Constantine Porphyrogenitus - de Administrando Imperio

CONSTANTINE
PORPHYROGENITUS
DE ADMINISTRANDO IMPERIO
GREEK TEXT EDITED
by
GY. MORAVCSIK
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
by
R. J. H. JENKINS
New, Revised Edition
Dumbarton Oaks
Center for Byzantine Studies
Trustees for Harvard University
Washington, District of Columbia
1967
CORPUS FONTIUM
HISTORIAE BYZANTINAE
CONSILIO SOCIETATIS INTERNATIONALIS

STUDIIS BYZANTINIS PROVEHENDIS DESTINATAE
EDITUM
VOLUMEN I
CONSTANTINUS PORPHYROGENITUS
ED ID IT
GY. MORAVCSIK
ANGLICE VERTIT
R. J. H. JENKINS
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Second Impression, 1985
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East,
905-959.
Constantine Porphyrogenitus De administrando imperio.
(Corpus fontium historiae Byzantinae; v. I)
(Dumbarton Oaks texts; 1)
Translation of: De administrando imperio.
English and Greek.
Includes index.
1. Byzantine Empire-History-Constantine VI I
Porphyrogenitus, 913-959. 2. Byzantine Empire-History-
To 527. 3. Byzantine Empire-History-527-1081.
4. Education of princes. I. Moravcsik, Gyula, 1892-1972.
II. Title. III. Series. IV. Series.
DF593.C6613 1985 949.5 85-6950
ISBN 0-88402-021-5
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 68-24220

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword to the First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Foreword to the Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Critical Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
I. Manuscripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2. Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3. Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4. Mutual Relationship of Manuscripts and Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5. Method followed in the present Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
List of Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Text and Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
K11N~TANTINOY EN XPI~Tm BA~IAEI AinNinI BA~IAEn~ P11MAI11N
IIPO~ TON IMON YION P11MANON TON 0EO~TEH KAI IIOPYPO-
rENNHTON BA~IAEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CONSTANTINE IN CHRIST THE ETERNAL EMPEROR EMPEROR OF
THE ROMANS TO HIS SON ROMANUS THE EMPEROR CROWNED OF
GOD AND BORN IN THE PURPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ilpoo(rnv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Proem ............................................................... 45
1. Ilept TWV IIocT~WOCXLTWV, xocl Ttpoc; Tt6croc cru~ocAAOV'rlXL e-roc rou ~IXcrtAt<Uc;
'Prooc(rov dpl)ve;uov-rec; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I. Of the Pechenegs, and how many advantages accrue from their being at peace
with the emperor of the Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2. Ilept -rwv IIoc-r~LvaxL-rwv xocl -rwv 'Pwc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2. Of the Pechenegs and the Russians....................................... 49
3. Ilepl -rwv IIoc-r~LvocxL-rwv xocl Toupxrov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3. Of the Pechenegs and Turks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4. Ilept -rwv Iloc-r~LvocxL-rwv xocl 'Pwc; xocl Toupxrov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4. Of the Pechenegs and Russians and Turks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5. Ilepl -rwv Iloc-r~LvocxL-rwv xocl -rwv Bou)..yocpwv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5. Of the Pechenegs and the Bulgarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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6. Ile;pt -.:wv IlixT~tvocxt-.:wv xix! Xe;pcrwvt-.:wv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6. Of the Pechenegs and Chersonites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7. Jle;p! -.:wv &no Xe;pcrwvoc; cbtocrTe:l.Aoevwv (3ixm).txwv i:v IlixT~tvixx~ . . . . . . . . . . 54

7. Of the dispatch of imperial agents from Cherson to Patzinacia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
8. IIe;p! TWV OC7t"O 'rijc; -ln:oq>UAOCXTOU 7t"6Ae;roc; ocnocr-.;e;/.Aoevwv (3acrLALXWV e:-.:oc XE:AIXV-
8lwv 8toc Te; -.:ou ~ixvou(3ou xixl ~ocvanpt xal ~&.vixcrTpt noTaou i:v IlaT~tvax~. . . 54
8. Of the dispatch of imperial agents with ships of war from the city protected
of God to Patzinacia along the Danube and Dnieper and Dniester river. . . . . . 55
9. Ile;p! -.:wv oc7t"o 'Procrixc; i:pxoevrov 'P<~c; e:-.:oc -.:wv ovo~u).rov i:v Krovcr-raVTtvou-
7t"6Ae;t............................................................. 56
9. Of the coming of the Russians in 'monoxyla' from Russia to Constantinople . 57
10. Ile;p! 'rijc; Xix~ixplixc;, 7twc; 8e:'L no).e:e:i:cr&at xix! 7tapoc -rvrov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
10. Of Chazaria, how and by whom war must be made upon it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
11. Ile;pl ":OU XOCO"Tpou Xepcrwvoc; xixl ":OU xoccr-rpou Bo<m6pou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

ll. Of the city of Oberson and the city of Bosporus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
12. Ile;pl 'rijc; ixup1Jc; Bou).yixpCac; xixl -rijc; Xa~ixpCac; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

12. Of black Bulgaria and Chazaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
13. Ile:pl -.:wv 7t"A1Jcrtix~6VTrov i:&vwv -ro'Lc; To6pxotc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

13. Of the nations that are neighbours to the Turke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
14. Ile;pl 'rijc; yeveix).oyac; -roli Mouxoue-r ................................. 76

14. Of the genealogy of Mahomet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
15. Ile;pl Toti yevouc; -rwv a-.:e;t-.:wv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

15. Of the tribe of the Fatemites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
16. 'Ex -.:ou xixv6voc;, oi'.l l&echtcre:v :E-.:e<pixvoc; oa&1}a-.:txoc; ne:pl -njc; -rwv l::ap1X><1Jvrov
i:.~68ou, i:v noci> xp6vci> 'rijc; TOU x6crou crucr-.:cfoe:roc; i:ysve:-ro, xal -rc; 0 TOC 11>'7jn-rpa
Tijc; (3ocat).eac; 'Proixwv 8tenrov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
16. From the canon which Stephen the astrologer cast from the stare concerning
the Exodus of the Saracens, in what year of the foundation of the world it
took place, and who then held the sceptre of the empire of the Romans . . . . . . 81
17. 'Ex Tou Xpovtxou -.:ou ixxapou 0e:oqi&.vouc;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

17. From the Chronicle ofTheophanes, of blessed memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
18. ~e;6-.;e;poc; ocp:x_1)yoc; -.:wv 'Apa(3rov, 'A(3ou(3&:x_ixp, f":"1} -.:pix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

18. The second chief of the Arabs, Aboubachar, three years.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
19. TplToc; ocp:x_1)yoc; 'Ap&(3rov, 0i)ixp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

19. The third chief of the Arabs, Oumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Vll
20. TihocpToc; 'Ap&:(3rov ocpJ(l)y6c;, O~&:v 84

20. The fourth chief of the Arabs, Outhman 85
21. 'Ex TOU XpovLxou 0e;oqi&:vouc; iToc; oc7t'o XT(ae:wc; x6aou ,c;poa' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
21. From the Chronicle of Theophanes: the year from the creation of the world 6171 85
22. 'Ex TOU Xpovoypocqiou 't"OU ocxocpfou @e;oqi&:vouc; 7te:pt TWV IXUTWV xoct 7te;pt Mocu(ou
xoct T'ijc; ye:ve;iic; IXUTOU, 57t'roc; 8te;7t'epocae;v ev 'lCJ7t'IXV(q;. 'Prooc(rov (3ocat:Ae:uc; 'louO"TWLIX-
voc; O 'Ptv6Tl)TO<; ................................................. 92
22. From the Chronicle of Theophanes, of blessed memory, concerning the same
events and concerning Mauias and his clan, how it crossed over into Spain.
Emperor of the Romans, Justinian Rhinotmetus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
23. Ile;pt 'l(3l)p(occ; xixt 'lCJ7t'av(ac; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

23. Of Iberia and Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
24. Ile;pl 'lCJ7t'ocv(occ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

24. Of Spain.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
25. 'Ex Tijc; laTop(ac; TOU oa(ou 0e:ocp&.vouc; Tijc; ~typtocvljc;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
25. From the history of the holy Theophanes of Sigriane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
26. 'H ye:ve;a:Aoy(a Tou m:pt(3:Ae7t'Tou pl)yoc; Ouyrovoc; 108

26. The genealogy of the illustrious king Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
27. Ile;pl TOU .&eIXTO<; Aixyou(3ocp8occ; xat TWV ev ocutjj 7tptyxm1hrov XIXL OCpJ(OVTLWV . . 112
27. Of the province of Lombardy and of the principalities and governorships therein 113
28. Llt~yriaLc;, 7twc; XIXT<Jlx(a.&l) ~ vuv xoc:Aouevll Be;ve:T(oc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

28. Story of the settlement of what is now called Venice....................... 119
29. Ile;pl Tijc; Lle::AaT(ac; xoct TWV ev ocutjj 7t'1Xpmmevrov .&vwv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
29. Of Dalmatia and of the adjacent nations in it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
30. Llt~yriatc; 7te:pt Tou .&eaToc; Lle::AocT(occ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

30. Story of the province of Dalmatia . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . 139
31. Ile:pt Twv Xpro(3&.Trov xat 1jc; vi:iv otxouat xwpocc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
31. Of the Croats and of the country they now dwell in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
32. IIe:pt Twv ~ep(3:Arov xoct 1jc; vuv otxouat J(wpocc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
32. Of the Serbs and of the country they now dwell in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
33. Ile:pt Twv Zocx:Aou(.o)v xat 1jc; vuv otxouat. J(Wpocc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
33. Of the Zachlumi and of the country they now dwell in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
34. Ile; pt TWV Te;p(3ouvt<UTWV XIXL TWV KocVIXALTWV xixt 1jc; vuv OLXOUCJL J( wpac;. . . . . . . . . 162
34. Of the Terbouniotes and Kanalites and of the country they now dwell in... 163
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35. IlEpl TWV ~toXA1JTtocvwv xocl ~c; vuv otxoum ;icwpocc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
35. Of the Diocletians and of the country they now dwell in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
36. IIe:pL TWV Ilocyocvwv, TWV )(IXL 'Ape:VTIXVWV XIXAOUevwv, xal ijc; vuv otxoum xwpocc; 164
36. Of the Pagani, also called Arentani, and of the country they now dwell in. . . . . 165
37. Ile:pt Toti f:&vouc; TWV IlocT~WIXXLTWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

37. Of the nation of the Pechenegs.......................................... 167
38. Ile:pt T'ijc; "(EVEIXAoyocc; TOU e&vouc; TWV Toupxffiv, XIXL 8&e:v XIXTiiyovTIXL . . . . . . . . 170
38. Of the genealogy of the nation of the Turks, and whence they are descended . . 171
39. Ile:pt -rou l&vouc; TWV Koc~iXpwv 174

39. Of the nation of the Kabaroi 175
40. IIe:pl -rwv ye:ve:wv -rwv Ka~iipffiv xal Twv Toopxwv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4

40. Of the clans of the Kabaroi and the Turks ... .. .. ... ..... ..... ..... .. . 175
41. IIe:pl T'ijc; ;icwpac; T'ijc; Mopa~llXc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

41. Of the country of Moravia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
42. I'e:c.>ypacpla &.7to 0e:crcrixAovl><l)c; expi Toti ~avoo~e:(l)c; 7t'OTocou x1Xt Toti xacr'tpou
Be:i.e:ypiX8occ;, Toupx(1Xc; t t xoct TI1X-r~w1Xxlocc; e;icpt TOu Xa~apixou x<icrTpou :l:<Xpxe:A
xoct T'ijc; 'Pfficr(occ; xoct expt -rwv Ne:xpo1t'OAffiV, Twv llvrc.>v de; Tljv Toti Il6VTou
&iiAIXCJO"IXV 7t'A'l)Ofov TOU ~IXVOC7t'pt(l)c; 7t'OTIXou, XIXL Xe:pcrwvoc; oou xixt Bocr7t'6pou,
l:v otc; TOC xacr-rplX TWV )(ALOCT(l)\I e:tcrlv, e:hlX expt Alvl)c; MaLWTL8oc;, T'ijc; xix!
&ocMcr<Trjc; 8toc TO eye:&oc; rnovoa~oevl)c;, XIXL e;icpt TOU xcfo-rpou TixaTixpxoc
A&yovou, 7tpoc; ToU-ro~c; 8 xat ZtX(1Xc; ><IXL Ila7t1Xylocc; xal K1Xcr1XX(1Xc; xix! 'A.Aixvl1Xc;
XIXL , A~occry(occ; )(IXL expt TOU xiXO"TpOU :l:(l)Tl)pLOU7t'6Ae:(l)c; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
42. Geographical description from Thessalonica to the Danube river and the city
of Belgrade; of Turkey and Patzinacia to the Chazar city of Sarkel and Russia
and to the Nekropyla, that are in the sea of Pontus, near the Dnieper river;
and to Cherson together with Bosporus, between which are the cities of the
Regions; then to the lake of Maeotis, which for its size is also called a sea, and
to the city called Tamatarcha; and of Zichia, moreover, and of Papagia and of
Kasachia and of Alania and of Abasgia and to the city of Sotirioupolis . . . . . . 183
43. Ikpl T'ijc; xwpocc; TOU Tocpwv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

43. Of the country of Taron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
44. Ile:pL T'ijc; xwpocc; TOU 'A7t1XXOUvljc; XIXL "TOU xacr-rpou TOU Mocv~LXLEp"T XIXL TOU Ile:pxpl
xoct Toti XAiih ><ocL -rou XocAtih xocL -rou 'Ap~ec; xocl Toti Tt~l xal -rou XepT xocl Toti
LIXAIXiic; xoct Toti T~e:pocT~ou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
44. Of the country of Apachounis and of the city of Manzikiert and Perkri and
Chliat and Chaliat and Arzes and Tibi and Chert and Salamas and Tzermatzou 199
45. IIe:pl Twv r~~pwv . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

45. Of the Iberians ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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46. Ile:pt Tljc; ye:ve:oc:>..oy(occ; Twv 'I~~pffiv xixl TOU x6.a't"pou 'Ap8ocvouT~(ou . . . . . . . . . . 214
46. Of the genealogy of the Iberians and of the city of Ardanoutzi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
47. Ile:pl Tljc; -.;{Jw Ku7tptffiv e:Tocv11a-r<lae:wc; ~Xe:L ~ laTop(oc Tii8e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
4 7. Of the migration of the Cypriotes the story is as follows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
48. Ke:ip&A.ocLov :>..&' -rljc; &.yt11c; &.Tl)c; ouv68o), -rljc; ~v Tij> TpouAA.cp Tou e:y&:>..ou 7t'ocAIXT[ou
ye:yovu(occ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
48. Chapter 39 of the holy sixth synod, held in the Domed Hall of the Great Palace 225
49. 'O ~l)Twv, 87t'ffic; -r'(i -rwv Iloc-rpwv ~xx)..lJa(~ ot ~xM~oL Bou:>..e:ue:Lv xoct u7toxe:fo.itixL
hax&lJaixv, EX Tljc; 7t1Xpoual)c; 11v&ocvtT(l) ypocipljc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
49. He who enquires how the Slavs were put in servitude and subjection to the
church of Patras, let him learn from the present passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
50. Ile:pt -rwv EV -rc'ji &eoc-rL Ile::>..o7t'ovv1)aou ~x:>..oc~wv, -rwv -re Ml):>..Lyywv xoct 'E~e:ptTwv
xixt 7t'e:pt TWV n;)..outV(l)V 7t'ocp' IXUTWV 7t'iiXT(l)V, oo((l)c; xixt 7t'e:pt TWV olXl)T6pwv TOU
xocCJTpou Moct\ll)c; xoct -rou 7tocp' ocu-rwv n:>..ouivou 7t'cXXTOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
50. Of the Slavs in the province of Peloponnesus, the Milingoi and Ezeritai, and of
the tribute paid by them, and in like manner of the inhabitants of the city of
Maina and of the tribute paid by them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
~ocaL:>..txov Bpowvwv, xoct 7te:pt -rwv 7tpffiToxocp6.-

