεὶς γραμματικός, βεβοημένος
ἐπί τε μαγείαις καὶ λεκανομαντείαις καὶ πάσῃ ἀσεβείᾳ. ὃς ὄργανον ἐπιτήδειον εὑρεθεὶς τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως ἀσεβείας σὺν αὐτῷ πάντα
τὰ πρὸς ἀπώλειαν κατειργάσατο· καὶ ὃν ὤδινεν κατεῖχε δὲ βασιλίσκον τῆς ἀσεβείας ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐξέρρηξε καὶ ἀπέτεκεν, τὰς ἁγίας
εἰκόνας ἀναχρίσεσθαι προστάξας ἢ ἐπαλείφεσθαι. 13. Οὗτος ὁ Ἰωάννης πρὸ τοῦ ἄστεος οἴκημα ἐκ λίθων λαξευτῶν κατασκευάσας, ὃ
Τροῦλος μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ὀνομάζεται, διά τινων θυσιῶν ὡμίλει τοῖς δαίμοσι καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὰ μέλλοντα διεσήμαινεν· ὃ καὶ ἀοίκητον
ἔμεινεν διὰ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ γενομένας τότε τῶν δαιμόνων ἐπιφοιτήσεις. 14. Ἐν τούτοις Ἀγαρηνοῦ τινὸς γυναίου πνεῦμα Πύθωνος ἔχοντος,
ὃ αἰχμάλωτον ἔλαβεν, ἐκμαντεύεσθαι μαθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς μετακαλεσάμενος ἐκπυνθάνεται, τίνος ἡ βασιλεία ἐν πολλοῖς διαρκέσει ἔτεσι·
καὶ ἐξεῖπεν "ἡ τῶν Μαρτινακίων." κατὰ πληροφορίαν δὴ τῆς τοιαύτης προφάσεως τὸν μονήρη βίον κατέκρινε Μαρτινάκιον, τὸν αὐτοῦ
οἶκον ποιήσας εἰς μοναχῶν φροντιστήριον. ἐντεῦθεν καὶ Κωνσταντίνῳ τῷ Τριφυλλίῳ τὰ συμβησόμενα αὐτῷ προδεδήλωκεν, ὅτι ὡσαύτως
καὶ σὺ καὶ τὰ τέκνα ἀποκαρήσεσθε κληρικοὶ ἐπὶ αὐτοκράτορος Βασιλείου· ὃ καὶ συμβέβηκεν. 636 ὁμοίως καὶ ἄλλοις πολλοῖς τὰ συμβησόμενα
αὐτοῖς προύλεγε, καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τὰ μετὰ θάνατον αὐτοῦ ὀφείλοντα γενέσθαι ἀκριβῶς προηγόρευσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν τῶν εἰκόνων προσκύνησιν
καὶ τὴν τοῦ Ἰαννῆ καθαίρεσιν. καὶ Γεωργίῳ δὲ τῷ τὰς στρατιωτικὰς δέλτους ἐπειλημμένῳ ἐπὶ τῇ σφενδόνῃ εἶπεν τῇ κατὰ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου
ἀποκτάνεσθαι, καὶ τὴν ὕπαρξιν αὐτοῦ τῷ βασιλείῳ ἀνειλῆφθαι ταμείῳ. 15. Τῷ θʹ αὐτοῦ ἔτει Ἄραβες μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς κατὰ Ῥωμανίας
ἐξῄεσαν, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἅμα τοῖς πρόσφυξι Πέρσαις καὶ τοῖς τάγμασι καὶ Μανουὴλ δομεστίκῳ κατ' αὐτῶν ἐχώρει. καὶ συμβολῆς γενομένης
ἡττηθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς μέσον εἰσῆλθε τῶν Περσῶν, ὑπ' αὐτῶν περισωθῆναι ὑπολαμβάνων. Μανουὴλ δὲ ὡς ἔγνω περισκοπῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν
Περσῶν τὸν βασιλέα ὄντα, αὐτοὺς δὲ βουλομένους ἤδη τοῖς Ἄραψι τοῦτον παραδοῦναι καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ καταλλαγῆναι αὐτοῖς, διασχίσας
μέσον αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ χαλινοῦ τοῦ ἵππου τοῦ βασιλέως λαβόμενος ἐξεῖλκεν ἄκοντα τοῦτον, αἰσχύνην ἡγούμενος οὐ καθεκτήν, εἰ τὸν
βασιλέα Ῥωμαίων Ἄραβες αἰχμάλωτον λάβωσιν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τῷ δέει τοῦ καθεστηκότος ἐκστὰς προσρυῆναι πάλιν τοῖς Πέρσαις ἐβούλετο.
ὁ δὲ Μανουὴλ τὸ ξίφος ἀνέτεινεν ὡς πατάξων αὐτόν. ὁ δὲ φοβηθεὶς ἐξῆλθεν. ἐκεῖθέν τε ἐξ αἰσχύνης ὑποστρέφει ἐν τῷ ∆ορυλαίῳ.
ὁ δὲ Μανουὴλ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τρωθεὶς καὶ νοσήσας ἐτελεύτησεν, πολλὰς ἀνδραγαθίας κατὰ Ἀγαρηνῶν ποιησάμενος· τὸ δὲ σῶμα 637 αὐτοῦ
ἀπεκομίσθη ἐν τῇ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κτισθείσῃ μονῇ, τῇ σύνεγγυς κειμένῃ τῆς τοῦ Ἄσπαρος κινστέρνης. (16) καὶ εὐθὺς διαβολαὶ πρὸς τὸν
βασιλέα κατὰ Περσῶν καὶ ἀπειλαὶ κατὰ Θεοφόβου ὡς ἀντάρτου καὶ προδότου καὶ δυσμενοῦς. ταῦτα μαθὼν Θεόφοβος, τοὺς Πέρσας καταλαβὼν
κατῆλθεν ἕως Σινώπης· ἥτις τὴν κλῆσιν εἴληφεν ἀπό τινος τῶν Ἀμαζόνων αὐτὴν δειμαμένης, Ἄμαστρις δὲ ἡ πρὶν Κρῶμμα ὠνομασμένη
ἀπὸ Ἀμάστριδος τῆς Περσίδος, θυγατρὸς
