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
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 to be in submission to the emperor Constantine; Having received these things from Andrew, primikerios of the imperial protovestiarios, he remained quiet in his own house in Cappadocia, so that from this the saying from the poem was fulfilled, "then indeed taking the nightingale he left it on a desert island to become prey and spoil for birds, but the willing eagle he brought up to this house." 14. In the month of April, a betrothal of marriage was given by the emperor Constantine to Helen, the daughter of Romanos, and on the third Sunday of Galilee they were crowned by Nicholas the patriarch. For having promoted Romanos to basileopator, in his place he appointed Christopher his son as hetaeriarch. 728 Not long after, Leo Phokas, having been deceived by certain officials, was moved to rebellion. And having sent for them, he took with him both Constantine the parakoimomenos and Constantine the asekretis of Malelias, informing and assuring everyone that he was making such a commotion on behalf of the emperor Constantine. But Romanos the basileopator, having made a signed golden bull as from the person of the emperor Constantine containing the subversion of such a plot, that whoever abandoned Phokas and fled to the basileopator was on the emperor's side, gave it to a certain shameless and bold woman named Anna, whom they also called Basia, and to a certain cleric Michael, and sent them out into the camp. And they spread these things throughout the whole army. And Michael, having been caught, was mercilessly beaten and had his nose and ears cut off, but after this he received a fitting reward from Romanos; likewise also the woman Anna who was sent with him. First, therefore, Constantine, the son of Bary-Michael, commander of the tagma of the Hikanatoi, abandoning Phokas, ran over to Romanos, having become the beginning of his downfall; and with him also Balantios and the one called Atzmoros, both being tourmarchs. Leo Phokas therefore, having seized Chrysopolis with a very large force, which is called Chrysopolis from Alexander, who, having come upon the city of Byzas, in a certain place of it drew up his army 729, for which reason, having placed an enclosure there, he named it the Strategion, and having moved from there and approached those on the opposite side, gave sufficient gold to his own people. But others say it was named from the gold that comes from its mines, just as Chalcedon from having copper, or from Chalkis, daughter of Nicomedes, who founded it. At any rate, in this Chrysopolis the wife of the Athenian general Chares died, named Damalis, when Chares himself was sent from Athens to aid the Byzantines; over her monument a heifer cow, from the homonym, has been erected on a pillar, which is inscribed and has an epigram as follows, I am not the image of the cow of Inachus, nor from me is the facing Bosporian sea named. For the heavy wrath of Hera drove her of old; I am this tomb of a Cecropian corpse. I was the bed-mate of Chares; and I sailed when he sailed hither as a rival to the Philippian ships. I was called a little cow then, but now as Chares' bed-mate I delight in both continents. 15. Having seized Chrysopolis, therefore, as has been said, he drew up his battle lines from Damalis as far as Chalcedon, terrifying those in the city. Symeon, the epi tou kanikleiou, was therefore sent by Roma 730 nos with a dromon, carrying a signed letter of the emperor Constantine: "I, having found no one under my hand more watchful and more loyal and more faithful for the protection of my empire than Romanos, have entrusted my protection to him after God, and have judged him to be a father to me, who has shown me a father's heart and a parent's disposition. But this Leo Phokas, whom I have always suspected of plotting against my empire, I have now found by his very deeds to be a plotter and of my rule
ὀλίγον ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ οἴκῳ ἀναπαύσασθαι. ὡσαύτως καὶ γραφὴν ἐκελεύσθη γράψαι Κωνσταντῖνος παρακοιμώμενος, τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ παραγγέλλοντα,
καὶ ἐν ὑποταγῇ εἶναι τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου· ἅπερ δεξάμενος παρὰ Ἀνδρέου πριμικηρίου τοῦ βασιλικοῦ πρωτοβεστιαρίου, ἐν