51. Ile:pt Tou, -rlvL -rp67tCJ> yeyove:v -ro
~(l)V
-rou IXUTOU Bpoffivfou, xocl 8aoc 7te:pl -rou 7t'pffiTOCJ7t'IX&ocpfou Tljc; lj)LOCAl)c;. . . . . . 246
51. Why the imperial galley came to be made, and of the steersmen of this same
galley, and all about the protospatharius of the basin....................... 247
52. 'H ye:votvl) &7tockl)aLc; Twv [mtixp(wv EV Tc'ji &eocTL Ile::>..o7tovv1Jaou E7t'L 'Pwocvou
8e:CJ7t'6Tou, XIX&6:ic; 7tpodpl)TIXL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
52. Demand made for horses in the province of Peloponnesus in the time of the
sovereign Rome.nus, as stated above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
53. 'la-rop(oc m:pt -rou xocaTpou Xe:pawvoc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

53. Story of the city of Cherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Index of Proper Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Grammatical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Index of Sources and Parallel Passages ........................ 337
Cod. Parisinus gr. 2009. fol. 12v (facsimile) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . facing page 16
DUMBARTON OAKS TEXTS
I.
CONSTANTINE PORPHYROGENITUS
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
In publishing this critical edition and translation of the text of the
treatise De Administrando Imperio, compiled exactly one thousand years ago
by the emperor Constantine VII, we feel that we should explain how our
work began.
The editor of the Greek text started to work on it as long ago as 1926;
but the carrying out of other academic projects interfered during many years
with completing the collection of his material, and bringing it into final shape
for publication. Then, the latter years of the world war made completion and
publication alike impossible. Fortunately, however, the ms. survived the siege
of Budapest; and immediately after the war efforts were again made to finish
the work, and the question arose of bringing it out.
The first draft of the English translation was made independently. But
while its publication was under consideration, chance brought it into relation
with the publication of the Greek text. In the pursuit of our common purpose,
we established contact with one another, and agreed that text and translation
should be published together, believing that an edition of a Greek text is in-
complete without a translation, and having in mind that, apart from the old
Latin versions and those in the Russian and Croat languages, there is still no
complete translation of the treatise in existence.
From the beginning of 1947 we have worked together, through the
medium of correspondence, to bring text and translation into line with one
another, and have thus been able to subject the work of each to the revision
of the other. Doubtless both parts of the work have benefited from this revision.
Certain deficiences came to light in the Greek text, and the editor owes some
corrections to the translator, who has also contributed a few conjectural
emendations to the apparatus. At the same time, the translator wishes to own
a special debt to the editor, whose long study and deep knowledge of the text
have assisted in solving many difficulties of interpretation; and though the
4 Foreword
translator takes responsibility for everything printed in the English version,

he is happy to make this cordial acknowledgment to his senior colleague.
Edition and translation are complementary. For all that, their purposes
are not quite identical; and it has been necessary that a few corruptions and
errors which stand in the text of Constantine should be corrected in the version.
We have therefore printed in italic those few words or phrases of the trans-
lation which do not correspond exactly with the text. References to the present
edition are cited by chapter and line of the chapter; in such citations the letter
P stands for Proem (Ilpoolwv), i.e., the introductory passage which pre-
cedes chapter 1.
Fifty years ago two scholars, the Hungarian R. Vari and the English-
man J. B. Bury, were already concerning themselves with the preparation
of a new edition of Constantine. In bringing to fulfilment what they were
compelled to abandon, we dedicate this work to the memory of both.
Budapest - London
15th of March, 1949.
GY. MORAVCSIK - R. J. H. JENKINS
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
This re~edition of the Text and Translation of D. A. I., which appeared
in Budapest eighteen years ago, is published by the Harvard University
Center for Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D. C., and is
the first of a series of texts to be brought out by this institute. We wish to
thank Dumbarton Oaks for its generosity; and also that large number of
scholars whose suggestions have enlarged our apparatus and improved our
translation.
Despite minor corrections, it has been possible to preserve the earlier
pagination and alignment of the Greek text: so that the Commentary!, which
was arranged for use with the first edition, may equally well be used with the
second.
Washington, D. C.
November, 1966 Gy. M. -R. J.
1 Const. Porph. De Adm. Imp. Vol. II, Commentary (University of London, The
Athlone Press, 1962).

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus1 (905-959) was the
second and only surviving son2 of the emperor Leo VI, surnamed the Wise,
(866-912) by his mistress and later fourth wife, Zoe Carbunopsina. 3 Constan-
tine's early life was clouded by a series of misfortunes for which he himself
was in no way responsible. His constitution was sickly, and he was indeed
invalid throughout his life. 4 His father's birth was doubtful; and he was him-
self born out of regular wedlock, although his legitimacy was afterwards
grudgingly recognized. From his eighth to his sixteenth year he was the pawn
by turns of his malignant uncle Alexander, of his mother, of the patriarch
Nicholas and of the lord admiral Romanus Lecapenus. After the seizure of
power by the last of these in the year 920, he was for the next twenty four
years held in a degrading tutelage, cut off from all power and patronage, and,
though married to the usurper's daughter Helen, demoted successively to
second, third and perhaps fifth place in the hierarchy of co-emperors. It was
not until January of the year 945, at the age of nearly forty, that, with the
aid of a clique of guards officers devoted to his house, he was able to expel the
Lecapenid usurpers and seat himself in sole majesty on the throne that was
rightfully his.
For the next fourteen years he governed, or seemed to govern: for the
substance of power appears to have been in the hands of the Augusta Helen,
of the hetaeriarch Basil Peteinos, of the eparch Theophilus, of the sacellarius
Joseph Bringas, and of the protovestiary Basil, the emperor's illegitimate
1 Sources in A. Ramba.ud, L'Empire grec au dixieme siecle, (Paris, 1870), pp.
1-4. For date of birth, see Vita Euthymii, (ed. de Boor, Berlin, 1888), pp. 116-118;
R. J. H. Jenkins, Dumharton OakJJ Papers 19 (1965), pp. 108, 109.
2 His elder brother, Basil, son of his father's third wife Eudocia, died in infancy;
see De Ger., (ed. Bonn.), I, p. 643.

a For her family, see Theoph. Cont., (ed. Bonn.), p. 370; !) 4. I., 22 79 ; Vita Euthy-
mii, p. 58; and G. Kolias, Uon Choerosphactes, (Athens, 1939), p. 18.
'Theoph. Cont., pp. 212, 379, 459, 464, 465.
8 General Introduction
brother-in-law. 5 These made or marred -for the traditions are conflicting6 -

the internal administration. The church was scandalized by the impieties of
the worldly patriarch Theophylact; he, dying in 956, was succeeded by the
ascetic Polyeuctus, who soon showed that stiff-necked king Stork might be
worse trouble than disreputable king Log. But abroad the imperial forces,
under the leadership of Bardas Phocas and his two sons, and of the proto-
vestiary Basil, continued, with occasional set-backs, that glorious career
which had begun with the accession of Michael III and was to terminate only
with the death of Basil II. The sole major disaster recorded of the reign was
the failure of a costly but ill-led expedition against Crete in 949. 7
During these years the emperor devoted himself with tireless zeal to
the minutiae of every department of administration, and to the punctilious
observance of every kind of imperial ritual.8 His greatest personal contributions
to the prosperity of his empire were externally, in the sphere of diplomacy, 9
and internally, in the encouragement of higher education.10 His relaxations
were the pursuits which had always lain next his heart, and which, during the
long years of his enforced seclusion, he had been able to cultivate without
interruption: art, literature, history and antiquities. 11 He found domestic
happiness in the society of his three daughters, whom he tenderly loved ;12
nor is there evidence that his relations with his wife were other than uniformly
affectionate, despite a difference of temperament. 13 With his only son Romanus
he was not so fortunate. To fit the youth for his future lofty station, he lavished
on him a wealth of minute instruction14 which was probably excessive. The
boy is said to have grown up weak and even vicious; but the accounts are
confiicting, and he died at the age of 24.
By the age of fifty-four the emperor was old and worn out. His fourteen
years of power had been years of ceaseless toil, and his infirmities grew fast
upon him. A quarrel with the patriarch Polyeuctus, whom he seems to have
had in mind to depose,15 occasioned a journey to the monks and hermits of
the Bithynian Olympus; and from them he learnt the mournful tidings of his
own approaching dissolution. He dragged himself back to the City guarded of
5 Cedrenus, (ed. Bonn.), II, p. 326.

6 F. Hirsch, Byzantinische Studien, (Leipzig, 1876), pp. 286ff.
7 Leo Diac., (ed. Bonn.), p. 7; Cedrenus, II, p. 336.
8 Theoph. Cont., pp. 447, 449.

9 Theoph. Cont., pp. 448, 455;De0er., I, pp. 570ff.; Liutprand,Antapodosis, VI, 5.
10 Theoph. Cont., p. 446.
11 See A. Stransky, 'Costantino VII Porfirogenito, amante delle arti e collezio-
nista.', in Attidel V Oongresso lnterrULziorude di Studi Bizantini, (Rome, 1940), II, pp. 412ff.
u Cedrenus, II, p. 337; Theoph. Cont., pp. 463ff.

General Introduction 9
God; and there, on the 15th of November, 959, he died. 16 In person, he was
tall, broad-shouldered and erect in bearing, with a long face, an aquiline nose,
blue17 eyes and a fair complexion. Of stainless morals, deep piety and unre-
mitting devotion to duty, he was an emperor after the hearts of his people,
who testified their affection by a spontaneous outburst of grief at his funeral.
The favourable and the unfavourable traditions concerning the character
of Constantine VII provide no mutually incompatible elements.18 They show
him to have been a weak and retiring personality, artistic, studious and
laborious. If he drank wine to excess, it was his antidote to shyness. If he had
fits of severity, even of cruelty, they were the obverse of his diffidence. His
love of learning was inherited from his father, and was confirmed by seclusion.
His lack of self-confidence was inveterated by his long durance in the hands of
the Lecapenids. Yet in those years he was amassing a wealth of historical and
antiquarian knowledge which bore fruit in those encyclopedic manuals and
historical studies to which we owe the chief part of our knowledge of the
machinery and organization of the mediaeval empire of East Rome.
His achievements in the cultural field were indeed immense. Of his
patronage of the manual arts this is no place to speak. But of his encourage-
ment of learning and research a word must be said. Himself deeply versed in
classical learning,19 his liberal intelligence comprehended both the theoretical
and the practical aspects of knowledge, the knowledge which was good in
itself, and the knowledge which was necessary to enable the practical man to
arrive at a correct decision in the affairs of life. 20 To the latter branch, which
was principally concerned with the study of history, 21 he devoted especial
attention; and from among the graduates of his university, of which he was,
after the Caesar Bardas, second founder, he chose his higher bureaucrats and
churchmen. 22 To this practical education he naturally subjected his son
Romanus also. If such knowledge was important for the governed in the con-
duct of their individual, everyday lives, how much more important was it for
him who should govern all !23 How essential was it that decisions which would
affect the whole world should be dictated by the utmost practical wisdom,
sharpened by the widest experience and knowledge of every similar decision
or parallel set of circumstances in the past!
16 The symptoms recorded (Theoph. Cont., p. 464) do not seem to support the later
allegation that he was poisoned.

17 Theoph. Cont., p. 468, if that is what xrxporrornuc; means here; but cf. Genesis
49, 12, where the reference is to wine-induced brightness, and may in Theoph. Cont.
covertly refer to the emperor's <pLAOLvlrx.
1s Rambaud, op. cit., pp. 41, 42.
1t Zonaras, (ed. Bonn.), Ill, p. 483.
20 Theoph. Cont., p. 446; D. A. I., P 6 ff.
22 Theoph. Cont., pp. 446, 447; Cedrenus, II, p. 326.
23 D. A. I., 1
6
IO General Introduction
This belief in the practical value of learning and education, which is set
out at full in the preface to the De Administrando lmperio and repeated in
many subsequent parts of the book, was, of course, derived through Plutarch24
from Aristotle; and the method of education through the early inculcation of
precept, which is illustrated in a long series of mediaeval manuals of gnomic
wisdom, goes back ultimately to the Ad Demonicum25 of the Pseudo-Isocrates,
which, with the Latin Disticha of Cato, formed the basis of primary education
throughout later mediaeval and renaissance Europe. But to Constantine may
be given the credit for its revival at Byzantium; for, to teach practical wisdom,
the material for such teaching is required, and was in his time extremely scanty.
With tireless zeal he set about the enormous task of creating such material,
and set about it in three ways: first, by diligent search for and collection of
books, of which the supply was quite inadequate26 ; second, by the compilation
of anthologies and encyclopedias from such books as existed but were too
tedious or prolix for any but a scholar to read27 ; third, by writing or causing
to be written histories of recent events and manuals of technical instruction
on the various departments of business and administration. 28 A school of
historians wrote beneath his eye, sometimes at his dictation. 29 Documents
from the files of every branch of the administration, from the foreign ministry,
the treasury, the offices of ceremonial, were scrutinized and abstracted.30
Provincial governors and imperial envoys wrote historical and topographical
reports on the areas of their jurisdiction or assignment. 31 Foreign ambassadors
were diligently questioned as to the affairs of their respective countries. 32
From every quarter the tide of information rolled in, was co-ordinated and
written down. Learning became the key to worldly advancement.33 The principle
24 Plutarch, De Virtute Morali, (ed. Bernardakis, Leipzig, 1891), pp. 154, 155. For
this technical usage of crocp(rx and cpp6v"l)mc; cf. D. A. I., P 7 ; Romanus was of course to be
crocp6c; as well as cpp6vLoc;, but practical wisdom is the end of our treatise.
2S Cf. Ad Demonicum, p. 9 C, (~ou)..e;u6e:voc; rrrxprx8dyrx'trx, X'tA.), with D. A. I.,
46167 (&~LOV ')'lXP, cpLA'ttX'te: u[e, X'tA.); ibid. p. 11 E ( &crrte:p ex 'ttXLdou 7tpocpepnc;), with
ibid. 1313 (we; ex 7ttX't"pLXWV &'l'JO"tXUpWV rtpocpepe:Lv).
26 De Ger., I, p. 456; Theoph. Cont., p. 212; Prooemium ad Excerpta de Legationibus
(M. P. G., vol. CXIII), c. 633.; Exe. de leg., ed. de Boor, I, p. l.

