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 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 Pege, which the emperor Justinian had built, and everything around it, making it clear from this that he did not want peace, but was deceiving the emperor with lofty hopes. And the emperor, arriving with the patriarch at Blachernae, entered the holy reliquary, and stretching out his hands in prayer, then also falling prostrate, he drenched the holy ground with tears, beseeching the most pure Theotokos to soften the unbending and relentless heart of the arrogant Symeon and to persuade him to agree to terms of peace. So, taking the holy maphorion of the most holy Theotokos from the chest, he went out of the church, and reached the designated place. It was the ninth of the month of September, and the fifth day of the week. And at the fourth hour Symeon arrived, bringing with him an infinite multitude, divided into many battle-lines, some with golden shields and golden spears, others with silver 737 shields and silver spears, and others adorned with every color of arms, all clad in iron; who, having placed Symeon in their midst, acclaimed him as emperor in the Roman tongue. All the members of the senate, standing on the walls, watched what was happening. It was possible then to see a truly royal and magnanimous soul, and to marvel at the intrepidness of his spirit and the stature of his courage, because seeing such an onslaught of enemies he was not terrified nor did he shrink back nor retreat, but as if going into a crowd of friends, so he went calmly, all but giving his own life to the enemy as a ransom for his subjects. Therefore, arriving first at the aforementioned pier, he waited for Symeon. And when hostages had been taken from both sides and the Bulgarians had searched the pier carefully, lest there be some trick or ambush, Symeon dismounted from his horse and went in to the emperor. So, having greeted one another, they began to speak of peace. And the emperor is said to have spoken to Symeon: "I have heard that you are a God-fearing man and a true Christian, but I see that your deeds in no way match your words. For it is characteristic of a God-fearing man and a Christian to embrace peace and love, since God is and is called love, but of an impious and unfaithful man to rejoice in slaughters and in blood unjustly shed. If, then, you are a true Christian, as we have been informed, stop at last the unjust slaughters and the 738 shedding of unholy blood, and make peace with us Christians, being and being called a Christian yourself, and do not wish for Christian right hands to be stained with the blood of fellow Christians. You too are a man expecting death and resurrection and judgment and retribution, being here today, but tomorrow dissolved into dust. A single fever will extinguish all your arrogance. What account, then, will you give to God when you depart from here for the unjust slaughters? With what face will you gaze upon the fearsome and just judge? If you desire wealth, I will fill you to satiety with it. Only stay your hand, embrace peace, love concord, so that you too may live a peaceful, bloodless, and untroubled life, and that the Christians may at last cease from their misfortunes and stop killing Christians; for it is not right for them to take up arms against fellow believers." (30) Having said these things, the emperor fell silent. But Symeon, put to shame by such humility and by his words, consented to make peace. So having greeted one another and parted, the emperor having presented Symeon with magnificent gifts. What happened then, I shall relate, being both a portent and paradoxical to those who know how to compare such things. They say that as the rulers were speaking, two eagles flew over them from above, cried out and came together with each other, and immediately were separated 739 from each other, and one went to the city, while the other flew away to Thrace. this those who observe such things accurately
μέσον γενέσθαι, ἔνθα ἀλλήλοις ἔμελλον ὁμιλεῖν. ἐπὶ τούτοις ἀποστείλας Συμεὼν τὸν ἐν τῇ Πηγῇ τῆς ὑπεραγίας θεοτόκου ναόν, ὃν
Ἰουστινιανὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐδομήσατο, ἐνέπρησεν, καὶ τὰ περὶ αὐτὸν πάντα, δῆλος ὢν ἐντεῦθεν μὴ τὴν εἰρήνην ἐθέλων, ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἐλπίσι
μετεώροις τὸν βασιλέα ἐξαπατῶν. καὶ παραγενόμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἅμα τῷ πατριάρχῃ ἐν Βλαχέρναις εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν εἰσῆλθε σορόν, καὶ
τὰς χεῖρας ἐκτείνας εἰς εὐχήν, εἶτα καὶ πρηνὴς πεσών, δάκρυσι τὸ ἅγιον κατέβρεχεν ἔδαφος, τὴν πανάχραντον θεοτόκον ἀντιβολῶν
τὴν ἀκαμπῆ καὶ ἀμείλικτον τοῦ ὑπερηφάνου Συμεὼν καρδίαν μαλάξαι καὶ πεῖσαι τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην συνθέσθαι. τὸ ἅγιον οὖν μαφόριον
τῆς παναγίας θεοτόκου ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ ἀνελόμενος ἐξῄει τοῦ ναοῦ, καὶ καταλαμβάνει τὸν ὡρισμένον τόπον. ἐνάτη δὲ ἦν τοῦ Σεπτεμβρίου
μηνός, πέμπτη δὲ τῆς ἑβδομάδος ἡμέρα· καὶ τῇ τετάρτῃ ὥρᾳ παραγίνεται Συμεών, πλῆθος ἄπειρον ἐπαγόμενος, εἰς πολλὰς διῃρημένον
τὰς παρατάξεις, τῶν μὲν χρυσασπίδων καὶ χρυσοδοράτων, τῶν δὲ ἀργυρα 737 σπίδων καὶ ἀργυροδοράτων, τῶν δὲ πάσῃ ὅπλων χροιᾷ
κεκοσμημένων, πάντων καταπεφραγμένων σιδήρῳ· οἳ μέσον αὐτῶν διειληφότες τὸν Συμεὼν ὡς βασιλέα εὐφήμουν τῇ τῶν Ῥωμαίων φωνῇ.
πάντες δὲ οἱ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς τοῖς τείχεσιν ἐφεστηκότες κατεθεῶντο τὰ δρώμενα. ἦν οὖν ἰδεῖν τότε ψυχὴν βασιλικὴν τῷ ὄντι
καὶ μεγαλόφρονα, καὶ θαυμάσαι τὸ τοῦ φρονήματος ἀκατάπληκτον καὶ τὸ τῆς ἀνδρίας παράστημα, ὅτι τοσαύτην πολεμίων βλέπων ἐπιφορὰν
οὐ κατεπλάγη καὶ συνεστάλη καὶ ὑπεχώρησεν, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ εἰς πλῆθος φίλων χωρῶν οὕτως ἀτρέμας ἀπῄει, μόνον οὐχὶ τὴν ψυχὴν τοῖς
πολεμίοις τῶν ὑπηκόων διδοὺς ἀντίλυτρον. πρῶτος οὖν ἐν τῇ ῥηθείσῃ ἀποβάθρᾳ καταλαβὼν τὸν Συμεὼν ἐξεδέχετο. ἐπεὶ δὲ ὅμηροι
ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἐλήφθησαν τῶν μερῶν καὶ τὴν ἀποβάθραν οἱ Βούλγαροι διηρευνήσαντο ἀκριβῶς, μή πού τις δόλος ἢ ἐνέδρα τυγχάνει,
κατῆλθε Συμεὼν τοῦ ἵππου καὶ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰσῆλθεν. ἀσπασάμενοι οὖν ἀλλήλους εἰρήνης λόγους ἐκίνησαν. εἰπεῖν δὲ λέγεται
τὸν βασιλέα πρὸς Συμεὼν "ἀκήκοά σε θεοσεβῆ ἄνθρωπον καὶ Χριστιανὸν ὑπάρχειν ἀληθινόν, βλέπω δὲ τὰ ἔργα μηδαμῶς τοῖς λόγοις
συμβαίνοντα. ἴδιον μὲν γὰρ θεοσεβοῦς ἀνθρώπου καὶ Χριστιανοῦ τὸ τὴν εἰρήνην καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην ἀσπάζεσθαι, εἴπερ ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη
ἐστὶ καὶ λέγεται, ἀσεβοῦς δὲ καὶ ἀπίστου τοῦ χαίρειν σφαγαῖς καὶ αἵμασιν ἀδίκως ἐκχεομένοις. εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀληθὴς Χριστιανὸς
ὑπάρχεις, καθὼς πεπληροφορήμεθα, στῆσόν ποτε τὰς ἀδίκους σφαγὰς καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀνοσίων αἱμάτων 738 ἐκχύσεις, καὶ σπεῖσαι μεθ'
ἡμῶν τῶν Χριστιανῶν τὴν εἰρήνην, Χριστιανὸς ὢν καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ὀνομαζόμενος, καὶ μὴ θέλε μολύνεσθαι Χριστιανῶν δεξιὰς αἵμασιν
ὁμοπίστων Χριστιανῶν. ἄνθρωπος εἶ καὶ αὐτὸς θάνατον προσδοκῶν καὶ ἀνάστασιν καὶ κρίσιν καὶ ἀνταπόδοσιν, καὶ σήμερον μὲν ὑπάρχων,
αὔριον δὲ εἰς κόνιν διαλυόμενος. εἷς πυρετὸς ἅπαν κατασβέσει τὸ φρύαγμα. τίνα οὖν λόγον δώσεις τῷ θεῷ ἐκεῖθεν ἀπελθὼν ὑπὲρ
τῶν ἀδίκων σφαγῶν; ποίῳ προσώπῳ τῷ φοβερῷ καὶ δικαίῳ ἐνατενίσῃς κριτῇ; εἰ πλούτου ἐρᾷς, ἐγώ σε κατακόρως τούτου ἐμπλήσω. μόνον
ἐπίσχες τὴν δεξιάν, ἄσπασαι τὴν εἰρήνην, ἀγάπησον τὴν ὁμόνοια, ἵνα καὶ αὐτὸς βίον ζήσῃς εἰρηνικὸν καὶ ἀναίμακτον καὶ ἀπράγμονα,
καὶ οἱ Χριστιανοὶ παύσωνταί ποτε τῶν συμφορῶν καὶ στήσωνται τὸ Χριστιανοὺς ἀναιρεῖν· οὐ γὰρ θέμις αὐτοῖς αἴρειν ὅπλα καθ'
ὁμοπίστων." (30) τοσαῦτα ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰπὼν ἐσίγησεν. ὁ δὲ Συμεὼν αἰδεσθεὶς τὴν τοσαύτην ταπείνωσιν καὶ τοὺς λόγους, κατένευσε
τὴν εἰρήνην ποιήσασθαι. ἀσπασάμενοι οὖν ἀλλήλους καὶ διαχωρισθέντες, δώροις μεγαλοπρεπέσι τοῦ βασιλέως δεξιωσαμένου τὸν Συμεών.
ὃ δὲ τότε συμβέβηκεν, διηγήσομαι, τεράστιόν τε ὂν καὶ τοῖς ταῦτα συγκρίνειν εἰδόσι παράδοξον. δύο φασὶν ἀετοὺς τῶν βασιλέων
ὁμιλούντων ἄνωθεν αὐτῶν ὑπερπτῆναι κλάγξαι τε καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους συμμῖξαι καὶ παραυτίκα διαζευ 739 χθῆναι ἀλλήλων, καὶ τὸν
μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐλθεῖν, τὸν δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν Θρᾴκην διαπτῆναι. τοῦτο ἀκριβῶς οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα σκοποῦντες
