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
When Apolasath, a prudent and intelligent man, died, the inhabitants of Melitene broke the peace. Therefore, John Kourkouas, the Domestic of the Schools, with the themes and tagmata, and Melias with the Armenians, campaigned against them; they brought Melitene and its environs into such distress that the emperor even made it a curatorship, and received many thousands of gold and silver from there annually. 36. And Niketas the magistros, the father-in-law of the emperor Christopher, was accused of advising him to move against his own father and to expel him from the empire. They exiled him from the city and made him a monk. 37. On the 18th of the month of June, of the 2nd indiction, Patriarch Stephen died, having held office for 2 years and 11 months. On the 14th of the month of December, they bring Tryphon from the Opsikion, who was attested for his piety and holiness, and they consecrate him patriarch for a specified time. When he would not tolerate being appointed for a specified time but rather until the end of his life, they persuade him by a trick in this way. For they say to him as he was unwilling to agree, "This man does not know letters, nor can he write, and for this reason he resists." But he, wanting to assure them that he both writes and reads, asks for paper and ink. So they provide 743 him a blank document, and somewhere down towards the end they make him write, "I, Tryphon, by the mercy of God monk and patriarch, being pleased and agreeing with the aforewritten, have signed with my own hand." Taking this, they consecrate him patriarch. Then above the signature of Patriarch Tryphon they write whatever they wanted; after which and after the completion of the specified time, they depose him, though the patriarch was unwilling, yet persuaded by his own signature and unable to bear the deceit. And this happened because Theophylact, the son of the emperor Romanos, had now reached the measure of age. 38. On the 25th of the same month an unbearable winter occurred, such that the earth was frozen solid for 120 days. From which a great famine also occurred, and much death from this, so that the living were not able to carry out the dead. Therefore the emperor Romanos, perceiving that unbearable violence of the cold, and to alleviate the want of the famine, blocked up with doors and planks the stoas of the arcades, so that the snow and the cold might not enter there against the poor, and constructed boxes in all the arcades. And he ordered that silver coins be given monthly to the poor lying in these, and the monthly trimisia be distributed to the poor in the churches, so that what was given each month was 12 thousand minted silver coins. And three poor men ate with him each day, receiving one nomisma 744 each. And on Wednesday and on Friday monks likewise, receiving one nomisma each. And there was also one of the boys reading at his table. And being a friend to monks if anyone ever was, to all monks who held fast to virtue he recounted his own deeds with tears, and he adorned the churches in every way, and sent stipends to the monks in all the mountains, and cherished the monasteries, and to those in them tonsured for God's sake or who were also enclosed, he never ceased to give established stipends. (39) These few things out of many of his countless achievements and alms we have recounted. John his brother, along with other magnates of Symeon, plotted against Peter of Bulgaria. And being discovered, John is flogged and shut up in prison, while the rest are subjected to no ordinary punishments. Learning this, the emperor sends for and takes John. 40. On the 2nd day of the month of March, an ornament fell in the Forum from the columns standing there in a row, and killed six men. And a fire also occurred in the arcade of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Forum, and the wax-chandleries and fur-shops were burned as far as the Psicha. 41. In the month of August, of the 4th indiction, the emperor Christopher died, and was buried in the house of the
τελευτήσαντος δὲ Ἀπολάσαθ ἀνδρὸς φρονίμου καὶ συνετοῦ διέλυσαν τὴν εἰρήνην οἱ τὴν Μελιτηνὴν κατοικοῦντες. ἐκστρατεύσαντες
οὖν κατ' αὐτῶν ὅ τε ∆οὺξ τῶν σχολῶν Ἰωάννης ὁ Κουρκούας μετὰ τῶν θεμάτων καὶ ταγμάτων καὶ Μελίας μετὰ τῶν Ἀρμενίων· οἳ καὶ
εἰς τοσαύτην στένωσιν τὴν Μελιτηνὴν κατέστησαν καὶ τὰ περὶ αὐτήν, ὡς καὶ κουρατωρείαν ποιῆσαι ταύτην τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ πολλὰς
χιλιάδας χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου ἐκεῖθεν λαμβάνειν ἐτησίως. 36. Κατηγορήθη δὲ Νικήτας μάγιστρος ὁ πενθερὸς Χριστοφόρου βασιλέως
ὡς ὑποτιθέμενος αὐτῷ κατὰ τοῦ ἰδίου γενέσθαι πατρὸς καὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτὸν ἐξεῶσαι. τοῦτον ἐξώρισαν τῆς πόλεως καὶ μοναχὸν
ἐποίησαν. 37. Τῇ ιηʹ τοῦ Ἰουνίου μηνός, τῆς ʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, τελευτᾷ Στέφανος πατριάρχης, κρατήσας ἔτη βʹ μῆνας ιαʹ. τῇ δὲ ιδʹ
τοῦ ∆εκεμβρίου μηνὸς ἄγουσι Τρύφωνα ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὀψικίου, ἐπ' εὐλαβείᾳ καὶ ἁγιότητι μαρτυρούμενον, καὶ χειροτονοῦσι πατριάρχην
ἐπὶ ῥητῷ χρόνῳ. ὅθεν αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀνεχομένου ἐπὶ ῥητῷ χρόνῳ γενέσθαι ἀλλὰ μέχρι τέλους τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ, δόλῳ τοῦτον πείθουσι τῷ
τρόπῳ τούτῳ. λέγουσι γὰρ μὴ βουλομένῳ συγκαταθέσθαι "οὗτος οὐκ οἶδε γράμματα, οὐδὲ γράψαι δύναται, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀνθίσταται."