'rl wid. PP 633, 636.
28 Theoph. Cont., pp. 3, 4; D. A. I., P25 (eaocpLcra"ljv XtX't"' erxu't6v). For Constan-
tine's own works, see Rambaud, op. cit., p. 73, and for those compiled under his aegis,
wid., pp. 78ff.; also Moravcsik, in Atti del V Congresso Internazion<ile di Studi Bizantini,
(Rome, 1939), I, pp. 514-516, and id., Byzantinoturcica, (Budapest, 1942), I, pp. 207ff.
(2nd ed. pp. 358ff.).
29 Rambaud, op. cit., p. 65.
30 Bury, in Byzantinische Zeitschrift, XV, 1905, pp. 539ff.
a1 Theoph. Cont., p. 448.

a2 Bury, op. cit., pp. 553, 556.
General Introduction ll
laid down by the illiterate Basil I 34 found its ultimate fulfilment in the educa-
tional reforms of his scholarly grandson. This is the true glory of the Porphy-
rogenitus. Among the great emperors who enriched the middle-Byzantine
heritage between A. D. 843 and 1204, none is to be compared with Constantine
VII for depth of scholarship, catholicity of interest or fineness of taste. Of the
last, his Life of his grandfather is a unique memorial. It was Constantine who
amassed the libraries from which his successors acquired their learning. With
him Byzantium, rapidly approaching the apex of its military glory, as rapidly
approached the apex of its intellectual achievement, an achievement fostered
by a princely patron of the arts whose like the world scarcely saw in the
thirteen centuries which divided Hadrian from Lorenzo the Magnificent.
The De Administrando lmperio, 35 to give this nameless treatise the Latin
title attached to it by Meursius,36 was written and complied, as we know from
internal evidence, between the years 948 and 952. 37 It is a manual of
kingcraft addressed to the youthful Romanus, the emperor's son, and is in
form, like numerous other contemporary manuals on various subjects, avowed-
ly didactic. It aims at teaching38 the youth to be a wise sovereign, first by a
knowledge of past and present affairs, and second by giving him a summary
of the experience of others in circumstances analogous to those likely to
surround himself; so that, knowing what policies have succeeded or failed in
the past, he may himself be able to act prudently and successfully in the
future. The matter of this teaching is a political and historical survey of very
wide extent, suitable to the training of one who is to rule the world. The
preface divides it into four sections: the first, a key to foreign policy in the
most dangerous and complicated area of the contemporary political scene,
the area of the northerners and Scythians)>; the second, a lesson in the diplo-
macy to be pursued in dealing with the nations of this same area; the third
and longest, a comprehensive historical and geographical survey of most of
the nations surrounding the empire, starting with the Saracens to the south-
east, fetching a compass round the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and ending
with the Armenian states on the eastern frontier; the fourth, a summary of
recent internal history, politics and organization, within the borders of the
empire.39 Upon the whole, these divisions are adhered to in the text as we
have it. 40
84 Basilii Imp. Paraenesis ad Leonem fiJ,ium (M. P. G., vol. CVII), p. XXI (7te:pl
7toct8e:ucre:wc;; cf. D. A. I., ch. l); and ibid., p. XLIX (7te:pl e:l-enic; ypoccp&v: cf. Theoph.
Cont., p. 314).
85 For full bibliography, see Moravcsik, Byzantinoturcica, I, pp. 215-221 (2nd
ed. pp. 367-380).
88 Johannes van Meurs (1579-1639); see below, p. 23.
:n Bury, op. cit., pp. 522ff.
as D. A. I., 113 , (8tM~oct).
89 ibid.' p a-w
40 Bury, op. cit., p. 574.
12 General Introduction
The method of compilation has been elucidated in detail in the General

Introduction to the Commentary41 These findings can here be very briefly
summarized. The work as we have it now is a rifacimento of an earlier work
which corresponds to chapters 14----42 in the present arrangement. This
earlier work was a historical and antiquarian treatise probably entitled Ih:pl
&6v(;)v, which the emperor had compiled during the 940's as a companion
volume to his Ile:pt ee:l'.XT(J}V. As the Ile:pl 6e:&'t'wv described the origins, anti-
quities and topography of the imperial provinces, so the Ile:pl &8vwv told the
traditional, sometimes legendary, stories of how the territories surrounding
the empire came in past centuries to be occupied by their present inhabitants
(Saracens, Lombards, Venetians, Slavs, Magyars, Pechenegs). These chapters,
then, are the earliest parts of D. A. I. The remaining parts of the book (except
for a few chapters - 23-25, 48, 52, 53 and perhaps 9 and 30 - of source-
material included by oversight) are notices of a different kind: they are political
directives, illustrated by contemporary or nearly contemporary examples.
Chapters 1-8, 10-12, explain imperial policy towards the Pechenegs and
Turks. Chapter 13 is a general directive on foreign policy from the emperor's
own pen. Chapters 43-46 deal with contemporary policy in the north-east
(Armenia and Georgia). Chapters 49-52 are guides to the incorporation and
taxation of new imperial provinces, and to some parts of civil and naval
administration. These later parts of the book are designed to give practical
instruction to the young emperor Romanus II, and were probably added to
the Ilt:pl e6vwv during the year 951-952, in order that the whole treatise might
mark Romanus' fourteenth birthday (952). The book as it now stands is there-
fore an amalgam of two unequal parts: the first historical and antiquarian,
the second political and diplomatic.
The sources of the various sections, where these are known, are noted
in the apparatus to the present volume. But the peculiar construction of the
book, with its diversity of styles and often careless expression, calls for a note
of explanation regarding the English translatiop. The chief value of the treatise
to the modern historian lies in its third secti'on, which provides information
not found elsewhere about the origins and early history of many nations
established on the borders of the Byzantine empire in the tenth century of
our era. This information, valuable as it is, is often given in a style so careless
as to leave many statements open to more than one interpretation. Chapter 39
is a notable instance of this;42 but there are several others. Now, these state-
ments have been, are and probably will continue to be the subject of contro-
versy between scholars of many nations; and it is therefore our duty as trans-
lators, at whatever cost to elegance or even in a few cases to sense, to render
41 See D. A. I. Vol. II, Commentary (London, 1962), pp. 1-8; also Moravcsik,
Byzantinoturcica (2nd ed.) I, pp. 361-367.

42 D. A. I., 39a-s 1-w
General Introduction 13
as closely as possible what the text says rather than what we are disposed to
think it means to say. Interpretations may be left to a commentary. If there-
fore our rendering is in some cases ambiguous, so is the original. If it often
halts, so does the text. If it is often inelegant and uncouth, it is no more so
than the Greek. Where our author is plain and even elegant, we have tried to
preserve his idiom; where he has left his sources to tell their own stories in
their own styles, we have left them too.
With all its inaccuracies and shortcomings,43 the De Administrando
Imperio, for the bulk and variety of its information on so much of foreign
relations and internal administration, must be allowed to be one of the most
important historical documents surviving from mediaeval Byzantium, even
surpassing the great Book of Ceremonies compiled by the same indefatigable
author. Its very omissions, the lack of any historical account of Bulgaria or
of an up-to-date appreciation of the Saracen power, have their own historical
lessons to teach us: for these two longstanding menaces to the empire had at
length yielded, the one to the diplomacy of Romanus I, the other to the
hammer of Gourgen. The first-hand information comes mainly from Italy,
from the Balkans and Steppes, and from Armenia. In Armenia the advance
of the Roman arms and the retreat of the Saracens involved a complicated
Roman diplomacy in the numerous and jealous principalities beyond the
eastern frontier. In a divided and enfeebled Italy, during the interim between
the empires of Charlemagne and Otto, Byzantium was for the last time in its
history a strong military and diplomatic influence. The only hint of anxiety
comes from the north, where the watchful eyes of the foreign ministry observed
intently the ever shifting kaleidoscope of the political scene, as Magyar and
Slav, Russian and Pecheneg, Chazar and Alan made their complicated moves
between the Caucasus and the Carpathians.
There is no doubt that the De Administrando Imperio was a secret and
confidential document. It tells too much about the principles of imperial for-
eign policy and diplomacy, especially in the first thirteen chapters, to be safe
for publication. Knowledge of these early chapters would have been worth
untold sums in blackmail to the Pechenegs. Moreover, in the Armenian chap-
ters there are several traces of information got through secret service channels, 44
which the government must have been most reluctant to divulge. Nor is it
probable that the outspoken criticisms which the emperor passes on his father-
in-law and colleague46 were intended for general reading. These criticisms betray
the justifiable resentment of a prince deprived of his throne by an interloper
during a quarter of a century; but his strong regard for the imperial dignity
would have debarred him from publishing this resentment to the world at
48 Bury, op. cit., p. 574.

u e.g.: D. A. I. 43 13-w 46 54-u
45 ibid., 13149-175, 51194-186"
14 General, I ntrodu.ction
large. This confidential character of the book, confirmed, if confirmation be

required, by its manuscript history and by the circumstance that later writers
betray no knowledge of it, 46 enhances its value. It is no partial document of
propaganda, fudged up to impress domestic or foreign circles. Much of it is
an honest appreciation of the contemporary political situation, compiled
from information upon which the government based its day-to-day foreign
policy. And, as such, it is unique.
R. J. H. JENKINS.
46 See below, p. 32.

CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
1. MANUSCRIPTS
The De Administrando Imperio is preserved in four mss.1 Three of these
contain the full text, the fourth a part only. These mss. are:
P =codex Parisinus gr. 2009: codex on vellum, of 211 numbered leaves. 2
There are also some additional leaves, 4 at the beginning of the ms. (3 vellum,
1 paper), and 7 at the end (4 paper, 3 vellum). The leaves are of sizes varying
between c. 23.8 cm - 24 cm X 15 cm. The first three of the additional leaves
are blank. On the recto of the fourth is a Greek table of the contents of the
codex, in a later hand ;3 on the verso of the same leaf is gummed a small slip
of paper, inscribed with the table of contents in Latin. 4 On the first numbered
page begins the first Greek text, which covers 4 pages (fol. lr-2v); it is entitled:
'Ema't"oA~ Ilu&ay6pa 7tpoi; Aoct~a (Letter of Pythagoras to Lais), and is
followed, still on fol. 2v, by a table which relates to it. The Letter and table
have been published from this ms. by P. Tannery. 6 At fol. 3? begins the text
of D. A. I, and it finishes at fol. 211r. This text originally constituted an
independent codex, with which the Letter of Pythagoras was subsequently
bound up, as is clear from the facts, a) that the numeration of the quaternios
1 See Gy. Moravcsik, ''H xe:Lp6ypexq:ioc; rrexpci~omc; '!"OU De administrando imperio''

'Erre:T1Jplc; 'ETexLpdexc; Bu~exVTLViiiv ~rrou~&v, 7 (1930), pp. 138-152.
2 See H. Omont, lnventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliotheque Natio-
n.ale, vol. II (Paris, 1888), p. 178.

3 KwvaTexVT(v( OU) ~ex<JLAt( we;) 'Pwex(( wv) rrpoc; 'Pwexv( ov) '!"OV rnmv ulov xexl
au~exaLMex l.&voypexq:i(ex x( ext) xwpoypexq:i(ex x( ext) ITOLXA1) TL<; laToplex 't"dvouaex rrpoc; op.&Yjv
~Lo(x1Jaw T(ljc;) 'Pwext( wv) ~exaL'Ad(exc;) No. 21.
4 Codex 1783. Membr. 13. saec. Epistola Pythagorae ad La.idem cum laterculo
eiusdem de vita et morbo, victoria et clade aliisque rebus, inventione et amissione, lucro
et damno, bona via et mala. Constantini Imperatoris ad Romanum ilium Porphyrogeni-
tum Imperatorem. Est liber de administrando imperio, quern edidit Meursius. Ms. 1240.t
6 'Notices sur des fragments d'onomatomancie arithmetique', Notices et extraits
des manuscrits de la Bibliotheque Nation.ale et aittres bibliotheques, vol. XXXI. 2. partie,

(Paris, 1886), pp. 231-260; cf. K. I. Dyobuniotes, 'Ovoex't"oexv't"dex', Etc; v~"l)v Lrrup(-
8wvoc; Acirrpou, (Athens, 1935), pp. 491---494.
16 Crit1'.cal Introduction
begins only at fol. 3r; and b) that the beginning of D. A. I., that is to say, the
first page (fol. 3r) of the original codex, is so much worn, and the handwriting
so indistinct, as to require its mending in brown ink by a later hand. In any
case, the Letter of Pythagoras is copied in a different, and in all probability
a later, hand. The subsequent history of the codex gives us, as we shall see,
some clue as to when the Letter became attached to the ms. of D. A. I.
The text of D. A. I. ends in the middle of fol. 211r. The rest of this page
and its verso, which, as it was the last page of the original codex, is very much
the worse for wear, contain a number of notes in different and, in some cases,
later hands. Of especial interest as casting light on the origin of the codex is
that written on the then blank fol. 211 v by the actual copyist of D. A. I., in
the same red ink which he employed for the initial letters and headings of the
chapters. Some of the letters in this note are so much worn and so dim as to
render them now almost illegible. The text of this metrical epilogue is as
follows: 1 Bl~:Ao~ X()(Lcr[ ()(()Jo~ 2'Iw&vvou '!OU ~OUX.()( 3 ypoccpYj( (}"()() xepcrlv 4 obwyevou~
OLX.E't"OU 5 MLxoc(~):A ov6oc't"i 6't"OU 'Poc~()(hou t, which makes it quite
clear that the ms. at one time belonged to the library of the Caesar John Ducas,
and that the copyist was his own confidential secretary, Michael. 6 Unfortunately
there is no date, but the name of the Caesar John Ducas, references to whom
in Byzantine sources occur between the years 1059-1081, proves that the
ms. was copied towards the end of the XI century. This is confirmed by a
dated note in a later hand on the same page, which contains a reference to the
year 1098/9. 7
Concerning the adventures of the codex during the Byzantine age we
have no other information, apart frQm the evidence of marginal notes to be
described lower down; it emerges agaiQ only towards the beginning of the
XVI century, when it was copied in 1509 by_Antony Eparchus, very probably
in the island of Corfu (see ms. V below). By the middle of the century our ms.
was in Italy, whither it had been brought perhaps through the agency of
Janus Lascaris.8 The first mention of it in Italy is in the catalogue of the
library of Cardinal Niccolo Ridolfi. 9 On the death of Ridolfi in 1550, it passed,
6See G. Kolias, "O xcxfocxp 'Iwciw1J~ b.ouxcx~ cXVTLypcxq:ic:u~ -rou cod. Par. Gr. 2009
-rou De administrando imperio', 'E7t&-r1Jpt~ 'E-rcxLpdcx~ Bu~cxVTLviiiv 2:7tou8wv, 14 (1938),
pp. 300-305; Gy. Moravcsik, 'La. provenance du manuscrit byzantin du De admini-
strando imperio', Bulletin de la Sociite Histori,q_ue Bulgare, 16-18 (1940), pp. 333-337;
B. Leib, 'Jean Doukas, Cesar et moine', Analecta Bollandiana 68 (1950), pp. 163-180.
- In the deciphering of the text I was given valuable assistance by Prof. F. Dolger (Mu-
nich) and Dir. V. Laurent (Paris), to whom I express my sincere gratitude.
7 See Gy. Moravcsik, 'E7tc:-r1Jplc; 'E-rcxtpdcxc; Bu~cxVTtv&v ~7tou8wv, 7 (1930), p. 141,
but cf. V. Laurent, Erasmus, 3 (1950) p. 766.

