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
(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 the *parakoimomenos* and Constantine and Anastasios the Gongylioi; and by the counsel of John Helladas, she brings down the relatives of 722 the emperor Alexander, namely John the *rhaiktor* and Gabrielopoulos and the rest. And Zoe the Augusta appoints Theophylact, the son of Domenicus, as *hetaeriarch*. But John Helladas, the *magistros*, fell ill and died. And by the counsel of Theophylact the *hetaeriarch*, Zoe brings down with anger from the palace Nicholas the patriarch, telling him to care for and look after his own church. Not long after, Constantine the *parakoimomenos* slanders the *hetaeriarch* to Zoe, as one who was usurping the empire for his brother. Therefore, making him a patrician on some pretext, when he went down into the church as is the custom to receive a prayer, she ordered him to remain at home. And Zoe appointed John Garidas as *hetaeriarch* and Damian the eunuch as *droungarios* of the *Vigla*. 7. And while Symeon the Bulgarian was plundering Thrace, John Bogas requested to be made a patrician and to lead the Patzinaks against him; and having received gifts he departed, and he brought hostages into the city, with the Patzinaks having agreed to cross over and to fight against Symeon. 8. And there arrived in the city also Asotios, a man most renowned for his strength, being the son of the *archon* of *archons*; whom they say, holding an iron rod at both ends with his hands, would bend it with his surpassing strength and change it to a circular shape, the resistant nature of the iron yielding to the force 723 of his hands. Whom, when he arrived, they received with much honor and again sent him away to his own country. 9. And in the month of September, in the 3rd indiction, Pankratoukas the Armenian betrayed Adrianople to Symeon. Not long after, Basil the patrician was sent with many gifts, and he took it. And Damian the emir also came with a fleet to Strobilos, and he would have taken it, if he had not fallen ill and died, and the Saracens returned empty-handed. And the inhabitants of Hellas and of Athens, being continuously vexed by Chase, son of Joube, not bearing his profligacy and greed, stoned and killed him inside the temple in Athens. 10. Seeing Symeon’s arrogance against the Christians, Zoe counsels with those in power to arrange for an exchange of prisoners and peace with the Agarenes, and to bring over the entire army of the east in order to fight against Symeon. Therefore John Radenos the patrician and Michael Toxaras were sent to Syria to make an exchange of prisoners. And having generously provisioned all the themes, she sent them across to Thrace, with Leo Phokas the *magistros* being the domestic, a man to whom bravery rather than supervisory prudence was attached. Therefore all the generals and commanders, strengthening their concord with one another, swore an oath on the precious woods 724 and when the oath was made, they set out with the whole army. John Grapson commanded the regiment of the Excubitors, and the son of Maroules that of the Hikanatoi; and Romanos Argyros was general and his brother Leo and Bardas Phokas, with whom was also Melias with the Armenians. And Constantine Lips the patrician was also with them, with Leontios being his counselor in all that was required. On the 20th of the month of August, in the 5th indiction, the war between the Bulgarians and the Romans was joined at the Achelous river; and such are the judgments of God, a slaughter occurred such as had not happened since the beginning of time; and Leo Doux escaped by fleeing to Mesembria. And Constantine Lips and John Grapson and many other commanders were slain along with the others in the clash of the battle. And Romanos the patrician and *droungarios* of the fleet was sent with the entire fleet to the Danube river to assist Leo Phokas; but also John Bogas to bring down the Patzinaks, as has been said,
κατήγαγε τοῦ παλατίου Ἀλέξανδρος) ἀναβιβάζουσι πάλιν αὐτήν. καὶ περικρατὴς γενομένη τῆς βασιλείας ἀναβιβάζει εἰς παλάτιον
Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν παρακοιμώμενον καὶ Κωνσταντῖνον καὶ Ἀναστάσιον τοὺς Γογγυλίους· καὶ τῇ βουλῇ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Ἑλλαδᾶ καταβιβάζει
