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
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 Andronikos Doukas to join Himerios. But Samonas, being irreconcilable with Andronikos and striving in every way to harm him, persuades someone to write to him secretly, "Do not go aboard the ships lest you be seized by Himerios." And though he strongly urged Andronikos to embark with him as the Hagarenes were pressing, he was not persuaded. But Himerios, joining battle alone with the Hagarenes on the day of St. Thomas, won a great victory. Learning this and despairing, Andronikos, with his kinsmen and men, made a revolt, and departing he seized the city of Kabala, so that Samonas said to the emperor, "Did I not say, O master, that the Doukas was a rebel?" 22. In the 24th year the emperor sent Gregorios Iberitzes, the domestic of the schools, who was a kinsman by marriage of Andronikos, to make war against him. But Andronikos, learning this, and hearing that the patriarch of the church had also been expelled, fled to the Hagarenes together with his kinsmen and friends. And Leo 711 was grieved at this, and so having treated with kindness a Saracen from the praetorium, he sent him to Andronikos with a chrysobull written in cinnabar, placing it inside a small food-trough. And when the Saracen came out from the presence of the emperor, Samonas calls him over and says, "Do you know what you are holding?" He said this because of the wax seal: "The ruin of Syria." And giving him money, he instructed him to put it into the hand of Ouzer. And he did this. Therefore Andronikos and those with him are seized and bound; and learning that this had happened to him through the treachery of Samonas, he was forced to become a Muslim. But Constantine and the rest, knowing that it was impossible for Andronikos to get out, not long after, by his counsel alone, resorted to flight, which is worthy of wonder, and came out from the middle of Syria to Romania, being fought against throughout the country. 23. Then there came from Tarsus to the city concerning a reconciliation both the elder Abalbakes and the father of Samonas; whom the emperor received and showed them the adornment of the church, which is unworthy of the Christian state, for the sacred vessels of God to be seen by the godless. And the father of Samonas wished to be with his son and not to be in Syria. But Samonas advised him, saying, "Hold to your faith. And I, if I can, will rather come to you." 24. In his 25th year, on the day of Pentecost, crowns 712 emperor Leo his son Constantine Porphyrogennetos by the hand of patriarch Euthymios. And Samonas gave Constantine his man, who had formerly served Basil the magistros and keeper of the imperial inkstand, to serve Zoe Augusta. who was also much beloved by both Leo the emperor and the Augusta. Therefore Samonas was very envious of him, and slandered him as being intimate with the Augusta. Which the emperor, suspecting it to be true, had him tonsured through Samonas in the monastery of Saint Tarasios. But after a little while he ordered Samonas to take him into the Speira monastery, wishing to take him back again. The emperor therefore, having gone for a hunt at Damatrys, and having had lunch in the monastery of Samonas, saw Constantine. And immediately he gave orders to Samonas, and he dressed him in secular clothes, and he served the emperor wine in the dining hall, and after this returned to the palace. And again Constantine is envied by Samonas because of the emperor's affection for him, and he conspires with Tzirithon and certain others, and they produce a slanderous paper against the emperor, written and composed by Rhadios, who was a notary of Samonas. And when the emperor came to the great church, he threw it in the metatorion. The emperor therefore, finding and reading it, was in great distress, seeking the one who had done this. And at that time there was an eclipse of the moon, and the emperor ordered the astronomers of that time to state its significance. 713
Σαρακηνῶν κατὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐξῆλθεν. προεβάλετο δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἱμέριον τὸν λογοθέτην κεφαλὴν πάντων τῶν πλωΐμων. γράφει δὲ καὶ Ἀνδρονίκῳ
τῷ ∆ουκὶ συνελθεῖν τῷ Ἱμερίῳ. ὁ δὲ Σαμωνᾶς ἀδιάλλακτος ὢν τῷ Ἀνδρονίκῳ καὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ κακῶσαι αὐτὸν σπουδάζων, πείθει τινὰ
γράψαι αὐτῷ κρύφα "μὴ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὰ καράβια καὶ κρατηθῇς παρὰ Ἱμερίου." πολλὰ δὲ τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον ἀναγκάσαντος εἰσελθεῖν σὺν
αὐτῷ τῶν Ἀγαρηνῶν ἐπικειμένων οὐκ ἐπείσθη. Ἱμέριος δὲ μόνος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ ἁγίου Θωμᾶ συμβαλὼν πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν Ἀγαρηνῶν
μεγάλην νίκην εἰργάσατο. τοῦτο μαθὼν Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ ἀπογνοὺς σὺν τοῖς συγγενέσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώποις ἀποστασίαν ἐποίησε, καὶ
ἀπελθὼν ἐκράτησεν τὴν Κάβαλαν πόλιν, ὡς εἰπεῖν Σαμωνᾶν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα "οὐκ ἔλεγον, ὦ δέσποτα, ἀντάρτην εἶναι τὸν ∆οῦκα;"
22. Τῷ κδʹ ἔτει ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Γρηγορᾶν τὸν δομέστικον τῶν σχολῶν τὸν Ἰβηρίτζην, συμπένθερον ὄντα Ἀνδρονίκου, εἰς τὸ
καταπολεμῆσαι αὐτόν. μαθὼν δὲ τοῦτο Ἀνδρόνικος, ἀκούσας τε ὅτι καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐξεώσθη, προσέφυγε τοῖς Ἀγαρηνοῖς
ἅμα συγγενέσι καὶ φίλοις. ἐλυπήθη δὲ Λέων 711 εἰς τοῦτο, καὶ δὴ Σαρακηνὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πραιτωρίου φιλοφρονησάμενος ἀπέστειλε πρὸς
τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον μετὰ χρυσοβούλλιον διὰ κιναβάρεος, βαλὼν αὐτὸ ἔνδοθεν φατλίου τράκτου βραχέος. ἐξελθόντος δὲ τοῦ Σαρακηνοῦ
ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ βασιλέως, προσκαλεῖται αὐτὸν ὁ Σαμωνᾶς, καί φησιν "οἶδας τί κρατεῖς;" τοῦτο εἰπὼν διὰ τὸν κηρόν· "τὴν ἀπώλειαν
τῆς Συρίας." καὶ δοὺς αὐτῷ χρήματα παρήγγειλεν εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ Οὐζὴρ βαλεῖν αὐτό. ὁ δὲ τοῦτο πεποίηκεν. κρατεῖται οὖν καὶ
δεσμεῖται Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ· καὶ μαθὼν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ διὰ δόλου τοῦ Σαμωνᾶ, ἀναγκασθεὶς ἐμαγάρισεν. ὁ δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος
καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ εἰδότες ὡς ἀδύνατόν ἐστι τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον ἐξελθεῖν, μετ' οὐ πολὺ τῇ βουλῇ αὐτοῦ μόνοι φυγῇ χρησάμενοι, ὅπερ θαύματος
ἄξιον, ἐκ μέσης Συρίας εἰς Ῥωμανίαν ἐξῆλθον, κατὰ χώραν πολεμούμενοι. 23. Τότε ἀπὸ Ταρσοῦ ἐλθὼν ἐν τῇ πόλει περὶ τοῦ ∆ιαλλαγῆναι
ὅ τε Ἀβαλβάκης ὁ γέρων καὶ ὁ τοῦ Σαμωνᾶ πατήρ· οὓς καὶ δεξάμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑπέδειξεν τὸν τῆς ἐκκλησίας κόσμον, ὅπερ ἀνάξιόν
ἐστιν Χριστιανικῆς καταστάσεως, τοῦ θεάσασθαι παρὰ τῶν ἀθέων τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ θεοῦ. ὁ δὲ τοῦ Σαμωνᾶ πατὴρ ἤθελε συνεῖναι
τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ εἶναι εἰς Συρίαν. ὁ δὲ Σαμωνᾶς παρῄνεσεν αὐτῷ, λέγων "κράτει τὴν πίστιν σου. κἀγὼ εἰ δυνηθῶ, ἐλεύσομαι
μᾶλλον πρός σε." 24. Τῷ κεʹ ἔτει αὐτοῦ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς πεντηκοστῆς, στέ 712 φει Λέων ὁ βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ
τὸν πορφυρογέννητον διὰ Εὐθυμίου πατριάρχου. δέδωκεν δὲ Σαμωνᾶς Κωνσταντῖνον ἄνθρωπον αὐτοῦ, τὸν δουλεύσαντα πρότερον Βασιλείῳ
μαγίστρῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ κανικλείου, τοῦ δουλεύειν Ζωῇ Αὐγούστῃ. ὃς καὶ ἠγαπήθη πολλὰ παρά τε τοῦ Λέοντος τοῦ βασιλέως κὰ τῆς
Αὐγούστης. ὅθεν καὶ πολλὰ ἐφθόνει Σαμωνᾶς αὐτόν, κὶ ἐλοιδόρει ὡς συνόντι τῇ Αὐγούστῃ. ὅπερ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑπονοήσας ἀληθὲς εἶναι,
ἀπέκειρεν αὐτὸν διὰ Σαμωνᾶν ἐν τῇ μονῇ τοῦ ἁγίου Ταρασίου. μετ' ὀλίγον δὲ ὥρισεν τὸν Σαμωνᾶν ἀναλαβέσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ μονῇ
τὰ Σπεῖρα, βουλόμενος πάλιν ἀναλαβέσθαι αὐτόν. ἀπελθὼν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς πρόκενσον ἐν τῷ ∆αματρύ, καὶ ἐν τῇ μονῇ τοῦ Σαμωνᾶ
ἀριστήσας, εἶδε τὸν Κωνσταντῖνον. καὶ παρευθὺ ὥρισεν τὸν Σαμωνᾶν, καὶ ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὸν κοσμικά, καὶ ἐκέρασε τῷ βασιλεῖ εἰς τὸ
κλητόριον, καὶ ὑπέστρεψε μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ. καὶ πάλιν φθονεῖται Κωνσταντῖνος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαμωνᾶ διὰ τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην
τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ βουλεύεται μετὰ τοῦ Τζιρίθωνος καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν, καὶ ποιοῦσι χάρτην πολυλοίδορον κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, γράψαντος
καὶ συντάξαντος αὐτὸν τοῦ Ῥοδίου, νοταρίου ὄντος τοῦ Σαμωνᾶ. ἐλθόντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἔρριψεν αὐτὸν
ἐν τῷ μιτατωρίῳ. εὑρὼν οὖν αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἀναγνοὺς ἐν μεγάλῃ θλίψει ἦν, ζητῶν τὸν τοῦτο ποιήσαντα. γέγονε δὲ τότε ἔκλειψις
σελήνης, καὶ διωρίσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς τότε ἀστρονόμοις εἰπεῖν ἀποτέλεσμα. 713