Καππαδοκίᾳ ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ οἴκῳ ἡσύχασεν, ὡς ἐντεῦθεν πεπληρῶσθαι τὸ κατὰ ποίησιν λόγιον, δὴ τότε τὸν μὲν ἀηδὸν ἄγων ἐς νῆσον ἔρημον
κάλλιπεν οἰωνοῖσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι, τὸν δ' ἀετὸν ἐθέλοντα ἀνήγαγεν ὅνδε δόμονδε. 14. Τῷ Ἀπριλλίῳ μηνὶ δίδοται ἀρραβὼν
γαμικοῦ συναλλάγματος παρὰ Κωνσταντίνου βασιλέως Ἑλένῃ τῇ θυγατρὶ Ῥωμανοῦ, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ τῆς Γαλιλαίας στεφανοῦνται παρὰ Νικολάου
πατριάρχου. βασιλεοπάτορα γὰρ Ῥωμανὸν προβαλόμενος, ἀντ' αὐτοῦ δὲ ἑταιρειάρχην Χριστοφόρον τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ κατέστησεν. 728
μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ Λέων ὁ Φωκᾶς ἀπατηθεὶς παρά τινων ἀρχόντων πρὸς ἀνταρσίαν κινεῖται. καὶ ἀποστείλας ἀνελάβετο εἶναι σὺν αὐτῷ
τόν τε παρακοιμώμενον Κωνσταντῖνον καὶ Κωνσταντῖνον ἀσηκρῆτις τοῦ Μαλελίας, πληροφορῶν πάντας καὶ βεβαιῶν ὡς ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως
Κωνσταντίνου τὴν τοιαύτην ποιεῖται συγκίνησιν. Ῥωμανὸς δὲ ὁ βασιλεοπάτωρ χρυσόβουλλον ποιήσας ἐνυπόγραφον ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ
βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου τῆς τοιαύτης ἐπιβουλῆς ἀνατροπὴν περιέχον, ὅσοι τὸν Φωκᾶν καταλιμπάνοντες τῷ βασιλεοπάτορι δὲ προσφεύγοντες,
ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως εἰσί, δοὺς Ἄννῃ τινὶ γυναικὶ ἀναιδεῖ καὶ θρασείᾳ, ἣν δὴ καὶ Βασιὰν προσηγόρευον, καὶ κληρικῷ τινὶ Μιχαήλ,
ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ ἐξέπεμψεν. οἱ δὲ ταῦτα διέσπειραν παντὶ τῷ στρατῷ. καὶ ὁ μὲν Μιχαὴλ φωραθεὶς ἀνηλεῶς ἐτύφθη τήν τε ῥῖνα καὶ
τὰ ὦτα ὑπετμήθη, ἀλλὰ μετὰ ταῦτα παρὰ Ῥωμανοῦ τῆς προσηκούσης ἔτυχεν ἀμοιβῆς· ὡσαύτως καὶ ἡ σὺν αὐτῷ σταλεῖσα γυνὴ Ἄννα. πρῶτος
οὖν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ΒαρυΜιχαὴλ Κωνσταντῖνος, τοῦ τάγματος ἄρχων τῶν ἱκανάτων, καταλιπὼν τὸν Φωκᾶν τῷ Ῥωμανῷ προσέδραμεν, ἀρχὴ γεγονὼς
αὐτῷ καταλύσεως· σὺν αὐτῷ δὲ καὶ ὁ Βαλάντιος καὶ ὁ λεγόμενος Ἄτζμωρος, τουρμάρχων ὄντων ἀμφοτέρων. Λέων οὖν ὁ Φωκᾶς μετὰ λαοῦ
πλείστου τὴν Χρυσόπολιν καταλαβών, ἥτις ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀλέξανδρον περιτυχόντα τῇ πόλει τοῦ Βύζαντος κατά τινά τε ταύτης χῶρον τὸν
αὐτοῦ λαὸν στρατη 729 γῆσαι, ἐφ' ὅτῳ τεθεικότα περίβολον προσονομάσαι Στρατήγιον, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν μεταναστεύσαντα καὶ τοῖς ἀντίπεραν
προσελθόντα χρυσίον ἱκανὸν ἐπιδοῦναι τῷ οἰκείῳ λαῷ, Χρυσόπολις προσηγόρευται. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρυσὸν ἐκ μετάλλων αὐτῆς γίνεσθαι
ταύτην φασὶν ὠνομάσθαι, ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ Χαλκηδὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔχειν χαλκόν, ἢ ἀπὸ Χαλκίδος θυγατρὸς Νικομήδους τῆς ταύτην κτισάσης.
ἐν τοιαύτῃ γοῦν τῇ Χρυσοπόλει καὶ ἡ τοῦ Ἀθηναίων στρατηγοῦ Χάρητος παράκοιτις ἐτελεύτησε, ∆άμαλις ὀνομαζομένη, αὐτοῦ τοῦ Χάρητος
Ἀθήνηθεν πεμφθέντος ἐπαμῦναι τοῖς Βυζαντίοις· ἧς ὑπὲρ τοῦ μνημείου δάμαλις βοῦς καθ' ὁμωνυμίαν ἐν κίονι ἀνεστήλωται, συμβεβλημένον
καὶ ἐπίγραμμα ἔχον ὧδε, Ἰναχίης οὐκ εἰμὶ βοὸς τύπος, οὐδ' ἀπ' ἐμεῖο κλῄζεται ἀντωπὸν Βοσπόριον πέλαγος. κείνην γὰρ τὸ πάροιθε
βαρὺς χόλος ἤλασεν Ἥρης, ἐντάφιον τόδ' ἐγὼ Κεκρόπος εἰμὶ νέκυς. εὐνέτις ἦν δὲ Χάρητος· ἔπλων δ' ὅτε ἔπλεν ἐκεῖνος τῇδε Φιλιππείων
ἀντίπαλος σκαφέων. βοΐδιον δὲ καλεῦμ' ἂν ἐγὼ τότε, νῦν δὲ Χάρητος εὐνέτις ἠπείροις τέρπομαι ἀμφοτέραις. 15. Καταλαβὼν οὖν
τὴν Χρυσόπολιν, ὡς εἴρηται, διέστησε παρατάξεις ἀπὸ τῆς ∆αμάλεως μέχρι Χαλκηδόνος, τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει φοβῶν. ἀποστέλλεται οὖν
μετὰ δρόμωνος παρὰ Ῥωμα 730 νοῦ Συμεὼν ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κανικλείου, λόγον ἐνυπόγραφον τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου ἐπιφερόμενος, "ἐγὼ
φύλακα τῆς ἐμῆς βασιλείας γρηγορώτατον καὶ εὐνούστατον καὶ πιστότατον οὐδένα τῶν ὑπὸ χεῖρα ἢ Ῥωμανὸν εὑρηκὼς τούτῳ τὴν ἐμὴν
φυλακὴν μετά γε θεὸν κατεπίστευσα, καὶ ἀντὶ πατρὸς αὐτὸν ἔχειν ἔκρινα, σπλάγχνα πατρικὰ καὶ διάθεσιν γονικὴν πρὸς ἐμὲ ἐνδειξάμενον.
Λέοντα δὲ τοῦτον τὸν Φωκᾶν ἀεὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βασιλείᾳ ὑποπτεύων ἐπιβουλεύειν νῦν ἔργοις αὐτοῖς ἐπίβουλον εὕρηκα καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀρχῆς
