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have become Christians. And the place in which they dwell is waterless and without revenue, but olive-bearing, whence they also have their consolation. And this place is situated at the extremity of Malea, that is, on the other side of Ezeros towards the sea-coast. And because they are completely subjugated and receive a ruler from the strategos and obey and submit to the orders of the strategos, they provide a pactum from most ancient time of 400 nomismata. It is to be known that the strategis of Cappadocia was formerly a tourma of the strategis of the Anatolics. It is to be known that the strategis of Kephallenia, that is the islands, was formerly a tourma of the strategis of Lagoubardia, but under Leo, the Christ-loving master, it became a strategis. It is to be known that the strategis of Calabria was formerly a doukaton of the strategis of Sicily. It is to be known that the strategis of Charsianon was formerly a tourma of the strategis of the Armeniacs. It is to be known that under Leo, the Christ-loving master, from the theme of the Boukellarioi to the theme of the Cappadocians were transferred these banda, namely the topoteresia of Baretas, the topoteresia of Balbadonas, the topoteresia of Asponas and the topoteresia of Akarkous; and from the theme of the Anatolics to the theme of the Cappadocians were transferred these banda, namely the topoteresia of Eudokias, the topoteresia of Saint Agapetos, the topoteresia of Aphrazeia, and these seven banda, that is, the four of the Boukellarioi and three of the Anatolics, became one tourma, that now called ta Kommata. It is to be known that under Leo, the Christ-loving master, from the theme of the Boukellarioi to the theme of Charsianon were transferred these banda, namely the topoteresia of Myriokephalos, the topoteresia of the Holy Cross and the topoteresia of Berinoupolis, and they became the tourma now called Saniana. And from the theme of the Armeniacs to the theme of Charsianon were transferred these banda, namely the topoteresia of Komodromos, the topoteresia of Tabia, and they were added to the aforesaid tourma of Charsianon. And from the theme of the Cappadocians to the theme of Charsianon these banda were transferred, namely the tourma of Kase in its entirety and the topoteresia of Nyssa with Kaisareia. It is to be known that in past times the theme of Chozanon was under the Saracens, likewise also the theme of Asmosaton, it too was under the Saracens. And Chanzit and Romanopolis were kleisourai of the Melitenians. And from the mountain of Phatilanos all the regions beyond belonged to the Saracens, but Tekes belonged to Manuel. And the tourma Kamacha was an extremity of Koloneia, and the tourma of Keltzene was under Chaldia. And Mesopotamia at that time was not a theme. But Leo, the Christ-loving and ever-memorable emperor, brought that Manuel out of Tekes with persuasion, and brought him into the City, and made him a protospatharios. And this same Manuel has four sons, Pankratoukas, Iachnoukas, Moudaphar, and Ioannes. And the emperor made Pankratoukas an ikanatos and after this a strategos in the Boukellarioi, and he made Iachnoukas strategos in Nikopolis, and to Moudaphar and Ioannes he gave imperial land in Trapezous, honoring all with dignities and giving them many benefactions. And he made Mesopotamia a theme, and he appointed that Orestes the Charsianite as strategos, and then he gave the tourma of Kamacha to be under the theme of Mesopotamia, and then thus he also made the tourma of Keltzene to be under the theme of Mesopotamia. And all these having recently come under the authority of the Romans, both Romanopolis and Chanzit were added to the theme of Mesopotamia under the master Romanos. It is to be known that under Leo, the Christ-loving master, Larissa was a tourma of Sebasteia, and Kymbalaios was a tourma of Charsianon, and Symposion was a desert place lying near the parts of Lykandos. And in the reign of Leo, the Christ-loving master, Eustathios

