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
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 deeds of the wars belonged to others; but the emperor's love was poured out upon Basil, and he considered this man alone to be the one who served him. 27. In his 4th year he builds a stable for his horses, having adorned it with marbles and with water flowing in every way. And when it was finished, he shows off the irrational construction of the house, wanting to be praised, to a certain Peter, a learned and mocking man, whom they also called Ptochomaches, and says that he ought to be always remembered because of the construction of this work. And Peter says to the emperor 667 "Justinian built the great church, having adorned it with gold and silver and priceless pearls, and now his memory is no more; and you, emperor, having made a dunghill and a resting place for beasts, say that you will be remembered for this?" But he, enraged at having failed to get the praise, had him taken out, beaten and dragged. 28. In his 7th year, as a rumor was spreading that Bardas the Caesar was committing adultery with his daughter-in-law Eudocia, the patriarch Ignatius often advised him to abstain from the evil. But he, not being persuaded, rather bore a grudge against the patriarch, who was urging him to be temperate. And once, when Bardas was about to receive communion, the patriarch pushed him away as unworthy; who, struck in his soul with anger, cast out the counselor as lawless and a corrupter of the church, and forcing him to abdicate, subjected him to endless torments. For he handed him over to Theodosius called the Stupid and to John Gorgonites and Nicholas Skouteloptes, who also shut him up naked in the sarcophagus of Copronymus in the winter season. Thence, by the force of the cold, from his secret flesh he suffered a discharge of putrefaction and blood. Thus enduring the terrible things, the most steadfast one did not utter anything evil against the Lord. Therefore, the Lord raised up for him Constantine the Armenian to comfort him; for he brought a small vessel of wine and bread and apples to the holy man, eluding the evildoers in the place, and by lowering him from the 668 sarcophagus he lightened the great part of his misfortune until their arrival. Having subjected the holy man to these things, since he was not able to get his resignation, Bardas the Caesar ordains Photius the protoasecretis as patriarch in his place. And he exiled Ignatius to the island of Terebinthus, where he also suffered hardship, enduring countless things each day to make him abdicate. Then they bring him to Hiereia as a prisoner, and shut him up in a pen of goats. Then having brought him to Promountou, Leo Lalakon shattered his jaws with slaps so that two of his molars fell out. Then, having nailed his feet with a murderous iron bar, they shut him in a small and narrow prison, and after a few days they imprisoned him in chains in the Noumera. From there they exiled him to the island of Mitylene, and they scattered the metropolitans in prisons, one in one place, another in another. 29. It is worthwhile also to discuss a few things about Photius. This Photius was the son of Sergius the spatharios, whose father was named Zacharias, who in turn had a son Leo... For Sergius, being of pagan blood, having leaped into a women's monastery and seized a nun from there and having unfrocked her, took her as his wife. After some time it happened that the holy Michael of Synada, being a friend of Sergius, entered his house, and seeing his wife was pregnant he sent his 669 staff, wanting to strike her, and said thus, "If only there were someone who could kill her and the embryo with her. For I see another Eve pregnant with a serpent, and the embryo is male. And this one, by the permission of God, I see will become patriarch to the setting aside of the all-venerable and precious cross. And he himself will turn to impiety, and will convert many to cross-trampling, and will deprive many of the kingdom of heaven by his manifold devices." to
καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄλλων πολλῶν οἱ στρατηγοὶ εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσάγουσιν. ἐκ τούτου γίνεται γαλήνη μεγάλη ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ.
καὶ ἄλλων μὲν οἱ πόνοι καὶ τὰ τῶν πολέμων ἀνδραγαθήματα· ἡ δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀγάπη πρὸς τὸν Βασίλειον ἐξεκέχυτο, καὶ τοῦτον
μόνον ἐνόμιζεν εἶναι τὸν θεραπεύοντα αὐτόν. 27. Τῷ ʹ αὐτοῦ ἔτει κτίζει στάβλον τῶν ἵππων αὐτοῦ, κοσμήσας αὐτὸν μαρμάροις καὶ
ὑδάτων ἐπιρροαῖς παντοιοτρόπως. τελεσθέντος δὲ ὑποδεικνύει τὴν ἄλογον κατασκευὴν τοῦ οἴκου, βουλόμενος ἐπαινεθῆναι, Πέτρῳ
τινὶ λογίῳ καὶ σκωπτικῷ ἀνδρί, ὃν καὶ Πτωχομάχην ἐκάλουν, καὶ φησὶν ὡς ἀεὶ μνημονεύεσθαι ὀφείλω διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἔργου τούτου κατασκευήν.
καὶ ὁ Πέτρος τῷ βασιλεῖ 667 φησίν "Ἰουστινιανὸς ἔκτισε τὴν μεγάλην ἐκκλησίαν κοσμήσας χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ καὶ μαργάροις πολυτίμοις,
καὶ ἡ μνήμη αὐτοῦ νῦν οὐκ ἔστι· καὶ σύ, βασιλεῦ, κοπρῶνα ποιήσας καὶ ἀλόγων ἀνάπαυσιν λέγεις μνημονεύεσθαι διὰ τοῦτο;" ὁ δὲ
ὀργισθεὶς ὡς τοῦ ἐπαίνου ἀποτυχὼν τυπτόμενον καὶ συρόμενον αὐτὸν ἐξήγαγεν. 28. Τῷ ζʹ αὐτοῦ ἔτει, φήμης διαθεούσης ὡς Βάρδας
ὁ Καῖσαρ τῇ νύμφῃ αὐτοῦ Εὐδοκίᾳ συμφθείρεται, ὁ πατριάρχης Ἰγνάτιος πολλάκις τούτῳ παραινεῖ ἀποσχέσθαι τοῦ κακοῦ. ὁ δὲ μὴ
πειθόμενος μᾶλλον ἐνεῖχε τῷ πατριάρχῃ, σωφρονεῖν αὐτὸν κατεπείγοντος. καὶ δή ποτε μέλλοντος κοινωνεῖν τοῦ Βάρδα, ὁ πατριάρχης
ὡς ἀνάξιον ἀπώσατο· ὃς ὀργῆς πληγεὶς τὴν ψυχὴν τὸν παραινέτην ὡς ἄνομον καὶ φθορέα τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐξέωσε, καὶ παραιτήσασθαι
ἀναγκάζων βασάνοις ἀπείροις ὑπέβαλεν. παραδίδωσι γὰρ αὐτὸν τῷ Θεοδοσίῳ τῷ Μωρῷ λεγομένῳ καὶ τῷ Γοργονίτῃ Ἰωάννῃ καὶ Νικολάῳ
τῷ Σκουτελόπτῃ, οἳ καὶ περιέκλεισαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ τοῦ Κοπρωνύμου λάρνακι γυμνὸν χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ. ἔνθεν τῇ ἀνάγκῃ τοῦ κρύους ἐκ
τῶν κρυφίων σαρκῶν ἀποβολὴν ἐποιεῖτο σαπρίας καὶ αἵματος. οὕτως ἐγκαρτερῶν τοῖς δεινοῖς ὁ καρτερικώτατος οὐκ ἐφθέγξατό τι
πρὸς κύριον πονηρόν. τοιγαροῦν διανίστησιν αὐτῷ κύριος Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν Ἀρμένιον παραμυθούμενον αὐτῷ· καὶ γὰρ ἀγγείδιον οἴνου
καὶ ἄρτον καὶ μῆλα, τοὺς κακοποιοὺς κατὰ χώρας λανθάνων, τῷ ὁσίῳ εἰσῆγε, καὶ τῆς 668 λάρνακος αὐτὸν καταβιβάζων ἐκούφιζε τὸ
πολὺ τῆς συμφορᾶς μέχρι τῆς ἐκείνων ἐλεύσεως. τούτοις ὑποβαλὼν Βάρδας ὁ Καῖσαρ τὸν ὅσιον, ἐπεὶ τὴν παραίτησιν αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν
οὐκ ἠδυνήθη, Φώτιον πρωτοασηκρῆτις ἀντ' αὐτοῦ χειροτονεῖ πατριάρχην. ἐξώρισεν δὲ Ἰγνάτιον ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Τερεβίνθου, ἐν ᾗ καὶ
ἐταλαιπωρεῖτο, μυρία καθ' ἑκάστην πρὸς τὸ παραιτήσασθαι ὑπομένων. εἶτα φέρουσιν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Ἱερείαν δέσμιον, καὶ κατακλείουσιν
εἰς μάνδραν Αἰγῶν. εἶτα εἰς τὰ Προμούντου ἀγαγόντες, Λέων ὁ Λαλάκων τοῖς ῥαπίσμασι τὰς σιαγόνας αὐτοῦ συνέθλασεν ὡς δύο μύλους
αὐτοῦ ἐκπεσεῖν. εἶτα μοχλῷ σιδηρῷ ἀνδροφόνῳ τοὺς πόδας προσηλώσαντες ἐν μικρᾷ εἱρκτῇ καὶ στενῇ κατέκλεισαν, καὶ μετ' ὀλίγας
ἡμέρας εἰς τὰ Νούμερα σιδηροδέσμιον καθεῖρξαν. ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Μιτυλήνην τὴν νῆσον τοῦτον ἐξώρισαν, καὶ τοὺς μητροπολίτας ἐν φυλακαῖς
ἄλλον ἀλλαχοῦ διεσκόρπισαν. 29. Ἄξιον δὲ καὶ περὶ Φωτίου ὀλίγα διαλαβεῖν. οὗτος ὁ Φώτιος υἱὸς Σεργίου σπαθαρίου ἦν, οὗ τινὸς
ὁ πατὴρ Ζαχαρίας ὠνόμαστο, ὃς πάλιν ἔσχεν υἱὸν Λέοντα βασι... ὁ γὰρ Σέργιος ἐθνικοῦ αἵματος ὤν, εἰς μοναστήριον γυναικεῖον
εἰσπεπηδηκὼς καὶ μονάστριαν ἐκεῖθεν ἁρπάσας καὶ ταύτην ἀποσχηματίσας ἔλαβε γυναῖκα. μετὰ χρόνον τινὰ συνέβη τὸν ἅγιον Μιχαὴλ
τὸν Σινάδου, φίλον Σεργίου ὄντα, εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ εἰσελθεῖν, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐνθεωρήσας ἔγκυον οὖσαν ἀπέστειλεν
τὴν αὐτοῦ 669 ῥάβδον, πλῆξαι βουλόμενος αὐτήν, καὶ οὕτως εἶπεν "εἶθε ἦν τις ταύτην ἀποκτεῖναι δυνάμενος καὶ τὸ ἔμβρυον τὸ
σὺν αὐτῇ. ὁρῶ γὰρ ἄλλην Εὔαν ὄφιν ἐγκυμονοῦσαν, καὶ τὸ ἔμβρυον ἄρσεν. καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ συγχώρησιν θεοῦ πατριάρχην ἐσόμενον βλέπω
ἐπὶ ἀθετήσει τοῦ πανσέπτου καὶ τιμίου σταυροῦ. καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς ἀσέβειαν ἀποκλινεῖ, καὶ πολλοὺς εἰς σταυροπατίαν μεταστήσει,
καὶ τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν πολλοὺς ταῖς πολυτρόποις αὐτοῦ στερήσει μηχαναῖς." πρὸς