ὁ δὲ βεβαιῶσαι βουλόμενος αὐτοὺς ὅτι καὶ γράφει καὶ ἀναγινώσκει, αἰτεῖ χάρτην καὶ μέλαν. παρέχουσιν 743 οὖν αὐτῷ τόμον καινόν,
καὶ κάτω που πρὸς τὰ τέλη ποιοῦσιν γράψαι "Τρύφων ἐλέει θεοῦ μοναχὸς καὶ πατριάρχης ἀρεσθεὶς καὶ στοιχῶν τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις
ἰδίᾳ χειρὶ ὑπέγραψα." τοῦτο λαβόντες χειροτονοῦσιν αὐτὸν πατριάρχην. γράφουσιν οὖν ἄνωθεν τῆς ὑπογραφῆς τοῦ πατριάρχου Τρύφωνος
ὅπερ αὐτοὶ ἐβούλοντο· μεθ' ὃ καὶ μετὰ τὴν συμπλήρωσιν τοῦ ῥητοῦ χρόνου καταβιβάζουσιν αὐτόν, τοῦ πατριάρχου μὴ θέλοντος, ὅμως
τῇ ἰδίᾳ ὑπογραφῇ πεισθέντα καὶ τὴν πλάνην μὴ φέροντα. τοῦτο δὲ γέγονεν διὰ τὸ εἰς μέτρον φθάζειν ἡλικίας ἤδη Θεοφύλακτον τὸν
τοῦ βασιλέως Ῥωμανοῦ υἱόν. 38. Τῇ δὲ κεʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς χειμὼν ἀφόρητος γέγονεν, ὡς κρυσταλλωθῆναι τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ρκʹ.
ὅθεν καὶ γέγονε μέγας λιμός, καὶ θάνατος ἐκ τούτου πολύς, ὡς μὴ δύνασθαι τοὺς ζῶντας ἐκκομίζειν τοὺς τεθνεῶτας. ὅθεν βασιλεὺς
Ῥωμανὸς τὴν ἀφόρητον ἐκείνην βίαν τοῦ ψύχους κατανοήσας, καὶ τὴν τοῦ λιμοῦ παραμυθησόμενος ἔνδειαν, ἀνέφραξέ τε θυρίσι καὶ
σανιδώμασι τὰς τῶν ἐμβόλων στοάς, ὡς μὴ τὴν χιόνα καὶ τὸ ψῦχος ἐκεῖθεν ἐπεισιέναι τοῖς πένησι, καὶ ἄρκλας ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐμβόλοις
κατεσκεύασεν. ἀργύριά τε κατὰ μῆνα τοῖς ἐν ταύταις κατακειμένοις πένησι δίδοσθαι διετάξατο, καὶ τὰ μηνιαῖα τριμήσια τοῖς ἐν
ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πένησι διανέμεσθαι, ὡς εἶναι τὰ διδόμενα καθ' ἕκαστον μῆνα ἀργυρίου ἐγκεχαραγμένου χιλιάδας ιβʹ. τρεῖς δὲ
αὐτῷ πένητες καθ' ἑκάστην συνήσθιον, λαμβάνοντες ἀνὰ νομίσμα 744 τος ἑνός. τῇ δὲ τετράδι καὶ τῇ παρασκευῇ μοναχοὶ ὁμοίως,
λαμβάνοντες ἀνὰ νομίσματος ἑνός. ἦν δὲ καί τις τῶν παίδων ἀναγινώσκων ἐν τῇ τραπέζῃ αὐτοῦ. φιλομόναχος δὲ εἰ καί τις ἄλλος
ὤν, πᾶσι τοῖς ἀρετῆς ἀντεχομένοις μοναχοῖς τὰς ἑαυτοῦ πράξεις μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγεν, τάς τε ἐκκλησίας παντοίως ἐκόσμει, καὶ
τοῖς ἐν πᾶσιν ὄρεσι μοναχοῖς ῥόγας ἐξαπέστειλε, τά τε μοναστήρια περιέθαλπε, καὶ τοῖς ἐν αὐτοῖς διὰ θεὸν ἀποκαρεῖσιν ἢ καὶ
ἐγκλείστοις οὖσι ῥόγας τυπώσας οὐ διέλιπε διδόναι. (39) ταῦτα ὡς ἐκ πολλῶν ὀλίγα τῶν ἀπείρων αὐτοῦ κατορθωμάτων καὶ ἐλεημοσυνῶν
διεξήλθομεν. Ἐπέθεντο Πέτρῳ τῷ Βουλγάρῳ Ἰωάννης ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ καὶ ἑτέρων μεγιστάνων τοῦ Συμεών. καὶ φωραθέντες, ὁ μὲν
Ἰωάννης τύπτεται καὶ ἐγκλείεται ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ τιμωρίαις οὐ ταῖς τυχούσαις ὑποβάλλονται. τοῦτο μαθὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς
ἀποστέλλει καὶ ἀναλαμβάνει τὸν Ἰωάννην. 40. Τῇ βʹ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ Μαρτίου μηνός, κοσμίτης ἔπεσεν ἐν τῷ φόρῳ ἐκ τῶν ἐν τοῖς στοιχηδὸν
ἱσταμένοις ἐκεῖσε κίοσι, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν ἄνδρας ἕξ. γέγονε δὲ καὶ ἐμπρησμὸς εἰς τὸν τῆς ὑπεραγίας θεοτόκου τοῦ φόρου ἔμβολον,
καὶ ἐκάησαν τὰ κηρόπωλα καὶ τὰ γουνάρια μέχρι τῶν Ψιχῶν. 41. Τῷ δὲ Αὐγούστῳ μηνί, τῆς δʹ ἰνδικτιῶνος, τελευτᾷ Χριστοφόρος
ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ