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Χριστιανοὶ γεγόνασιν. Ὁ δὲ τόπος, ἐν ᾧ οἰκοῦσιν, ἐστὶν ἄνυδρος καὶ ἀπρόσοδος, ἐλαιοφόρος, δέ, ὅθεν καὶ τὴν παραμυθίαν ἔχουσιν. ∆ιάκειται δὲ ὁ τοιοῦτος τόπος εἰς ἄκραν τοῦ Μαλέα, ἤγουν ἐκεῖθεν τοῦ Ἐζεροῦ πρὸς τὴν παραθαλασσίαν. ∆ιὰ δὲ τὸ τελείως ὑποτεταγμένους εἶναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἄρχοντα παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ δέχεσθαι καὶ πειθαρχεῖν καὶ ὑπείκειν ταῖς τοῦ στρατηγοῦ προστάξεσιν παρέχουσιν πάκτον ἐκ παλαιτάτου χρόνου νομίσματα υʹ. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἡ Καππαδοκίας στρατηγὶς τὸ παλαιὸν τοῦρμα ἦν τῆς τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν στρατηγίδος. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἡ Κεφαλληνίας στρατηγίς, ἤγουν τὰ νησία, τοῦρμα ἦν τὸ παλαιὸν τῆς στρατηγίδος Λαγουβαρδίας, ἐπὶ δὲ Λέοντος, τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου, γέγονεν στρατηγίς. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἡ Καλαβρίας στρατηγὶς δουκᾶτον ἦν τὸ παλαιὸν τῆς στρατηγίδος Σικελίας. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἡ τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ στρατηγὶς τοῦρμα ἦν τὸ παλαιὸν τῆς τῶν Ἀρμενιάκων στρατηγίδος. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἐπὶ Λέοντος, τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου, ἀπὸ τοῦ θέματος τῶν Βουκελλαρίων εἰς τὸ Καππαδοκῶν θέμα μετετέθησαν ταῦτα τὰ βάνδα, ἤτοι ἡ τοποτηρησία Βάρετας, ἡ τοποτηρησία Βαλβαδώνας, ἡ τοποτηρησία Ἄσπονας καὶ ἡ τοποτηρησία Ἀκαρκοῦς, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θέματος τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν εἰς τὸ Καππαδοκῶν θέμα μετετέθησαν ταῦτα τὰ βάνδα, ἤτοι ἡ τοποτηρησία τῆς Εὐδοκιάδος, ἡ τοποτηρησία τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἀγαπητοῦ, ἡ τοποτηρησία Ἀφραζείας, καὶ ἐγένοντο ταῦτα τὰ ἑπτὰ βάνδα, ἤτοι τὰ τῶν Βουκελλαρίων τέσσαρα καὶ τρία τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν, τοῦρμα μία, ἡ νῦν τὰ Κόμματα λεγομένη. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἐπὶ Λέοντος, τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου, ἀπὸ τοῦ θέματος τῶν Βουκελλαρίων εἰς τὸ θέμα Χαρσιανοῦ μετετέθησαν ταῦτα τὰ βάνδα, ἤτοι ἡ τοποτηρησία τοῦ Μυριοκεφάλου, ἡ τοποτηρησία τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ καὶ ἡ τοποτηρησία Βερινουπόλεως, καὶ ἐγένοντο τοῦρμα ἡ νῦν Σανίανα λεγομένη. Καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θέματος τῶν Ἀρμενιάκων εἰς τὸ τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ θέμα μετετέθησαν ταῦτα τὰ βάνδα, ἤτοι ἡ τοῦ Κωμοδρόμου τοποτηρησία, ἡ τοποτηρησία Τάβιας, καὶ εἰς τὴν τοῦρμαν τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ τὴν εἰρημένην προσετέθησαν. Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Καππαδοκῶν εἰς τὸ τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ θέμα ταῦτα τὰ βάνδα μετετέθησαν, ἤτοι ἡ τοῦρμα Κασῆς ἐξ ὁλοκλήρου καὶ ἡ τοποτηρησία Νύσσης μετὰ τῆς Καισαρείας. Ἰστέον, ὅτι τοῖς παρελθοῦσιν χρόνοις τὸ τοῦ Χοζάνου θέμα ὑπὸ τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ἦν, ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἀσμοσάτου θέμα καὶ αὐτὸ ὑπὸ τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ἦν. Τὸ δὲ Χανζὶτ καὶ ἡ Ῥωμανόπολις κλεισοῦραι τῶν Μελιτηνιατῶν ὑπῆρχον. Καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Φατιλάνου πάντα τὰ ἐκεῖθεν τῶν Σαρακηνῶν ὑπῆρχον, τὸ δὲ Τεκῆς ἦν τοῦ Μανουήλ. Ἡ δὲ Κάμαχα ἡ τοῦρμα ἄκρα Κολωνείας ἦν, ἡ δὲ τῆς Κελτζηνῆς τοῦρμα ὑπὸ τὴν Χαλδίαν ἦν. Ἡ δὲ Μεσοποταμία τῷ τότε καιρῷ θέμα οὐκ ἦν. Λέων δέ, ὁ φιλόχριστος καὶ ἀείμνηστος βασιλεύς, τὸν Μανουὴλ ἐκεῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ Τεκῆς μετὰ λόγου ἐξήγαγεν, καὶ ἐν τῇ πόλει αὐτὸν εἰσήγαγεν, καὶ πρωτοσπαθάριον πεποίηκεν. Ἔχει δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς Μανουὴλ υἱοὺς τέσσαρας, τὸν Παγκρατούκαν, τὸν Ἰαχνούκαν, τὸν Μουδάφαρ καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην. Καὶ τὸν μὲν Παγκρατούκαν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἱκανᾶτον πεποίηκεν καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο στρατηγὸν εἰς τοὺς Βουκελλαρίους, τὸν δὲ Ἰαχνούκαν εἰς Νικόπολιν στρατηγὸν ἐποίησεν, τὸν δὲ Μουδάφαρ καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην ἐν Τραπεζοῦντι δέδωκεν γῆν βασιλικήν, ἅπαντας ἀξιώμασιν τιμήσας καὶ δοὺς αὐτοῖς εὐεργεσίας πολλάς. Καὶ ἐποίησεν θέμα τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν, καὶ τὸν Ὀρέστην ἐκεῖνον τὸν Χαρσιανίτην στρατηγὸν προεβάλετο, καὶ τότε δέδωκεν τὴν τῆς Καμάχας τοῦρμαν ὑπὸ τὸ θέμα εἶναι τῆς Μεσοποταμίας, εἶθ' οὕτως καὶ τὴν Κελτζηνῆς τοῦρμαν ὑπὸ τὸ θέμα καὶ αὐτὴν Μεσοποταμίας ἐποίησεν. Ἀρτίως δὲ ταῦτα πάντα γεγονότα ὑπὸ τὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐξουσίαν, εἰς τὸ Μεσοποταμίας θέμα ἐπὶ Ῥωμανοῦ δεσπότου προσετέθη ἥ τε Ῥωμανόπολις καὶ τὸ Χανζίτ. Ἰστέον, ὅτι ἐπὶ Λέοντος, τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου, ἡ Λάρισσα τοῦρμα τῆς Σεβαστείας ἦν, τὸ δὲ Κυμβαλαῖος ἦν τοῦρμα τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ, τὸ δὲ Συμπόσιον ἦν ἐρημία πρὸς τὰ μέρη τῆς Λυκανδοῦ παρακείμενον. Καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας Λέοντος, τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου, Εὐστάθιος