τοὺς οἰ 722 κείους Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ βασιλέως ἤγουν Ἰωάννην τὸν ῥαίκτορα καὶ τὸν Γαβριηλόπουλον καὶ τοὺς λοιπούς. προχειρίζεται
δὲ Ζωὴ ἡ Αὐγοῦστα Θεοφύλακτον τὸν ∆ομηνίκου ἑταιρειάρχην. Ἰωάννης δὲ μάγιστρος ὁ Ἑλλαδᾶς νοσήσας τελευτᾷ. συμβουλῇ δὲ Θεοφυλάκτου
ἑταιρειάρχου Ζωὴ καταβιβάζει μετ' ὀργῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ παλατίου Νικόλαον πατριάρχην, τῆς ἰδίας ἐκκλησίας περιποιεῖσθαι καὶ φροντίζειν
εἰποῦσα. μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ Κωνσταντῖνος παρακοιμώμενος διαβάλλει πρὸς Ζωὴν τὸν ἑταιρειάρχην ὡς τὴν βασιλείαν σφετεριζόμενον
εἰς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. προφασιστικῶς οὖν πατρίκιον αὐτὸν ποιήσαντες, ἐπεὶ κατῆλθεν ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ὡς ἔθος ἐστὶ λαβεῖν εὐχήν,
οἴκοι τοῦτον μένειν παρεκελεύσατο. προεβάλετο δὲ Ζωὴ ἑταιρειάρχην Ἰωάννην τὸν Γαριδᾶν καὶ δρουγγάριον τῆς βίγλης ∆αμιανὸν
εὐνοῦχον. 7. Τοῦ δὲ Βουλγάρου Συμεὼν τὴν Θρᾴκην ληιζομένου, ᾐτήσατο Ἰωάννης ὁ Βογᾶς πατρίκιος γενέσθαι καὶ κατ' αὐτοῦ τοὺς
Πατζινάκους ἀγαγεῖν· δῶρά τε λαβὼν ἀπῆλθε, καὶ ὁμήρους ἤγαγεν ἐν τῇ πόλει, συνθεμένων τῶν Πατζινάκων περᾶσαι καὶ τὸν Συμεὼν
καταπολεμῆσαι. 8. Παρεγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ Ἀσώτιος, ἀνὴρ ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ ὀνομαστότατος, υἱὸς ὢν τοῦ ἄρχοντος τῶν ἀρχόντων· ὅν
φασι σιδηρᾶν ῥάβδον ἐκ τῶν ἄκρων ἑκατέρων κρατοῦντα ταῖς χερσὶ τῇ ὑπερβαλλούσῃ ἀλκῇ διακάμπτειν καὶ πρὸς τὸ κυκλικὸν σχῆμα
μεταγαγεῖν, τῆς ἀντιτύπου τοῦ σιδήρου φύσεως τῇ βίᾳ 723 τῶν χειρῶν ὑπεικούσης. ὃν παραγενόμενον μετὰ πολλῆς τιμῆς ὑπεδέξαντο
καὶ πάλιν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν χώραν ἐξέπεμψαν. 9. Τῷ δὲ Σεπτεμβρίῳ μηνί, ἰνδικτιῶνος γʹ, Παγκρατούκας ὁ Ἀρμένιος τὴν Ἀδριανούπολιν
τῷ Συμεὼν προδέδωκεν. μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ ἀπεστάλη Βασίλειος ὁ πατρίκιος μετὰ δώρων πολλῶν, καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτήν. ἦλθε δὲ καὶ ∆αμιανὸς
ὁ ἀμηρᾶς μετὰ στόλου εἰς Στρόβηλον, καὶ ταύτην παρέλαβεν ἄν, εἰ μὴ νοσήσας ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ ἀπεστράφησαν οἱ Σαρακηνοὶ διακενῆς.
οἱ δὲ τῆς Ἑλλάδος καὶ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν οἰκήτορες συνεχῶς ἐπηρεαζόμενοι παρὰ Χασὲ υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἰούβη, τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀσωτίαν καὶ ἀπληστίαν
μὴ ἐνεγκόντες, ἔνδον τοῦ ἐν Ἀθήναις ναοῦ λίθοις βαλόντες ἀνεῖλον. 10. Τὴν κατὰ Χριστιανῶν ἔπαρσιν τοῦ Συμεὼν βλέπουσα Ζωὴ
βουλεύεται μετὰ τῶν ἐν τέλει ἀλλάγιον καὶ εἰρήνην μετὰ τῶν Ἀγαρηνῶν διαπράξασθαι, διαπερᾶσαι δὲ πάντα τὸν τῆς ἀνατολῆς στρατὸν
πρὸς τὸ καταπολεμῆσαι τὸν Συμεών. ἀπεστάλη οὖν ἐν τῇ Συρίᾳ πρὸς τὸ ποιῆσαι ἀλλάγιον Ἰωάννης πατρίκιος ὁ Ῥαδηνὸς καὶ Μιχαὴλ
ὁ Τοξαρᾶς. τὰ θέματα δὲ πάντα φιλοτιμησαμένη πρὸς τὴν Θρᾴκην διεπέρασεν, Λέοντος μαγίστρου τοῦ Φωκᾶ δομεστίκου τυγχάνοντος,
ᾧ ἀνδρία μᾶλλον ἢ ἐπιστατικὴ φρόνησις προσανέκειτο. οἱ οὖν στρατηγοὶ καὶ ἄρχοντες πάντες τὴν εἰς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν ἐπισφίγγοντες
ἐν τοῖς τιμίοις ξύλοις ὤμοσαν 724 καὶ τοῦ ὅρκου γενομένου πανστρατεὶ ἐξώρμησαν. ἦρχον δὲ τοῦ μὲν τάγματος τῶν ἐξκουβίτων Ἰωάννης
ὁ Γράψων, τοῦ δὲ ἱκανάτου ὁ τοῦ Μαρούλη υἱός· Ῥωμανὸς δὲ ὁ Ἀργυρὸς ἐστρατήγει καὶ Λέων ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ Βάρδας ὁ Φωκᾶς,
οἷς συνῆν καὶ ὁ Μελίας μετὰ τῶν Ἀρμενίων. συνῆν δὲ καὶ Κωνσταντῖνος πατρίκιος ὁ Λὶψ Λεόντιος σύμβουλος αὐτῷ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀνήκουσιν
ὤν. μηνὶ δὲ Αὐγούστῳ κʹ ἐπινεμήσεως εʹ ὁ πόλεμος μεταξὺ Βουλγάρων τε καὶ Ῥωμαίων πρὸς τῷ Ἀχελώῳ ποταμῷ συγκεκρότηται· καὶ
οἷα τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίματα, γίνεται σφαγὴ οἵα ἐξ αἰῶνος οὐ γέγονεν· Λέων δὲ ὁ ∆οὺξ ἐν Μεσημβρίᾳ διεσώθη φυγών. ἐσφάγη δὲ πρὸς
τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐν τῇ τοῦ πολέμου συμβολῇ Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Λὶψ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ Γράψων καὶ ἄλλοι τῶν ἀρχόντων ἱκανοί. ἀπεστάλη δὲ Ῥωμανὸς
πατρίκιος καὶ δρουγγάριος τῶν πλωΐμων μετὰ παντὸς τοῦ στόλου ἐν τῷ ∆ανουβίῳ ποταμῷ βοηθήσων Λέοντι τῷ Φωκᾷ· ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἰωάννης
ὁ Βογᾶς καταγαγεῖν Πατζινάκους, ὡς εἴρηται,
