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
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, but that he made this attack of his own accord, usurping the empire for himself." When these things were read out to the people, they all began to withdraw and to attach themselves to the basileopator Romanos. And when Phokas was reduced to helplessness, and had fled to Aetoi and was not received, but arrived at a certain place called Goeleon and was arrested, Romanos sent John Toubakes and Leo his kinsman to bring him. But they blinded him against the will of Romanos. 16. In the month of August a plot was reported, planned by Constantine Ktemateros and David Kamoulianos and Michael Kouropalates Manganes; who, having been blinded, had their property confiscated 731, and were paraded in public, were exiled. And Zoe the Augusta was also discovered plotting against Romanos by means of poisoned foods; and having brought her down from the palace, they tonsured her in the monastery of St. Euphemia. And the tutor of the emperor Constantine, Theodore, and his brother Symeon were invited to lunch by Theophylact, patrikios and count of the stable, and as they were eating, John Kourkouas, droungarios of the watch, entered with a large crowd of people, and seizing them as men plotting against Romanos, he exiled them to the Opsikion. 17. On the 24th of the month of September, Romanos is honored with the rank of Caesar, and on the 17th of the month of December he is crowned by the emperor Constantine and patriarch Nicholas in the year 6428, in the 8th indiction. And at holy Theophany his wife Theodora is crowned. And on the same day of the same month of the 5th indiction Christopher the son of Romanos is proclaimed emperor; and he is crowned on Pentecost by the emperor Constantine, and these two alone go forth in the procession. 18. And in the month of July of the same indiction, the union of the schismatics takes place. 19. And in the month of October of the 9th indiction, Stephen the magistros, having been suspected of aspiring to the empire, is tonsured 732 on the island of Antigonos, together with Theophanes Teicheiotes and Paul Orphanotrophos, his men. Again a plot is reported to be planned by Arsenios and Paul the manglabites; who, having been blinded and had their property confiscated, were exiled. 20. Rentakes the Helladic, having become a patricide, since he had plundered all his father's things and fled to the City, was about to flee from there to Bulgaria, having prepared false documents. Therefore, having been seized, his eyes are gouged out. 21. And again the Bulgars ride as far as Katasyrtai after the death of the Doux Adralestos. Pothos Argyros is appointed domestic of the schools, and having come as far as Thermopolis with the tagmata, he sent Michael, the son of Moroles, to spy on the Bulgars. But he, having unexpectedly fallen into their ambush, killed many of the Bulgars, and being wounded himself, entered the city and died. 22. And again a plot against Romanos is reported, to be carried out by Anastasios the sakellarios and Theodoretes the koitonites and Demetrios the protonotarios of the eidikon and certain others, allegedly striving on behalf of the emperor Constantine. Having been convicted, they were blinded, and after being paraded through the Mese, they were exiled. (23) Seizing upon such a pretext, Romanos demotes the emperor Constantine and makes him second to himself. Therefore the Bulgars again campaign 733 as far as the Manglaba. When the emperor Romanos learned of this, he sends John the raiktor along with Leo and Pothos the Argyroi, having with them a sufficient number from both the tagmata and the hetaireia; with whom were also Alexios Mousele, patrikios and droungarios of the fleet, with his men. These men, therefore, having drawn up their troops in the plain and lower regions of Pege, when the armed Bulgars appeared from above
τυραννικῶς κατεξανιστάμενον· διὸ οὔτε δομέστικον αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἶναι βούλομαι, οὔτε δὲ ταύτην τὴν ἀνταρσίαν μετὰ βουλῆς
ἐμῆς πεπραχέναι φημί, ἀλλ' αὐθαιρέτῳ γνώμῃ ταύτην ποιήσασθαι τὴν ἐπίθεσιν, ἑαυτῷ τὴν βασιλείαν σφετεριζόμενον." τούτων οὖν
τῷ λαῷ ὑπαναγνωσθέντων ἤρξαντο πάντες ὑποχωρεῖν καὶ τῷ βασιλεοπάτορι προσρύεσθαι Ῥωμανῷ. τοῦ δὲ Φωκᾶ εἰς ἀμηχανίαν περιστάντος,
φυγῇ τε εἰς Ἀετοὺς χρησαμένου καὶ μὴ δεχθέντος ἀλλ' ἐν χωρίῳ τινὶ ὀνομαζομένῳ Γοηλέοντι καταντήσαντος καὶ συλληφθέντος, ἀπέστειλε
Ῥωμανὸς Ἰωάννην τὸν Τουβάκην καὶ Λέοντα τὸν αὐτοῦ συγγενῆ ἀγαγεῖν αὐτόν. οἱ δὲ ἐτύφλωσαν αὐτὸν παρὰ γνώμην Ῥωμανοῦ. 16. Αὐγούστῳ
δὲ μηνὶ κατεμηνύθη ἐπιβουλὴ διὰ Κωνσταντίνου Κτηματεροῦ μελετωμένη καὶ ∆αβὶδ Καμουλιανοῦ καὶ Μιχαὴλ κουροπαλατῶν μαγγάνων·
οἳ καὶ τυφθέντες δημευθέντες 731 τε καὶ πομπευθέντες ἐξωρίσθησαν. ἐφωράθη δὲ καὶ Ζωὴ ἡ Αὐγοῦστα ἐπιβουλεύουσα Ῥωμανῷ διὰ πεφαρμαγμένων
βρωμάτων· καὶ ταύτην τοῦ παλατίου καταβιβάσαντες ἐν τῇ τῆς ἁγίας Εὐφημίας μονῇ ἀπέκειραν. προσεκλήθη δὲ παρὰ Θεοφυλάκτου πατρικίου
καὶ κόμητος τοῦ στάβλου εἰς ἄριστον ὁ παιδαγωγὸς Κωνσταντίνου βασιλέως Θεόδωρος καὶ Συμεὼν ὁ αὐτοῦ ἀδελφός, καὶ ἐσθιόντων
αὐτῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰωάννης δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλας ὁ Κουρκούας μετὰ πλείστου λαοῦ, καὶ τούτους ἀναρπάσας ὡς κατὰ Ῥωμανοῦ μελετῶντας
εἰς Ὀψίκιον ἐξώρισεν. 17. Τῇ κδʹ τοῦ Σεπτεμβρίου μηνὸς τιμᾶται Ῥωμανὸς τῇ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἀξίᾳ, καὶ τῇ ιζʹ τοῦ ∆εκεμβρίου μηνὸς
στέφεται παρὰ Κωνσταντίνου βασιλέως καὶ Νικολάου πατριάρχου ἐν ἔτει τῷ υνηʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνος ηʹ. καὶ τῶν ἁγίων θεοφανίων στέφεται
Θεοδώρα ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ. καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς τῆς εʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος Χριστοφόρος ὁ υἱὸς Ῥωμανοῦ διαγορεύεται βασιλεύς·
στέφεται δὲ τῇ πεντηκοστῇ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου, καὶ προέρχονται οὗτοι οἱ δύο μόνοι ἐν τῇ προελεύσει. 18. Τῷ δὲ Ἰουλίῳ
μηνὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ἰνδικτιῶνος γίνεται ἕνωσις τῶν ἀποσχιστῶν. 19. Τῷ δὲ Ὀκτωβρίῳ μηνὶ τῆς θʹ ἐπινεμήσεως ὑποπτευθεὶς Στέφανος
ὁ μάγιστρος ὡς τῆς βασιλείας ἐφιέμενος ἀποκείρε 732 ται ἐν τῇ τοῦ Ἀντιγόνου νήσῳ ἅμα Θεοφάνει Τειχεώτῃ καὶ Παύλῳ Ὀρφανοτρόφῳ
τοῖς ἀνθρώποις αὐτοῦ. πάλιν μηνύεται ἐπιβουλὴ μελετᾶσθαι παρὰ Ἀρσενίου καὶ Παύλου τῶν μαγγλαβιτῶν· οἳ καὶ τυφθέντες καὶ δημευθέντες
ἐξωρίσθησαν. 20. Ῥεντάκης ὁ Ἑλλαδικὸς πατρολοίας γενόμενος, ἐπεὶ πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐληΐσατο καὶ τῇ πόλει προσέφυγεν, ἐκεῖθεν
ψευδεῖς γραφὰς συσκευάσας πρὸς Βουλγαρίαν ἀποφυγεῖν ἔμελλεν. κρατηθεὶς οὖν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐξορύσσεται. 21. Καὶ πάλιν οἱ Βούλγαροι
μέχρι Κατασυρτῶν ἐξελαύνουσι μετὰ τὴν τοῦ ∆ουκὸς Ἀδραλέστου τελευτήν. προβάλλεται Πόθος δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν ὁ τοῦ Ἀργυροῦ,
καὶ μέχρι Θερμοπόλεως μετὰ τῶν ταγμάτων ἐλθὼν ἀπέστειλε Μιχαὴλ τὸν τοῦ Μωρολὲ υἱὸν τοὺς Βουλγάρους κατασκοπήσοντα. ὁ δὲ ἀπροόπτως
τῷ λόχῳ αὐτῶν ἐμπεσὼν πολλοὺς μὲν τῶν Βουλγάρων ἀνεῖλεν, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ πληγεὶς ἐν τῇ πόλει εἰσελθὼν ἐτελεύτησεν. 22. Πάλιν
δὲ μηνύεται ἐπιβουλὴ κατὰ Ῥωμανοῦ ὑπὸ Ἀναστασίου γενησομένη σακελλαρίου καὶ Θεοδωρήτου κοιτωνίτου καὶ ∆ημητρίου πρωτονοταρίου
τοῦ εἰδικοῦ καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν, ὡς δῆθεν ὑπὲρ Κωνσταντίνου βασιλέως ἀγωνιζόμενοι. ἐλεγχθέντες ἐτύφθησαν, καὶ τὴν μέσην διελθόντες
ἐξωρίσθησαν. (23) τῆς τοιαύτης δὲ προφάσεως λαβόμενος Ῥωμανὸς τὸν βασιλέα Κωνσταντῖνον ὑποβιβάζει καὶ δεύτερον ἑαυτοῦ καθίστησι.
πάλιν οὖν ἐκστρα 733 τεύουσι Βούλγαροι μέχρι τῶν Μαγγλαβά. ὅπερ μαθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥωμανὸς Ἰωάννην ῥαίκτορα ἀποστέλλει ἅμα Λέοντι
καὶ Πόθῳ τοῖς Ἀργυροῖς, ἔχοντας μεθ' ἑαυτῶν πλῆθος ἱκανὸν ἔκ τε τῶν ταγμάτων καὶ τῶν τῆς ἑταιρείας· οἷς συνῆν καὶ Ἀλέξιος
πατρίκιος καὶ δρουγγάριος τῶν πλωΐμων ὁ Μουσελὲ μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. διατάξαντες οὖν οὗτοι τὸν λαὸν αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς πεδινοῖς
καὶ χθαμαλωτέροις τόποις τῶν Πηγῶν, τῶν Βουλγάρων ἄνωθεν ἀναφανέντων ἐνόπλων