8 See B. Knos, Un arnhassadeur de l'heUenisme - Janus Lascaris - et la tradition
greco-byzantine dans l'humanisme franyais, (Uppsala-Paris, 1945), pp. 213, 216.
9 Num. 21. Constantini Romanorum Imperatoris ad Romanum filium descriptio
gentium et locorum, ac varia historia ad rectam administrationem tendens. See B. Mont-

faucon, Bihlwtheca bihliothecarum manuscriptorum nova II (Parisiis, 1739), p. 777.
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Cod. Parisinus gr. 2009. fol. 12v
Manuscripts 17
along with others of his books, into the possession of Pietro Strozzi, and later,
in 1560, into the collection of Catherine de Medici. At this period some chap-
ters from it were transcribed by Andrea Darmari (see ms. M below). From
Catherine's library it passed in 1599 to the Bibliotheque Royale in Paris,
where it was numbered 2661. 10 Now, since the relevant entry in the catalogue
of Ridolfi's library is simply a Latin rendering of the Greek note on the recto
of the fourth fly-leaf at the beginning of our ms. (see above), and since this
entry notes D. A. I. only, we conclude that the Letter of Pythagoras was
attached to our ms. subsequently to its being placed in the Bibliotheque
Royale. This conclusion is confirmed by the circumstance that the present
sumptuous binding of gilt red morocco bears the cypher of King Henry IV
(1589-1610).
This manuscript, some pages of which have been published in facsimile,11
I have studied by means of photographic reproductions in the Library of the
Hungarian National Museum, and also by examination of the original in
the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris in 1936 and in 1948.
The text of D. A. I. was, as we have seen, copied by a certain Michael
Roizaites. Only in two passages (fol. 31 v_3zr = 1422 crutjieu3o()(p't'upouv't'o<;
-156 7toAeouc; X.()(L, and 35v_36r = 206 'X()(L TI]v v~crov - 21 13 yevfo.Sm)12
has another hand relieved him. The text is written in single columns, and the
columns vary in dimension between c. 16-17 cm. deep X 11-12 cm. across.
The medium is the usual dark brown Byzantine ink, save that initial letters
and headings of chapters are in red, a detail which goes back to the original
copyist. The script is a mixture of uncial and minuscule; y, S, e, ~. lJ, x, A,
, ~. 7t are written both ways indifferently; uncial forms of ~. cp, cu are un-
common, and very rare are uncial forms af ()(, v, cr, tji. Here and there we find
a cursive .S-, while 't' occasionally rises above the height of the other letters.
Rough breathing is still angular in shape, but the smooth breathing is always
round. The writing is either on the ruled lines or under them, but never above
them. J_,igature abbreviations are frequent; short-hand abbreviations and
10 See H. Omont, 'Un premier catalogue des manuscrits grecs du cardinal Ridolfi',
Bibliotheque de l'Ewle des Chartes, 49 (1888), pp. 309-323; J. Haury, Sitzungsberichte der
phuos.-philol. und der hist. Classe der bayer. Akademie der Wiss. 1895. I, pp. 142-143,
147; V. Gardthausen, Sammlungen und Cataloge griehischer Handschriften, (Lei,Pzig,
1903), p. 18; F. Dolger, 'Der Titel des sog. Suidaslexikons', Sitzungsberichte der Baye:ri-
schen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philos.-hist. Abt. 1936. Heft 6., (Miinchen, 1936), pp.
36-37.
11 See Arpdd is az Arp<idok, szerk. Csanky Dezs6, (Budapest, 1908): fol. 111r =
p. 46/7., fol. U2v = p. 168/9., fol. u3r = p. 174/5., fol. U5v = p. 140/1.; cf. Gy. Moravcsik,
Byzantinoturcica, vol. II, (Budapest, 1943), p. 51 (2nd ed. pl. II, no. 4). See also the
facsimile on the opposite page.
12 For the principles which have been applied to the transcription of the mss.
variants, see below p. 37.

18 Critical I ntroductwn
abbreviations by suspension occur rarely, and mostly at the ends of lines.

The copyist is fond of special ligatures for oc't', rJrJ, 't''t', of kinds which occur in
other contemporary mss.
In the orthography the most notable points are these: iota subscript is
never found, iota adscript once only (53382 't'~>L). As regards peculiarities of
accentuation, we may note that proper names ending in -r't'oct in many cases
carry the paroxytone accent in nom. and gen. plural (e. g. 22 Iloc't'~tvocx.('t'oct,
814 Iloc't'~tvocx.l't'wv, 53535 Xepcrwvl't'oct, 5365 XeprJWVL't'Wv); while the genitive
plural of paroxytone racial names in -oc; is sometimes perispomenon (e. g. 2843
<l>pocyywv, 32 2 ~ep~/..wv). The word e7td is occasionally accented with double
stroke: e7td (e. g. 4822 , 49 9, 4913). With regard to misspellings due to pronun-
ciation, it is particularly noticeable that the copyist makes the same error
consistently through a series of particular words or forms. Characteristic ex-
amples of such regularly repeated misspellings are: oct for e at the end of
2nd person plural verbs (e. g. 827 ha.&~ecr&oct, 53 70 &.-0-e't'<Xt, 53477 \mood~oc't'oct);
et for 1J commonly in the words d-rtc; = ~'t't<; (e.g. 13 6, 26 64 , 29 234 ), efaep = ~7tep
(e.g. 3849 , 50192 ) and d~ = ~c; (e. g. 31 1, 351, 43187 ); and in the augmented
forms of the verb OCL't'W {e. g. 29167 ehlcr<X't'O = fl-rljcr<X't'o, 42 29 d-rljcrav-ro =
iJ-rljcrcx.v-ro, 50209 d-rljcroc-ro = fl-rljcroc't'o); 1J for et almost invariably in the
infinitive forms -etv and -erv (e. g. 18 7t1JO<X/...wu:x.~v, 47 9 ot<X7t'ecr~v), and quite
often also in the words ~ and ~ = d (e. g. 1387 29148 4116), o'Yj = ~>er (e. g.
1319 13146), and in the verb urrfix.w = U7t'SLX(.t) (e. g. 3838 5029 50s1). Some
confusion is seen in the use of et and 1J in the different forms of the verbs /..a~&.
vw and A.d7tw (e. g. P 31 J...d\jle't'oct = J...-filjle-roct, 25 64 crwe/..dcp&'YJ = cruve/...1jcp.&1J,
29203 &7to/..dljlecr&oct = &7to/...1jlj;ecr&e, 21 26 \me/..1j<p&1Jcr<Xv = U7te/...dcp&1Jcrocv,
2630 XOC't'OCA1Jcp&dc; = XOC't'OCAetcp&dc;, 4622 X.<X't'e/..1jcp&1J = X.OC't'e/...dcp&1J). (.t) is found
consistently for o in the -ov't'<Xt termination of the 3rd person plur. pres. ind.
pass. (e.g. 9111 XOC't'EPXWV't'oct, 31 29 7teptcrw~WV't'<XL, 3764 eupLcrxWV't'<Xt); and often
also in the termination -ov of nom. neut. partic. act. (e.g. 967 7!.xwv, 13 99 X<X't'e/..-
.&Wv, 3758 a7t'O~AE7t(.t)\I). From verbs beginning with 0 the temporal augment is
usually absent (e. g. 1351 Otoplcroc't'O, 2671 e't'ovocfo&1J, 3046 optcr<Xv). From
the point of view of the history of Byzantine pronunciation it is significant
that in our codex we frequently meet with u for ot (e. g. 20 2 mux1jcrac; = cr-rotx~
aocc;, 454 uxeu.&1icr1Jc; = otzeu&dcr1J<;, 51 120 ~vu!;av = ~voti;ocv), and vice versa
( e. g. 935 7tpotvocv = 7tpuvocv,
f I 26 52 ovotov't'ec;
)I >
= ovuov't'ec;,
I 53 cppotoc't''t'O-
I
191
evoc; = cppuocn6evoc;). This proves that at the period when the work
was copied, the pronunciation of these two sounds was still identical (a modi-
fied u). An odd feature, which we meet here and elsewhere, is the frequent
interchange between the forms ~de; and uerc; (e.g. 27 35 4315 5369} As regards
consonants, we note uncertainty in the writing of double consonants (e. g.
p 27 av't'L't'tXcrecr-3-oct, 159 CflOCJtX't'OV, 42 23 evoc/.../..occr6evot, 919 LOUVVLOU, 2822 Vi')CJCJWV,
4539 cr-fiepov); and the substitution of .&, 7t for v&, V7t' (e. g. 13 107 cru7te-
.&epLi1.crat, 269 IlocA<XLCJ't'LVYJ, 27 76 e7tpw-rotc;); and of X" for YX" (e. g.
2997 cr7t'/..ocx.vYJcr.S-dc; = crrr/..ocYX_vtcr.S-dc;). These details also throw light on
M anuscriptJJ 19
contemporary pronunciation. There is a curious use of v for y before y, x., x.

(e. g. 27 73 K6vx.op~oc, 29 38 vx.pu!J-oc'!oc, 43 113 0Locyovyy0~ov'!e:c;, 52 11 xovx_u-
/..e:u'!ocl); moreover, while on the one hand the accusative sing. in oc of 3rd
declension substantives and the -.&Yj or -"t) of the 3rd pers. sing. aor. pass. indic.
add a v before a word beginning with a vowel (e. g. 13 32 ~occn/..eocv, 2649
pLvocv, 26 65 .&uyoc't"tpocv, 53 317 vux.'!ocv, 32 33 &yevv~~hiv, 43 177 &7te:mocAlJV), on
the other hand the v of the acc. sing. of tycx.c; (e. g. 929 , 41 6, 46 151), and of the
1st pers. sing. aor. pass. indic. drops off before words beginning with a con-
sonant (e. g. 27 28 tvotcr.&lJ, 29 168 e~LW:X..&lJ, 53 847 -fivocyx.occr&Yj).
In the ms. we note several words erased, amended, completed or correct-
ed. A detailed study of the original may identify traces of at least six different
hands in the text and, besides, of five other hands which have added marginal
notes. There is no doubt that the copyist himself made some erasures and
corrections; but from the styles of the handwriting and from other evidence
it can be established that many alterations have been made by hands in the
XIV and later centuries. In one place a marginal gloss bears a date which
proves it to have been written in 1361/2 (168 ). To determine the chronology
of certain other alterations we may argue from the fact that in V, which was
copied from P, we often find the true text as it was before correction, which
proves that at least these alterations in P were done by a hand posterior to
the date when V was copied, that is, posterior to 1509 (e.g. P 19 e&vwv P V:
e.&wv py II 3844 0 'AJ..oU't"~l)c; p v: ~ocAoU't"~"tjc; py II 3849 'AJ..oo't"~Yj p v:
~oc/..oo'!~ Yj PY).
In the margins of the ms. are notes, some of which are from the hand
of the original copyist, but others, as the style of handwriting demonstrates,
from those of later readers, principally of the XIV and XVI centuries. Some
of these notes are in Latin. In the marginal notes, too, we may distinguish at
least six hands. Those which go back to the hand of the copyist are mainly
chapter-headings and citations of the contents, which were added to the text
either by collaborators of the imperial author or by later scribes and readers.
At least one of these original notes is not contemporary with the work itself,
as is proved beyond doubt by its reference to the Abbot John Tornices as
holder of the office of Syncellus, an office which, as we know, was conferred
on him about the year 979 ;13 this note, therefore, was written about three
decades after the treatise was compiled.
A list of these original comments, and the passages to which they
refer, is as follows: 11 Ile(pl) '!WV Iloc't"~Lvocx.L'!WV II 21 Ile:( pl) '!WV Iloc-
'!~Wocx.L'!WV {x.ocl) '!WV 'Pwc; II 31 Ile{pl) '!WV Iloc't"~LVocX.L't"(wv) (x.ocl) Toup-
x.{wv) II 41 Ile(pl) '!WV y' e&v(wv) II 51 Tie:(pl.) '!WV Iloc't"~LVOCX.L't"(wv) (x.ocl)
't"(wv) Bou/..y&pwv JI 6 1 Ile(pl) '!WV Iloc-r~wocx.L't"(wv) (x.ocl) Xepcrc.>vL-rwv II 71 Ile:-
(pl) 't"(wv) &7to Xepcrwvoc; a7tOCJ'!MO(evcuv) ~OCcrLALX.(wv) ev IIoc.~LVOCX.lOC II 81
13 N. Adontz, 'Tornik le moine', Byzantion, 13 (1938), pp. 148-149.

20 Critical Introduction
IIc:(p!.) TOU chtocr't"EAAO( vou) ~o:crtAtx.( ou) tx. T(Yjc;) 7t'6A( c:wc;) Otoc T({;)v)
7t'OT(oc)({;)v) II 823 Ilc:(pl) 't'OU XA'Y)ptxou roc(3pt1)A II 91 Ile(pl) TOU 7tW<;
XOCTEPX.WVT(oct) oi 'Pwc; ev KcuvcrTOCVTL\IOU1t'6(/,et) II 922 Tie:(pl) TW\I ),e:yo(vcuv)
XOC"t"OCpocxT( wv) II 939 Ile:(pl.) TOU (3' i:ppocyfL( ou) II 943 Ile:( pl) TOU y' q>pocy( ou)
II 945 Ile:(pl.) TOU o' q>pocy(ou) II 957 Ile:(pl.) 't'OU e' i:ppayou II 961 Ilc:(pl)
Tou c;' cppixyou II 964 Ile:(p!.) -rou ~' i:ppixyou II 9 72 Ile:(p!.) Tijc; v~crou xal.
TOU opuoc; xal TW\I .&ucrtwv II 9114 Ile(pl) T(wv) Oi.)~cu(v) II 101 Tie:(pl.) -rYjc;
Xix~ocp(ixc; II 11 1 Ile:(pL) TI)c; Xe:pcrwvo(c;) xoct -r(Yjc;) Boocr7t6pou II 13 73 Ile(pl)
Tou Acx7tpou II 161 To .&e:oc-rtv -rwv ~ixpixxtv(wv) (xocl) 7toiov x.p6(vov)
e~lj/v&(ov) II 2116 ~Lepe:(cnc;) TWV 'Apoc~cuv II 2137 e' &.px/)yo(c;) 'Apoc~cuv II
21 49 Oihoc; 7tcxpe:xoc&'Y)cre:(v) T~V Kcuvcr-rixv-rwou7to(J..w) 11 22 9 ,C:pY/ 11 2240
Ile:(pl) T~c; v-Yjcrcrou TI)c; Kp-f)T'Y)c; II 2261 .~cr7t'Y)' II 31 6 ~toc TL AE:ycunixt Xp(w)-
~oc-rot II 3310 II6.&(ev) Aeycu(v)T<XL Za:x?. ooot II 341 Ile(pl) E't'Ep(wv) e&vwv II
3618 Ile:(til) 't'OU ocy(ou &.7to(cr-r6Aou) Aoux.oc X.IXL IlocuAou II 3715 ''0-rt "1) &pxo(v)-
1
TE<; dcrl(v) ev IlixT~tv(ix)x.Lix II 3733 "On (x.ix!.) de; ' p'Yj ~ Iloc~tvocx.L(oc) II
38 10 "On oi Toup(x.ot) de; ~' otixtpouv-roct II 42 1 Ile(pt)~y'Y)(crtc;) yewypix(tptx.~)
o
TI)c; crx.u&tx.Yjc; yYjc; 11 43 136 015-ro(c;) ecrTl(v) 7t(ix-r)~p Ntx.o(/..ocou) ay(cr-rpou
-rou Topv(x'Y) II 44 1 Ile:(pl.) -r(wv) x&(cr-rpwv) -r{~c;) AvocToAYJC, II 45 1
Ile:(pl.) TW\I 'I~~pcuv II 4556 015-ro(c;) {ecrT!.v) 0 T~ttcr:x_(Yjc;) emXA'Y).&e:tc; II
45100 Ile(pl) 't'OU xoc{cr-rpou) TOU 'A~v(xou II 45103 Oo-ro(c;) (fo-rlv)
Zoup~<Xvfl{l)c;) 0 7t(ix-r)~p 't'OU Topv(x'Yj -r(ou) oc~ii 't'OU &.p-r(lwc;) cruyx.eAAou II
46 1 II6&(e:v) yey6voc(cnv) oL "I~'YJ?E<; II 47 1 Ile(pl) T{wv) Ku7tpLwv II 50235
Ilo(ou 't'LfJ.~ocT(oc,) ~" TOU (7tpCU't'OCJ7tOC&ocp(ou) oc!;lcu<X II 511 Ile(pl.) TOU
opocuvf.ou II 5310 06-ro(c;) (&cr-rlv) 0 't'OU e:yoc/..ou Kcuvcr't'<XVT(Lvou) 7t(a-r)-Yjp.
The marginal notes appended by later hands consist principally of
repetitions of words or names occuring in the text; but there are a few which
are worth noting from the point of view of their content. These are:
31 Ifo.T~Lvocxoct ot biXxec; 7tp6Tepov P 0 (cf. Suidas s. v. 6.ocxec;, ed. Ada Adler,
II, p. 2.) I 51 Iloc't"~tvocxoct ot ~c~xec;, Bou/..yocpot ot Mucro[ P 0 II 168 vuv oe
{ecrTLV) ,C:cuo' (tvOtX.Ttwvoc;) LE' we; dv<XL &.7to -r6-r(e:) ~cue; vuv XPOVOL lj;' pa II
21 69 Ilepl -rou 'AA~ -rou ya~pou -rou Mou&.e& P 2 II 21 74 II6J..eoc; AJ..~
x.al Moc~[oc P 8 II 28 25 Mocoococ(uxov) -ro vuv Moc/..oc6x( ov) P 8 II 29 208
T pocyouptov P 7 !! 30115 'AA~ouvou P 7 'Af..7t6voc ps II 32 11 ~ep~ALoc P 6 Toc
vuv Lep~OL<X ev -rYi Bepotoc P 8 II 3212 Lep~AOL OLOC -r( OOUAOL pcuoccx( we;) P 5 II
3620 <l>ocpoc v~croc; ~ Al~evoc P 8 II 36 21 BpocT"t:'f)c; vYjcroc; -roc Ilpch?.:,oc P 8 \I 4024
'ETe/, 7to(Tocoi;) x.(ocl.) Kou~ou P 8 .
Marginal notes and textual emendations are especially frequent in the
chapters dealing with the Arabs (14-22), a fact which, like the gloss of the
year 1361/2, mentioned above, suggests that this section of the treatise was at
some time or another an object of peculiar interest to Byzantine readers.
The original text has not merely been subject to emendations and alter-
ations by later hands, but has also been touched by the hand of time. We
have said that the writing on the first and last pages of the originally indepen-
dent ms. was so much worn and faded that it had to be rewritten. Traces of
M anu.~cript8 21
such rewriting are observable in other parts of the codex as well. Apart from
these ravages of time, some leaves (fol. 59, 63, 75, 80) have received such
material damage through clipping of the margins that the text itself is impaired
and some letters are missing.
V =codex Vaticanus-Palatinus gr. 126: codex on paper of 271 number-

ed leaves; 3 additional leaves at the beginning, 1 at the end. Leaves measure
21.2 x 15.4 cm. Ms. contains several works. After D. A. I., which covers fol 21
to 1271 , come works of Tzetzes, Theophrastus, Bessarion and Nicolas Secun-
dinus, though these have been copied by other hands. 14 At the end of the text
of D. A. I., at the bottom of fol. 1271 , are two notes in the hand of the copyist:
M~oc -r4' &(e)cJ> -r<T> Myov x.oct yvwfnV -rote; &v(&pw7t)otc; owpouEvcp: ,occp6': LOU-
' ) c:, n en/\ELWV'
v(tcp ' . , / o.( lJ ) : ,ocqwoNv ocLcp
' ' 'Av-rwvrnc;
tc;'7l . c:ycu
' ' o' "E7tocpzoc; 7tOCLc;
- cuv
""' xoc-roc'
-ro ,occ:p&'ov ~-roe; ~ypocljJoc -ro &vcu&(c:v) ~L~/...Lov (Glory be to God who giveth under-
standing and knowledge to men: finished, 5th June 1509. - 16 May, 1554:
I, Antony Eparchus, then a boy, wrote this book in the year 1509.) It was,
then, the well-known humanist of Corfi.ot origin, Antony Eparchus (1491-
1571), who copied the ms.-apart from a singlepassageatfol.16v (= 1319 2-197 ),
which is in another hand - in the 18th year of his age; three years before, in
1506, he had completed his ms. copy of the Gospels. 15 The ms. passed into the
possession of John Egnatius (1473-1553), 16 probably very soon after it was
copied, since Egnatius in the book which he published in 1516 refers to it as
being already in his library. 17 It should seem that the second note, dated 16th
May 1554, was penned when Eparchus, after the death of Egnatius, came
across his own copy among the relics of the deceased. The codex next passed
a See H. Stevenson, Codices manuscripti Palatini rrraeci bibliothecae Vaticanae,

(Romae, 1885), p. 60.
15 See E. Legrand, Bibliographie hellenique au 15e et J6e siecles, I, (Paris, 1885),
pp. CCX-CCXXVII; L. Dorez, 'Antoine Eparque', Me'langes d'archeologie et d'histoire,

13 (1893), pp. 281-364; M. V ogel-V. Gardthausen, Die griechischen Schreiber des M ittel-
alters und der Renaissance, (Leipzig, 1909), p. 35.
16 Stevenson, op. cit., p. 302; A. Firmin-Didot, AldeManuce et l'hellenisme a Venise,
(Paris, 1875), pp. 449-452.

17 . hie (sc. Constantinus) a literis, optimisque disciplinis non abhorrens, quas
pene extinctas ab interitu uindicauit, librum Romano filio reliquit. in quo summam totius
imperii, sociorum omnium foedera, hostium uires, rationes, consilia explicuit. quern nos
in bibliotheca nostra tanquam thesaurum seruamus, in quo multa de Venetis etiam nostris
imperator ipse disserat. See J.B. Egnatius, De Caesaribus libri III a dictatore Cae.sare ad
Constantinum Palaeologum, kine a Carola Magno ad Maximilianum Caesarem, (Venetiis,
1516) (sine numeris pag.); cf. Romanorum principum ll. III, ex recognitione Des. Erasmi
Roterodami, (Basileae, 1518), p. 850.
Critical I ntroductwn
to the Bibliotheca Palatina at Heidelberg, where it appears in the catalogue

compiled by Fr. Sylburg about the year 1584.18 From Heidelberg it was trans-
ferred in 1623, along with other mss., to the Vatican Library in Rome.
In the margins of V, as of P, there is a number of notes in Greek and
Latin, which are the additions of later readers. An exceptionally large pro-
portion of these notes is appended to the chapters dealing with Venice (27, 28),
which obviously were of particular interest to Italian readers. Some of these
are worth our attention: 2769 occr't"po~AlJ<; oxoc7tc:'t"ocvLo<; II 27 73 Kovx6poLoc II
27 80 K6ypocoov vide ne I'pocoov II 27 82 'PL~oc/..EvcrlJ<; II 27 83 ALx.~v't"~Loc II
27 86 Mocooux.ov II 27 87 Bpouvoou/..ov (sine acc.) II 27 88 AocupL't"ov II 27 93
'Pl~ocA't"ov !! 28 22 'Ad~o/..occ; II 29 258 TpocyoupL<; II 29 263 Koc't'c:poc.
I have studied this ms. partly by means of photographic reproductions
in the library of the Hungarian National Museum, and partly by examination
of the original in the Vatican Library in 1927 and in 1936.
F =codex Parisinus gr. 2967: codex on paper, of 241 numbered leaves

and 11 additional leaves. Leaves measure 32 X 21.5 cm. Apart from the text
of D. A. I., which covers fol. Ir to sov, ms. includes several other works, such
as compositions of Photius, Themistius, Choricius, Polybius and Apollodorus. 19
The first part of D. A. I. (fol. Ir to 16V) was copied by Antony Eparchus, as
appears from a comparison of the script with that of V; the remainder (fol. l 7r
to sov), together with the excerpts of Polybius and the work of Apollodorus,
which are together at the end of the ms. (fol. 125r to 24Ir), is the work of an-
other hand. Omont in his catalogue identified this copyist as the Cretan Michael
Damascene, but in the index of the same catalogue we find instead the name
of Valeriano de Forli.20 A comparison with the script of the last named and
with other mss. of Michael Damascene21 shows that the copyist of the latter
part of D. A. I. was not Valeriano de Forli, but Michael Damascene.
The first mention of F occurs in the catalogue of mss. sent by Jerome
Fondulo to Fontainebleau in 1529.22 That the ms. there mentioned is m fact
18 126. Constantini Imper. ad Romanum filium suum liber de Notitia utriusque
Imperil, orientalis sc. et occidentalis in quo et de rebus Turcicis, aliisque nationibus hodier-
nis. Citatur in eodem Theophanis Chronographia bis ... See Friderici Sylburgii Catalogus
codicum Graecorum M .SS. olim in Biblwtheca Palatina, nunc Vaticana asservatorum ... ,
(Francofurti ad M., 1701 ), p. 40.
19 See H. Omont, Inventaire sommaire ... III, (Paris, 1888), p. 76.
20
Introduction. Liste des copistes des manuscrits grecs, (Paris, 1898), p. XXXIII;
cf. M. Vogel-V. Gardthausen, op. cit., pp. 311, 371.
21 Cod. Paris. gr. 1926, 2937 (Michael Damascene); cod. Paris. gr. 1687, 1823,
1830, 2376 (Valeriano de Forti); cf. H. Omont, Facsimiles des manuscrits grecs du XVe et
XVJe sikles, (Paris, 1887), II pl. 36., 48.; E. M. Thompson, Handbook of Greek and Latin
Palaeography, (London, 1906), p. 178; E. Thompson-Sp. P. Lampros, 'Eyx_c:tplSwv
f.i,i:r;vrx'r,c, :v.cd i.cx"cwtx'ijc, rcixAcxtoypixqilcxc,, (Athens, 1903), p. 297.
22 No. 25. Kwva't"cxVTlvou ~cxatA&wc, rcpoc, ulov 'Pwixv6v. See H. Omont, Catalogues
des manuscrits grecs de Fontainehleau sous Fraru;ois Jer et Henri II, (Paris, 1889), p. 372.
23
our Fis proved by later catalogues, which mention not only D. A. I., but also
the other components of the same ms. These catalogues are: the catalogue of
1544 ;23 that of 1550, by Angelo Vergetius and Constantine Palaeocappa ;24 and
that compiled in the reign of Charles IX (1550-1574). 25 Since, as we shall
see, Fis a copy of V, it is certain that it was written between 1509-1529, to
which period are assignable also the water-marks of fol. 1-80.
I have studied this ms. both through photographic reproductions and
by examination of the original in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris in 1936
and in 1948.
M =codex Mutine,nsis gr. 179 (III F 1): codex on paper, of 104 leaves.
Leaves measure 32.4 X 22.4 cm. Fol. 2r to 6V of the ms. contain text of chh.
15-21 of D. A. I. (151 Ile:pt -rou yevouc; -rwv <l>oc-re:.L-rwv - 21 118 ~Lrl ;l)piXc;),
copied by Andrea Darmari. 26 As to chronology, we know only that the dated
mss. of this famous copyist fall between the years 1560-1586. 27 I have studied
the relevant portion of this ms. by means of photographic reproductions.
2. EDITIONS
Of the Greek text in its entirety seven editions have hitherto been
published. The first edition was published in 1611 by John Meursius (= Me)
under the title De administrando imperio2il a title which he himself gave to
the work and which has been since then generally adopted. In his notes he
informs the reader that the basis of his edition was the Vatican ms. (= V),
which was at that time still in the Bibliotheca Palatina at Heidelberg. Meursius
23 No 199. Kcuvo"t"<XVT(vou (3<Xat'Atcuc; 7tpoc; ulov 'Pw<Xvov X<Xl wdou m:pl t' fYYjT6pcuv.
See H. Omont, op. cit., p. 365.

24 <~KcuvaT<Xvt"(vou (3<Xat:Atcuc; vou.&e:a(<Xt. No 334. Bt(3A.(ov <X1 i}xouc;, E:v8e:8uevov
8ep<XTL A.e:ux(ji, e:tal 8' E:v <XOT(ji T<XUT<X" KwVCJT<XVTlvou (3cxatl.Ewc; vou.&e:al<XL 7tpoc; TOV rawv
ulov <XOTOU 'Pcu<XVOV TOV Ilopq.iupoyewriwv, 87t'wc; 8e:~ YLVWCJXE:LV 7t'<XVToc; rnvouc; <puae:tc;
TE: X<Xl ll~1J K<XL l&LW<XT<X, X<Xl T67tcuv X<XL xwpwv <XOTwV, X<Xl 7t'OtoV e~ <XOTwV 8uvcxt"<XL ootpe:A'ijCJ<Xt
'Pw<X(ot<; K<XL 7t'OLoV ouxt, X<XL LCJTop(<Xc; Ttvttc; vt<Xc;. <l>cuTfou 7t'<XpL<Xpxou 7te:pt ilifxcx P1JT6pcuv.
0e:ta-rou ... . See H. Omont, op. cit., p. 113.
25 No 560. KwvCJTcxn(vou (3<XmAl:wc; vou.&e:a(cxu See H. Omont, op. cit., p. 449.
26 See V. Puntoni, 'Ind.ice dei codici greci della biblioteca Estense di Modena',
Studi italiani di filologia claaaica, 4 (1896), p. 495.

27 See Vogel-Gardthausen, op. cit., pp.16--27.
28 Constantini Imperatoris Porphyrogeniti, De Administrando Imperio, ad Roma-
num F. Liber nunquam antehac editus. Ioannes Mevrsivs primus VtiJgavit, Latinam inter-
pretationem, ac N otas adjecit. Lvgdvni Batavorvm. Ex officina typographic. loannis
Balduini, impensis vero Ludovici Elzeviri. CIO.IOC.XI.
worked on it by favour of the then librarian, Janus Gruterus. 29 Six years

later a new edition came out, but is was simply a literal copy of the first.30
The text, with corrections from Bandur's edition, was also published by John
Lami in his complete edition of the works of Meursius.31
A century after the first edition, that is, in 1711, the work was republish-
ed by Anselm Bandur (= Ba). 32 It appears from his introduction that Bandur
collated the text of Meursius' edition of 1617 with the original Paris ms. (P},
and was thus able to introduce several corrections into his text. 33 Bandur's
edition was twice reprinted: an uncorrected reprint appeared in 1729, in the
Venetian collection of the Byzantine Historians34, and in 1864 Migne repub-
lished Bandur's text with a few corrections. 35
The final edition was the work of Emmanuel Bekker ( = Be), 36 who did
not divulge his methods, though it is clear that he did not use any fresh ms.
material.
Editions containing excerpted chapters only of D. A. I. have generally
followed Bekker's text. Such are, e.g., the editions of Fr. Racki,37 H. Marczali,38
29 Scias autem unde habeam. Descripsi ante quatuor amplius annos ex Codice
qui est in Bibliotheca Palatina, et Ioannis Baptistae Egnatii olim fuisse perhibetur ...
Quin accessit hue quoque comitas V. C. Jani Gruteri, eius praefecti, per quem liber mihi
quotidie ad earn accessus patuit. See eil. cit., Notae, p. 2.
30 Constantini Porphyrogennetae Jmperatoris Opera. In quibus Tactica nunc primum
-prodeunt. Ioannes Mevrsivs collegit, coniunxit, edidit. Lvgdvni Batavorum. Ex Officina

Elzeviriana. Anno CIOIOCXVII.
31 Joannis Meursi Operum volumen sextum ex recensione Ioannis Lami, Florentiae,
CID.10.CC.XLV., cc. 929--1132.

32 lmperium Orientate sive Antiquit.ates Constantinopolit.anae in quatuor partes distri-
butae . . . Opera et studio Domni Anselmi Banduri Ragusini, Presbyteri ac Monachi

Benedictini e Congregatione Melitensi. Tomus primus. Parisiis. Typis et sumptibus Joannis
Baptistae Coignard, Regis et Academiae Gallicae Architypographi. l\IDCCXI. (Corpus
Byzantinae Historiae XXXIII.), pp. 53-157.
33 dmprimis textum Graecum contuli cum Codice MS. membranaceo Bibliothecae
Regiae, optimae notae num. 2661. quern annis ab hinc circiter quingentis scriptum fuisse
aiunt: innumerabiles mendas, quibus Meursiana editio undique scatebat, sustulimus,
loca corrupta ac mutila quae plurima erant in textu Graeco edito ex eodem MS. Regio
sarcivimus. See op. cit., p. IV.
84 Imperium Orientale sive Antiquitates Constantinopolitanae in quatuor partes
distributae ... opera et studio D. A. Banduri ... Venetiis 1729. (Corpus Historiae Byzan-
tinae XV.) I., pp. 45-127.
35 Patrologiae cursus completus ... Series Graeca posterior ... accurante J. P.
Migne t. CXIII., Parisiis 1864, c. 158--422.

36 Constantinus Porphyrogenitus De thematibus et De administrando imperio. Acceilit
Hieroclis Synecdemus cum Banduri et W esselingii commentariis. Recognovit Immanuel

Bekkerus, Bonnae MDCCCXL. (Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae), pp. 65---270.
s7 Fr. Raeki, Document.a historiae Croaticae periodum antiquam illustrantia (Monu-
menta spectantia historiam Slavorum meridionalium VII.) (Zagrabiae, 1877), pp. 264-419.
3s Pauler-Szilagyi, A 11Ul{}yar honfoglalas kUtfoi, (Budapest, 1900), pp. 110-136;
H. Marczali, A rnagyar tiirtinet kutfoinek lcizikonyve (Enchiridion fontium historiae Hun-
garorum), (Budapest, 1902), pp. 27-55.
EditioM 25
J. B. Bury,39 St. Stanojevic - V. Corovi6,4o A. Gombos,41 and G. Cankova-

Petkova - P. Tivcev. 41 bts Only C. G. Cobet, who published a part of ch. 9
dealing with the Russians, 42 and E. Jakubovich, who published chh. 38-40
dealing with the Hungarians, 43 made a fresh collation of P. Certain variants
in Pare cited by V. Thomsen, 44 G. Feher, 45 F. Sisi646 , H. Gregoire47 and K. 0.
Falk47 bls in their works. A new edition of the chh. on the Southern Slavs pre-
pared by R. Vari was never published, and his ms. is in the archives of the
Hungarian National Museum. 48
The plan for a new critical edition of D. A. I. originated when the
Hungarian scholar, R. Vari, at that time a young man, began preliminary
researches in 1892 with a view to elucidating the ms. tradition. 49 The plan next
engaged the English historian .T. B. Bury, who proposed to include the work
in his collection of Byzantine Texts. But these projects came to nothing.
Bury, in a letter dated 5th October, 1925, announced that he had given up
the plan of an edition, which he surrendered to me.
89 J. B. Bury, The e,arly History of the 8lavonic Settlements in DalmatUi, CroatUi,

& SerbUi, Constantine Porphyrogennetos De administrando imperio, Chapters 29-36.
(Texts for Students No. 18.), (London, 1920).
40 St. Stanojevic-V. Corovic, O~a6pam1 H3BOpH 3a cpncKy HCTOpttjy I, (Beograd,
1921), pp. 58-72.

41 A. B. Gombos, Catalogus fontium historUie Hungaricae aevo ducum et regum ex
stirpe Arpad descendentium ab anno Christi DCCC usque ad annum MCCCI. T. I, (Buda-
pestini, 1937). pp. 720--727.
41 bis lp'hl.IKH H3BOpH 3a 6'hJII'apCKaTa HCTOpH51 v (Sofia, 1964), pp. 198--220.
42 C. G. Cobet, 'Locus Constantini Porphyrogeniti ex codice archetypo Parisino
descriptus', Mnemosyne, 4 (1876), pp. 378-382.
43 E. Jakubovich-D. Pais, 0-magyar olvas6k0nyv (Tudomanyos Gyujtemeny 30.),
(Pees, 1929), pp. 6-10.
44 V. Thomsen, Der Ursprung des russischen Staates, (Gotha, 1879), p. 59.
4 5 G. Feher, 'Ungarns Gebietsgrenzen in der Mitte des 10. Jahrhunderts. Nach
dem De administrando imperio des Konstantinos Pcrphyrogennetos', Ungarische Jahr-
biieher, 2 (1922), p. 46. = 'Magyarorszag teriilete a X. szazad kozepe tajan Kcnstantinos
Porphyrogennetos De administrando imperioja alapjan', Szazadok, 56 (1921-22), p. 354.
4 6 F. Si.Sic, Povijest Hrvata u vrijeme narodnih vladara, (Zagreb, 1925), p. 239.
47 H. Gregoire, Annuaire de l'lnstitut de Philologie et d'Histoire Orientales et Hlaves
V. Melanges Emile Boisacq, (Bruxelles, 1937), p. 450.
47 bis Dneprforsarnas namn i Kejsar Konstantin VII Porfyrogennetos' De admini-
strando imperio (Lund, 1951).
4s 12. Quart. Graec. fol. 11-79, 99-105.
49 R. Vari, 'Jellmtes Constantinus Porphyrogennitus De administrando imperio
czimu munkajanak Mziratair61', AkademUii Ertesito, 6 (1895), pp. 710--712.

3. TRANSLATIONS
Of the full text of D. A. I. four translations have been published, two
in Latin, one in Russian, and one in Croat.
The first Latin rendering, supplied by Meursius, was printed in bis
edition of 1611 and afterwards reprinted without alteration in the edition of
1617: it appeared side by side with the Greek text. It was reprinted by Lami
in his collected works of Meursius, as an appendix. 60 The translation of Meur-
sius was radically revised and amended by Anselm Bandur in his edition of
1711, and the revised version was published in the Venice edition of 1729.
Bandur's rendering was also republished by Lami, side by side with the
Greek text, in his collected works of Meursius. The same rendering was intro-
duced, practically without alteration, by Bekker into his edition of 1840
and by Migne into the text of his Patrologia (1864).
D. A. I. was translated into Russian by G. Laskin, 61 and into Croat by
N. Tomasic. 62
Translation of select chapters or sections have been published in many
works and in many languages. We may instance the following: several passages
in Latin translation are to be found in Stritter's collection; 63 N. V. Malickij
published a revised Russian translation of chh. 1-14, 38-40, 42-46 and 53,
which was found in ms. among the papers of V. V. LatysevM; Russian render-
ings of other passages are found in the works of E. Kunik, N. Protopopov,
A. Zernin, V. Jurgevic, K. Grot, F. I. Uspenskij, S. P. Sestakov, F. Westberg,
N. P. Kondakov and others. K. Dieterich turned some chapters into German. 66
German translations of select passages are found in the works of A. C. Lehr-
berg, E. Kunik, V. Thomsen and others; French translations in the work of
M. Brosset; and English in that of C. A. Macartney. Serb and Croat renderings
of select passages have been published in the works of Fr. Racki, A. Pavi6,
F. SiSic, G. Manojlovic, Stanojevi6-Corovi6, B. Ferjanci6 and others; and
60 See ed. cit., c. 1133-1208.

51 'Co'I~rnetti51 l{oHCTaHT1rna 6arp~mopom1aro: ,,0 eeMax"b" (De thematibus) H
,,0 ttapoti:aX'h" (De administrando imperio)', 4TeHi~ B"b l1Mn. 06~ecTB1> HCTOpiH H Ape-
BHOCTeii poccii:\.cl{HX'h npn MocKOBCKOM'h YHnBepcnTerl 1899, I (188), (Moskva, 1899),
pp. 1-262.
52 Vjesnik k:r. Hrvatsko-Slavonsko-Dalmatinskoga Zemaljskog Arkiva, 20 (1918),
pp. 1-91; Vjesnik k:r. Drtamwg Arkiva u Zagrebu, 3 (1928), pp. 1-70.
53 J. G. Stritter, Memoriae populorum olim ad, Danuhium, Pontum Euxinum,
paludem MaeotUlem, Caucasum, mare Caspium et inde magis ad, septemtriones incolentium
e Bcriptoribus historiae Byzantinae erutae et digestae I-IV, Petropoli, 1771-1779.
64 (V. V. Laty8ev-N. V. Malickij), 'l{oHCTaHTHHa EarpHHOPOAHOro 06 ynpaB-
nettHH rocyti:apcTBoM,' llf3secrnH rocyti:apcTBeHHOH AKati:eMHH WCTOpHH MaTepHaJibHOH

1<ynbTYPb1 91, Moskva-Leningrad, 1934.
65 K. Dieterich, Byzantinische Quellen zur Lander- und Volkerkunde I-II, (Leipzig,
1912).
Relationship of Manuscripts and Editions 27
Bulgarian in the work of G. Cankova-Petkova-P. Tivcev. A Hungarian ver-

sion of the chh. dealing with the Hungarians may be found both in the
editions of H. Marczali and in the special study of K. Szabo.
4. MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP OF MANUSCRIPTS AND EDITIONS

A full collation of the four mss. (P, V, F, M) and of the three editions
(Me, Ba, Be) shows their mutual relationship to have been as follows:
V is a simple transcript of P. This is clear from the following considera-
tions:
1. V contains many orthographical errors, which are due to the peculiar
and individual forms of letters employed by P, that is to say, they are due
to palaeographical causes. Antony Eparchus imitated faithfully in many
places the peculiarities and abbreviations in the script of P, but occasionally
misread some of the letters and abbreviations, e. g.: 13183 7ti::fnylvi::O'.&cx.t P:
7ti::pt~ve:cr.&cx.t V II 296 a Xpcu(3oc-rot P: Xpwoc-rot V II 30110 Bpoc't'~cx. P: Bpoc't'~w
v II 4288 Xcx.p&xou/... p: Xcupocxou/... v
II 4387 eyypcx.({)OV p: &yypcx.({)OV II v
43 111 Kcx.><Lx(ou P: KtxLou V II 43 169_ 170 cx. 3 ' KptvLT(YJv) P: &xptvL't'Yjv V II
50199 npo(3/. Yj.sivTcx.c; P: npox/..'Y).&eV't'cx.c; V II 53425 fom:ucri::( v) P: ~7ti::cre:v V II
53429 A.i::A.1J.&6't't P: /.i::.&6Tt V.
2. In other passages some letters of P are indistinct and were in conse-
quence omitted by the copyist of V, e. g.: 13 136 7tpoO'i::'t'p(~cx.To P: npoi::'t'pe~cx.To
V II 14 16 O'Uvcx.vcx.cr't'pi::({)6i::voc; P: cruvcx.vcx.Tpi::({)6c:voc; V II 25 14 i::Tcx.ni::({).&dc;
p : i::TCX.7t({)dc; V.
3. Further, it is clear that in two places the copyist of V has written a
passage twice over, just because the initial words of the duplicated passages
happen in P to recur at the beginning of a line. These dittographies are:
50126 Mi::cronoTcx.Lcx.v - 50128 .&ex. iter. V. II 51 198 cx.yLcrTpou - ovToc;
om. et a3 ' - Tcx.1;.i::toi::ui::tv (cf. 51 194-195 ) iter. V.
4. Basic corruptions of P recur in V. Common to both versions are:
P19 CX.U't'WV om. p v II 14 oc:Lv om. p v II 990 xcx.tpoc;] 't'cx.poc; p v II 1377
0i::ou om. P V II 26 71 post eTYJ lac. in<l. P V II 2947 'Pw&vouc;] Koocvouc;
p v II 2950 't'OC ~e:xchi::pcx.] 't'cXO XOCO''t'pcx. p v II 3229 XPLO'' t'LCX.VWV J xp6vwv
P v v
II 31 22 Xcx.pcx.f36"YJ] Xcx.f36YJ P II 383a Ai::f3i::Stcx.J xi::J..ocvotcx. P v _II 42 23
't'ptcx.x6cnot] 't'OC P V II 42 27 o xcx.l P V II 53 101 &..&po(/...ouc; P V.
5. Antony Eparchus incorporated into his version additions and alter-
ations made by later hands in P, among which is the note, already referred
to, which bears the date 1361/2, e. g.: 168 post ,c;p/.! siglo /. adhibito vuv ae
(tcr't'tv) ,c;wo' (lvotxTtwvoc;) ti::', we; dvcx.t &no T6't'(i::) ewe; vuv xp6vot ~' mg.
-Jd pa : ,c;p/\ vuv oe: 0''t't ,c;wo tvot:X.'t'twvoc; ti:: , we;
u.u '\I - "' l I (' " - ) \ 't'O't' i::
I (
i::wc; vuv
) '' -
,
XPOVOt "'!' ' V II 21 55 post ,tXCX.VOV
' S. V. add . 'YJ't't
,, .,., "
~ 't'Yj pa : tXCX.VOV,
' Y)'t'Ot
" "
't'Yj
~I v II 2281 post Bcx.crt/...dou s. v. add. 't'OU ex Mcx.xe:oov(cx.c; ps: Bixcrif.dou 1'0U
ex Mcx.xe:oovlcx.c; V.
Critical Introduction
6. In two passages of the text of P (2253 , 22 57 : correction of the word

'Ap&~w") we recognise unmistakably the handwriting of Antony Eparchus
(= P4).
These examples prove indisputably that the youthful Antony Eparchus
copied V from P in 1509. For all that, V is not a faithful, verbal transcript of
P. The text ofV, as compared with P, shows many significant variants, a large
proportion of which has crept into the editions (Me, Ba, Be). It is unnecessary
to detail all the errors of V; some examples are:
I. The copyist of V often omits words or phrases, e. g.: 915 xixl oc7tepxov-
't"<XL om. V (F Me) II 1349 (3ixcrLMc.uc; om. V (F Me Ba Be) II 21 49 _ 50 -rou
Mouoce:.& b.pOC't"tJO"E" ..Yjc; &.px~c; 't"WV 'Apoc(3cuv, oox ex 't"OU yevouc; ~" om.
V (F Me) II 2557 _ 59 &v -rc'j) BixyMa, fow.i 3e x. tjc; -rou Mou&e:.& ye:ve:iic;,
~'t"ot -rou Mouxoue:-r . o?! 3e:unpoc; xix.&t~e:-rixL om. V (F Me) II 4057 e7toYJcre:v
utov -rov 'E~e/..e:x_ om. V (F Me) II 45 11 X,p"Y)oc-rLcr&~vixL om. V (F Me Ba Be)
ll 5090 _ 91 'Icr-rfov, 8-rt ~ -rou Xixpcrtocvou cr-rpix't""Y)ytc; -roupix ~" -ro 7tocA.octov
njc; -rwv 'Ape:vtocxc.uv O"-rpix't""Y)ylaoc; om. V (F Me) II 50152 xixl om. V (F Me
Ba Be) II 51 72 _ 74 o -rou 7tpc.u-rocr7tix.&ixplou 'Apcre:vlou xixl ixyyA.ocf'l-rou 7toc-r~p.
0 U'... t"OL oe:,
~I 0" TE 0
' 7tpCU't"00"7tix'"'
ITixpLoc; 0' 11 ooixpwv
~' "'
xixt\ 0' 7tp<U't"00"7tCX'ITCXpLOc; A'e:wv 0'
'Ape"'YJc; om. V (F Me) II 53343 -344 Kixt A.eye:t tji 7tixtalcrxn. II&c; e:i'.>pe:c; -ro
7tpiiyix -rou-ro ; om. V (F Me).
2. The copyist of V read or transcribed some words incorrectly,
e. g.: 969 <fl.&oc~e:Lv P: <p.&&ve:w V (F Me Ba Be) II 2550 xponi.&ev-roc; P (Ba
Be): xpoc't"tJ&Ev-roc; V (F Me) II 27 87 Bpouv?lov P (Ba Be): Bpou8ov V (F
Me) II 3042 &.pe:cr.&ev-re:c; p: epixcr.&ev-re:c; v (F Me Ba Be) II 3294 ~xonixc;
P (Be): ~x.ovnc; V (F Me Ba) II 3864 7tpo pl)Wvnc; P: 7tpoe:Lp"Y)tvoL V
(F Me Ba Be) 11 40 7 K&:"ixpoL P {Ba Be): B&:xixpoL V (F Me) II 4034
~<fle:"ao7tA6xoc; P (Ba Be): ~({)e:v3ovo7tA6xoc; V (F Me) I/ 42 106 ~7tix-rixA.ou
p: 7tO't"ixou v (F Me Ba Be) II 4326 eO"X~7t't"E't"O p {Be): emte7t't'E't"O v
(F Me Ba) 11 44 19 'A7te:A."ocp-r P (Ba Be): 'A7te:A.x&p-r V (F Me) II 50148
BocMixx(ou P (Me Ba Be): Kixoccrixxlou V (F) II 51 114 7tAoxooc; P: 7tAoxocc;
V (F Me Ba Be) II 53 271 ruxlixv P: yuvoci:xoc V (F Me Ba Be) II 53403 (3oc-
A.e:-rixt P: A&"e:-re: V (F Me Ba Be) II 53525 7tpixyix-rdixc; P: 7tpocyoc-roc; V
(F Me Ba Be).
3. The copyist of V sometimes replaced the numerical cyphers of P by
the verbal equivalents, or, conversely, rendered the numerals of P by numerical
cyphers, e.g.: 936 ix' P: 7tpw-ro" V (F Me Ba Be) II 945 3' P: -rhixp-rov V
(F Me Ba Be) II 953 ~~ P (Me Ba Be): c,' V (F) /I 167 t(3' P: 3w3exoc-rov
w
v (F M Me Ba Be) II 2316 P: ae:u-rpocc; v (F Me Ba Be) II 2628 ix'
P: 7tpw-ro" V (F Me Ba Be) II 29 248 Locc; P: oc' V (F Me Ba Be) /I
30 20 /' P: )'._LA(c.u" V (F Me Ba Be) II 466 y' P: -rpe:'Lc; V (F Me Ba Be) II 526
Mo P (Me Ba Be): WV F.
4. The copyist of V occasionally changed the word-order, e. g.: P 40
ixtC:1vtoc:; xixl &."w/,e.&poc, P: &.vwf.e&poc; xixt ixlwvtoc; V (F Me Ba Be) II 71 _ 2
7tep~ -rwv &.7to Xepcrw"oi; &.7toO"'t"e:N1oivwv ~O(.O"LAtx&v P: 7te:pt Twv oc7tocrnAA.oe-
Relationship of Man11sr,ripts and ErlitionB 29
vwv ~IXIHALXWV OC7t;J Xe::pawvo<; v (F Me Ba Be) 11 B105-l06 e~epx(t)\l't'IXJ, &pz(J\1-

't'E:c; P: &pzov-re:c; &~epx.ov-raL V (F Me Ba Be) II 1350 _ 51 8La 't'ou ocnef..01) f)
0(e:o)c; P: 0 t)(e:o)c; SLO: 't'OU ocyy"Aou v (F Me Ba Be) II 178 fo.\H<J'J't'('I. OC7t;J
xa~/.ou P (M): oc7to x1Xfi/,f,U fo.Sfovw. V (F Me Ba Be) 11 2H 258 v!]alov
ecrt"Lv Lxpo(v) p: Lxp6v fo-rL V"!](jlov v (F Me Ba Be) 11 3292 lv 't'fJU't'<J
ye:v6e:voc; p: ye::v6e:voc; ev 't'00't'(t) v (F Me Ba Be) II 4042 fo-rLv ;J'/YP~)'i
nocvu P: oxup6v fon mxvu V (F Me Ba Be) !I 4!150 va~Jv w'.>-rou P: whou
va6v V (F Me Ba Be) 11 50 226 't'"'~c; cr.u't'ou P: whou 'r"~c; V (F Me Ba Be).
5. The copyist of V occasionally made stylistic changes, e. g.: 164-5
xlXl 't'lc; o 't'a crx.-Y)n't'pa 't'~c; ~1XO'LAe:l1Xc; 'Pc.ualc.uv 8Lt7tc.u(v) P (M): xal 't'Lc; ~v
't'6n o ~IXO'LA(e:oc;) 'Pc.u1Xl(wv) V (F Me Ba Be) II 2!J 37 _ 38 lhixne:pCY.cranwv
7t0'C'E': 't'C-.UV 'p wixvc.uv,
- 7t0L"1JO'IXV't'E:c; Ol)'~C'OL evxpuIX'C'IX p (B a B e ) ; OLIX7te:po:acr.v-
I ' I ~ I
't'E:t.; 7tO'C'e oL 'Pc.uocvoL enoL"!]O'IXV o\hoL eyxpuix v (F Me) II 3860-61 7t0tpa

't'W\I Iloc't'~LVIXXL't'WV aux e8t~IXV't'a p: !J..E:'t'tX 't'WV Iloc't'~LVIXXL't'WV aux eno(!]alXv
V (F Me Ba Be) II 46 110 ~IXA(~'' ocu't'O de; xav't'apLav P: /..ix~C:}v IX1j't'o de;
xov't'ifpLOv 7te:pLe&!]xe: xlXl V (F Me Ba Be) II 5067 't'OU 't'e:Adv 1Xu't'oOc; P: ivoc
't'e:'AwcrL 't'rl V (F Me Ba Be).
6. The copyist of V occasionally inserted words which are missing
in P, e. g.: 948 post ocn1Xv'C'ix add. -r.X ov6~u/.1X 't'OC V (F) II 961 ante 8e:u-re:pav
a<ld. de; 't'OV V (F Me Ba Be) II 9 106 post Kl1X~av a<ld. 7ta't'IXfLOV V (F Me) I!
18 1 post 'Apoc~c.uv add. &px:~yoc; V (F Me) II 29 203 ante e/./..anoc; add. -rau
v (F) II 339 post ~IXO'LAelX add. 'Pc.u&vc.uv v (F) II 4032 post exdva add.
't'O V (F Me Ba Be) II 42 66 post expL add. -rou V (F Me Ba Be) II 50229 ant,e
7t1X't'pLXLOc; add. 6 v (F Me Ba Be) II 5325 post Xe:pcrc.uwrwv add. xwpe<c; v
(F Me Ba Be) II 53 308 ante n1XL3c.uv add. 't'Wv V (F Me Ba Be) II 53 390
post e:&ac; a<ld. au V (F Me Ba Be) II 53480 post n6/.e:wc; 2 add. ixuT"~v V
(F Me Ba Be).
If we look more closely at the variants of V, we observe that they are
only in part oversights or slips of the copyist, while others of them represent
a deliberate attempt to emend the text. Antony Eparchus, like so many other
humanists, was, it should seem, no slavish copyist, but showed some indepen-
dence in his efforts to correct what he was copying. This is clear also from the
fact that in many places he has emended not only misspellings in P, but also
textual corruptions.
Comparison of the mss. makes it clear that F is copied immediately
from V. This is proved not only by the circumstance that at the end of the
text of F we discover the same chronological note which, as we saw, Antony
Eparchus appended to V in 1509, but also by the fact that all the omissions,
repetitions and variants of V recur in F; that is to say, where P and V disagree,
F invariably follows V to the letter. The copyist of F was faithful to the text
of V, but here and there introduced noteworthy corrections of his own.
It is also beyond question that in his transcription into M of the section
relating to the Saracens, Andrea Darmari copied from P. This is proved
indisputably by the fact that where P and V disagree, M always agrees with
30 Criti,caJ, Introduction
P, and further that Darmari introduced into his text corrections and additions
made by later hands in P. Numerous errors distort his text; and in two places
the copyist has incorporated marginal notes from P as though they were
chapter-headings.
As for the editions, Meursius, as he tells us himself, used V: but com-
parison shows that in many places he has diverged from his original. These
divergences are in most cases blunders on the part of Meursius, and only in a
few instances can be regarded as deliberate attempts at emendation. Some of
his blunders Meursius himself corrected in the Notae breves and Errata
appended to his edition, but most of them perpetuated themselves in the
later editions, Ba and Be.
Discrepancies between the text of Meursius and V are:
1. Meursius omitted many words and phrases, e. g.: 2 3 7t'poc:;
&.A.A-fi"Aouc:; om. Me II 13 198 xocl .&wv om. Me II 21 91 _ 92 Mocutou yep<Uv 1t'poc:;
TOV '{Epov-roc TOU om. Me II 263 TOU om. Me (Ba) II 2612 ecr-recp.&'t) 7t0CpcX TOU
-r6n minix. Kocl om. Me II 27 79 xcfo--rpou om. Me (Ba Be) 11 29 16 _ 17 xocl
XOCTixoc&i::tv, -rlve:c:; XIY.'t'OLXOUO'L\I exi::t.&i::v TOU 7t'OTocou, 3tocne:pcX.O-ocvnc:; om. Me
II 29 253-254 OAOV ,,., XOCL\ 7tOL'Y-)O'OCL 't'OC\ 7t0CAOC'
., ' t'LOC OCUTOU
' - XOCL\ 7t'O'C\ITOC TOC\ OLX'
' Y')fJ.OC't'OC 't'OU-
xocO'Tpou om. Me II 3611 _ 12 '&~ocn-rtcrTot' pl)vi::oov-roct, Ti) Twv Pwoclwv 3E:
~toc"Aex-rcp om. Me II 43 17 0-m ocu-rou &voc/...oc~eO".&oct xocf. dcrocyocye:i:v om. Me II
4466 TO xoccr-rpov om. Me (Ba Be) II 4653 TO om. Me (Ba) II 4953--05 xocl
) f \ ) "'). ,.. ) \ ""' f! ..., i
) ...,. '/ \ ) I(\_
OCVIXO"TI)O"O\l't'OCL XOCL OC7t1XYYAOUO"L\I OCUTO -rote:; uto!.c:; OCU't'(J)V, ~\IOC W'l E7tLl'.0CV-Ct)\l't'OCL
-rwv dii::pyi::crtwv, c1v e7tOLlJcri::v o 0i::oc:; 3t<X 7tpi::cr~e:twv -rou &.7tocr-r6A.ou om. Me II
5365 7t1Xp~ TW\I Xi::pcrWWt'W\I om. Me II 53129 ocu-rooc:; om. Me (Ba Be) II
'
53172 _ 173 't'07t!p ., '
7tO/\'Y)crOCvnc:; -rov ~
\ ""'ocupooc-rov
' ' ' Y)O'OCv, e:v
e:vtX' ' cp 7 om. M e II
53602 crnov, on XOCL i::npoc r-PUO"L<; 0''t'L\I E:XLO' OC<p'lTIX\I OC\IOCoLoOUO'OC om. Me.
'I ' " \t I ()_ I ,, Cl. ' ' ~ ~ -
- ,,
2. Meursius misread or miscopied several words, and his edition has also
typographical errors, e. g.: 121 .&i::oqmMxTw {P) V (F Be): &i::ucpu/...cX.x-rn Me
{Ba) II 910 ixl A.omocf. l:x/..oc~tvloct (P) V (F): ot A.ot7tol l:xA.oc~lvtot Me (Ba Be) II
1717 cX7tOX't'Voe:voc:; (P) V (F): cX7t'oxnw6i::voc:; (M) Me (Ba Be) !I 27 30
Aocyoo~ocp~oL (P) V (F): Aoyou~ocp~ot Me (Ba Be) II 37 22 Koupx.ou't'oct (P)
V (F): Koupxou't'cx.\I Me (Ba Be) II 405 KoupTouyi::pocTou (P) V (F):
KoupTUyi::p1hou Me (Ba Be) \\ 43 70 3tocTp~occ; {P) V {F Be): ~m-rptljJocc; Me
(Ba) II 43110 &.ve:~Mcr't"l')O'\I (P) v (F): e~M.Cl"t'"l)cr Me (Ba Be) II 4973 't'O
-c[ (P) V (F Ba Be): -r6-ri:: Me II 505 -rou nocp' ocu-rwv n/...ouevou mix-rou
(P) V (F): TWV 7tocp' ixu-rwv -ri::A.ouevc.uv 7tocx-rc.uv Me (Ba Be) II 53ua ~ti.i::t<;
(P) v (F Ba Be): oMdc; Me II 53357 ex).i::;occr&c.ucrocv (P) v (F): ex:Ae;ocTC.UO'OC\I
Me (Ba Be) II 53428 &vi::x_.&~voct (P) V (F Be): ~vi::x&Yjvoct Me (Ba).
3. Meursius in most cases replaced the numerical cyphers of V by the
verbal equivalents, e. g.: 957 (P) v (F): mnrov Me (Ba Be) II 185 y' {P)
1
V (F M): Tploc Me (Ba Be) II 29 98 p' (P) V (F): xoc-r6v Me (Ba Be) II
29 265 ~i::' (P) V (F): 3i::x.(mevn Me <Ba Be) II 3050 ,oc (P) V (F): "f..LAL<UV Me
(Ba Be) II 37 33 ' (P) V (F): ncrcrocpocxovToc Me (Ba Be) II 4038 oc' (P)
V: 7tpw-roc; (F) Me (Ba Be) II 4939 y' (P) V (F): 't'pL'tfl Me (Ba Be) II
31
RelatioMhip of MannBcripts and EditioM
51 21 W (P) V (F): 8e:i'.m:pov Me (Ba Be) II 53 295 L' ~ LW (P) V (F): 8xoc
~ ocb'Oe:xoc Me: (Ba Be).
4. Meursius made occasional changes in word-order, e. g.: 27 2o
oc7tocr't'oc'Al]vocL [J.OL (P) V (F): oL oc7tocr't'OCAlJVIXL Me (Ba Be) \\ 29 211 i:r<pocy'ljc;
ocu't'ou (P) V (F): OCU't'OU acpoc'(iic; Me (Ba Be) \\ 29 286 x.e:'i:cre: x.M3c.uvoc (P)
V (F): x.A68c.uvoc x.e:'i:cre: Me (Ba Be) \l 32 136 't'wv 'Pc.uoclc.uv f3occrL'Ae:oc; (P) V
(F): ~OCO'LAe:oc; 'Pc.uoc(wv Me (Ba Be) II 4051 xupLOC ov6[J..OC't'OC (P) v (F): ov6-
oc't'OC xopLoc Me (Ba Be) II 45 141 ye:vecr&ocL 3ou/..oc; (P) V (F): 3ou/..oc; ye:ve-
cr&ocL Me (Ba Be) II 50 130 _ 131 't'WV 'Pwoc[cuv &;oucrlocv (P) V (F): &;oucr(ocv
't'WV 'Pc.uoc(wv Me (Ba Be) II 51 125 ~occrLALX.Ov 3powvLov (P) V (F): 3pow-
vLov ~OCO'LALX.OV Me (Ba Be) II 53369 7tA'1jpO<popljcrocL v opx.c.u (P) v (F): v
opx.cp 7tA'1Jpocpopl]crocL Me (Ba Be).
5. Meursius here and there inserts words missing in V, and hence
in P also, e. g.: 9 1 ante 'Pc.ucr(occ; add. -rijc; Me (Ba Be) II 963 post 't'OO't'ou
add. xocl Me II 2229 ante 'loucr't'MIXvov aJld. 't'Ov Me (Ba Be) II 2264 ante
TI)v 1 add. 3Li1. Me !I 253 post Bpe:'t''t'OCV(ocv add. cXAAcX Me II 2528 post e<me:p(ou
add. AL~O'tjc; Me (Ba Be) II 2563 post O't'L add. v 't'cj) Me (Ba Be} II 2744
anw 't'wv add. 3L!X. Me (Ba Be) II 4060 ante utol add. ot Me (Ba Be) II 43 73
post de; add. 't"'1Jv Me (Ba Be) II 46 15 ante 'Pc.uocvlocc; add. 't'~c; Me (Ba Be)
II 504 post xcf.cr't'pou add. Tou Me (Ba Be) II 50 229 ante ~occrL/.ec.uc; aJld. 't'Ou
Me (Ba Be) II 53 288 post 't'OCU't'OC add. 't'Cl Me (Ba Be).
If we take into consideration that the ms. V used by Meursius contains,
as we have shown, innumerable errors, we can scarcely wonder that the first
edition presents a sufficiently corrupted version of the original. It should, how-
ever, be emphasized that Meursius, particularly in his notes, made a large
number of emendations to the text, and of these emendations later editions
have made use.
The edition of Bandur marks an advance on that of Meursius; Bandur,
as he himself records, collated Meursius' text with P, and was thus able to
correct, both in his text and in his notes, a large number of errors originating
partly in V and partly in Me. But Bandur did not make his collation with the
necessary care, with the result that many omissions and blunders escaped his
attention. How many errors of Meursius were corrected by Bandur, and how
many Bandur transferred to his own edition, may be easily discerned if we
look at the examples given above in our examination of the relationship of V
and Me, and note the proportion of the number of errors found in V Me and
Me only to the number of errors found in V Me Ba or V Me Ba Be, and in Me
Ba or Me Ba Be. To the number of inherited blunders Bandur added a fresh
crop of his own, e.g.: 68 m:m:pL Ba (Be) II 2961 1; om. Ba II 2982 p"Y)ve:oov-rocL
Ba (Be) II 3094 ot /..omol 1:x.J..oc~ivioi Ba (Be) II 40 12 ALoov't'LWl Ba (Be) II 45 21
xocl1 om. Ba (Be) II 46 111 Kc.uvcr-rocv't'vcp (per comp. P)] Kwvcr't'etV'!~ Ba (Be) II
46 144 Kc.uvcr't'ocni:voc; (per comp. P)] (Be) Kwvcr't'occ; Ba II 51 70 7tpc.u-roamx&cX.pwc;
om. Ba (Be) II 51 200 Aoyou~ocp3(rf Ba (Be) II 53 218 v 't'cj) 't'Ou <l>ocpvocx.ou
<npoc't'<';'> om. Ba (Be) II 53 251 cX.px.ovou Ba (Be) II 53455 "t"'i)c;1 ]'t'Yjv Ba (Be).
Bekker's edition marks no considerable advance. He made no study of

mss., and therefore made no use of fresh ms. material. He republished Bandur's
text, which he occasionally emended by his own conjectures. Although he
recorded in his critical apparatus the variants between the mss. used by
Meursius and Bandur, and between their respective editions, yet he merely
copied this information out of Bandur's notes, as is seen from the fact that
he reproduces Bandur's typographical errors. Bekker's edition therefore
repeats numerous errors of earlier editions, as appears in our examination
above of the relationship between V Me and Ba; and he added to their number
the slips and typographical errors of his own edition, e. g.: 21 42 xpo~oc/./..ovTixt
II 2616 't"OV J T"~V II 2926 xa<JTpov 2 om. II 3078 xixl 6vov om. II 3088 xixl om. II
30103 _ 105 ordinem versuum permut,avit II 37 2 ot om. II 37 18 Kou/..7te1) II 3749 7tA1Jcr(e:-
a-re:pov II 3755 xone:upoc 11 4544 Tov 1 om. JI 45 101 7tpocrqic.ccn~6e:voc; !I 45 145
/
l\famhov II 4669 7tiicrixc; II 4 719 v om. II 4942 T.AAt>: II 4960 7t0'..poc86ne:c; II
50 79 -r~v om. II 50 213 NLKYJTY)t; II 51 159 v~mov Tuyxifve:w '"Cov ~ixcrt/..fo, xoc&wc;
e:tpYJ70'..L, xixl 't"O om. !I 51174 T<J> ~C.CcrtAe:~ II 53267 Te: 1 om. II 53510 TO xcopov om.
In the light of our examination of the mutual relationship of mss. and
editions, we may summarize as follows the history of the text of D. A. I.
Of D. A. I., as of the De Cerimoniis, only one ms. survives from the
Byzantine age. 5obls In view of the fact that none of the later Byzantine histor-
ians or chronographers makes use of the work, we must conclude that D. A. I.,
which was a confidential, indeed a most secret, document, was never published,
but only preserved at the imperial court. There, probably, it was discovered
by a member of the imperial family, the Caesar John Ducas, who between
1059 and 1081 had it copied for his library. But P is not an immediate copy
of the original. Since P exhibits so many corruptions, and one marginal note
refers to the year 979, we must postulate, between the archetype and P, yet
another copy, probably made towards the close of the X century after the
death of the author. Marginal notes and emendations make it clear that P
continued to be read during the Byzantine age; from the note of 1361/2 and
from other corrections we may conclude that the chh. on the Saracens were
of peculiar interest at the period when the Ottoman Turks had crossed the
Hellespont (1360) and were threatening the capital.
After this the history of P is obscure. We do not know where it went
from the library of John Ducas or what was its fate, until it came into the
hands of Antony Eparchus. Certain it is that during the Renaissance the
interest of Venetian humanists was aroused by the chh. of the work dealing
with Venice, as is clear from the marginal notes to V; and that it is owing to
this circumstance, not merely that the copy from the library of the Byzantine
60 bis But see now C. Mango-I. Sevcenko, 'A New MS of the De Cerimoniis', Dum-
barton Oaks Papers, 14 (1960), pp. 247-249.

Rekltionship of Manuscripts and Editions 33
Caesar reached Italy, but also that, at the beginning of the XVI century, two
other complete copies of the work were made there as well. Upon the copy of
.Antony Eparchus was based the first edition of Meursius, the errors of which
Bandur endeavoured to correct by a collation with the Byzantine copy; but
even so, many inherited errors were transmitted not only to his own edition
but also to the final edition of Bekker, published more than a century ago.
The relationships of mss. and editions may be seen at a glance in the
following tree:
ARCHETYPE
(about 9a2)
\
x
(after 979)
p
(between 1059-1081)
F
(between 1009-1529)
M
(between 1060--1086) (1611)
Ba
(17ll)
Be
(1840)
5. METHOD FOLLOWED IN THE PRESENT EDITION

It will be clear from our examination of the relationship of mas. and
editions that all the known mas. of D. A. I. derive from a Byzantine copy of
the XI century, P, which is thus the source of the whole textual tradition. On
this ms. therefore, a new edition must be based. 56 However, as we have empha-
sized, P exhibits additions, erasures and emendations which are partly the
work of the copyist or a contemporary, and partly of various later hands.
These last are again divisible into two categories: into those which were added
to P before V and M were copied, and those which were added after V and M
were copied. Insertions of the former class, which go back to the Byzantine
age, are of unequal value: we find among them alterations which are mere
arbitrary additions of later readers, such as the marginal note of 1361/2; but
there are others, especially in the chh. dealing with the Arabs, which do emend
errors which have occurred in the copying of P. Additions of the second cate-
gory, dating from the post-Byzantine period and consisting of arbitrary alter-
ations made by later readers, are of no value whatever; a characteristic speci-
men of these is the garbling from analogy of the original name '.AJmoutzis'
(see 38440 3849 ). But, apart from the attentions of later hands, P has also, as
we saw, sustained material damage; and to restore the occasionally faded or
mutilated text we are compelled to have recourse to the copies of P, made
when P was in better condition than it is to-day. For these reasons, then, to
restore the original text of P, use must be made of its copies, V and M.
But even if the text of the Byzantine version preserved to us be purged
of its later alterations and be restored, so far as may be, to its original state,
the question remains whether P, thus restored, can be regarded as a faithful
replica of the original text of Constantine. Since our new edition rests upon
one ms. only, which cannot be checked by comparison with any other, the
problem thus raised can be solved only by reference to internal evidence,
that is, to the condition of the text as preserved in P and to the linguistic
peculiarities of the work. There can be no doubt that copyist's errors have
crept even into P. It can be demonstrated that in some passages the copyist
has omitted words, as is seen is cases where the text is mutilated or unintelli-
gible (e.g. 14 , 919 , 1377 , 22 61' 2671> 46 95). It is also certain that, in other passages,
we have to deal with more serious corruptions (e.g. 13177 , 29 58 , 29229 , 3833, 42 23,
53 101 ), which can only be conjecturally emended.
In correcting the text of P, we have to take into account the fact that
D. A. I. is compiled from various sources of which the language is not uniform.
In some chapters we find vulgarisms whose removal would distort the genuine
66 See Gy. Moravcsik, 'L'edition critique du De administrando imperio', Byzan-
tion, 14 (1939), pp. 353-360.

Method of the Edition 35
form of the work. 67 But since, as we saw above, the orthography of Pis extre-
mely faulty, there are many places where it is not easy to determine which
linguistic peculiarities are native to Constantine's text and which are to be
put down to the copyist. So, for example, we see in P forms which indicate the
amalgamation of the participles of onloc and d8ov (e. g. 45 140 , 49 28 , 49 34 , 53193 ,
53 419 , 53 429 ), a phenomenon exemplified also in papyri and other demotic
texts. 6 8 Again, as is well known, in later Greek certain forms of indicative and
subjunctive coincide in pronunciation; and since P often confuses the diphthong
e:L with the vowel 'Y), these forms coincide and amalgamate in its text also. It is
well known, too, that in the post-classical age the conjunction tvoc is followed
by indicative as well as subjunctive; and since the orthography of P is not
consistent, we sometimes find after ivoc indicative and subjunctive forms used
alternately even in the same sentence (e.g. 1381- 83 , 53 516 ). All these and other
confusions in the orthography of P (e. g. absence of the temporal augment)
often make it hard to determine when we have, or have not, the right to correct
it.
Again, it is common knowledge that Constantine drew one part of his
material from written sources which have come down to us independently.
Such sources are, apart from citations of Holy Scripture, the Chronicles of
Theophanes and George Monachus, the Ethni,ca, of Stephanus of Byzantium,
the Acts of the Synod in Trullo, etc. Elsewhere, passages of D. A. I. agree so
closely with parallel passages of the De Thematibus, attributed to the same
imperial author, and of the work known as Theophanes Continuatus, that for
these passages we must postulate a common source. Some passages, then, of
D. A. I. have come down to us immediately, and do not depend on P. We can
thus compare the text of P with the text of the sources of the work, which
sources may be used to restore the text of D. A. I.
A comparison of the text of P with that of the sources and of other
parallel passages shows that the author sometimes followed his originals faith-
fully, but at other times modified their styles, and occasionally supplemented
his sources with others of unknown origin. But for our appraisal of the text
of Constantine it is of great importance to realize that the text of D. A. I.
preserved to us, when compared with the text of its sources, gives evidence
in several places of serious corruption. At first sight we might conclude that
57 See Gy. Moravcsik, Tt:X cruyyp&:tXTIX KwvcrTtXVTtvou TOU Ilopq:mpoye:vvf)Tou &.rco

y).wcraLxljc; &rc61jie:wc;', Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici, 5 (1938), pp. 514-520.
ss See S. G. Kapsomena.kis, Voruntersuchungen zu einer Grammatik der Papy,..;, der
nachchristlichen Zeit, (Munich, 1938), p. 91.
P is a faulty copy, and that these errors must be corrected from the sources.
But this is not so. A more searching examination shows that these supposed
corruptions were to be found already in some mss. of the sources themselves
(e.g. 25 30 , 4249 ). It follows that, as Constantine or his collaborators copied the
sources they used out of mss. which were themselves corrupt, it is incorrect to
attribute these corruptions to the carelessness of the copyist of P or other
copyists of D. A. I.; we must, on the contrary, suppose that these very cor-
ruptions stood even in the original ms. of Constantine. Recognition of this
fact, and of its bearing on the restoration of the original form of D. A. I.,
enjoins upon us the preservation of these corruptions in our text; since, if we
emend P, we shall be disturbing the true text as Constantine wrote it. Of
course, in the many cases where direct evidence is lacking, it is very hard to
pronounce whether a corruption is of pre- or post-Constantinian origin, that
is to say, whether it has been introduced by the copyist or existed already in
the mss. of the sources and was thence transferred to the original ms. of Con-
stantine. In this difficulty we derive some assistance from the fact that, con-
sidering the corruptions from the point of view of their nature and quantity,
we note a great difference between those sections of D. A. I. which are based
on contemporary information and those which the editor has derived from
older, written sources. In the former sections we find fewer errors, mainly of a
minor character; but in the latter, which had been subject to continual trans-
cription over a period of a century or more, the corruptions are proportionately
greater in numbers and importance. This principle cannot be used as an
absolute criterion; we have in each case, according to the nature of the corrup-
tion, to judge whether the corruption in question is or is not anterior to the
age of Constantine, and whether in consequence we may or may not retain
it in his text.
In view of these facts, the principles applied to the new edition may thus
be summarized:
The new edition is based on P, the text of which, however, in places
where it is disturbed by material damage, erasures or alterations by later
hands, is restored by reference to V and M. The critical text diverges from P
when the text of P appears to be corrupt, that is to say, in places where it
may be supposed that, owing to copyists' errors or alterations by later hands,
the text of P does not correspond to the original text of Constantine's work.
In such places we have taken into account the variants of the later transcripts
(V, F, M) and editions (Me, Ba, Be) and the conjectural emendations of later
researchers; and on the basis of these we have emended the text of P.
Besides, the critical text diverges from P in spelling also. Modern spelling
has been adopted, which has involved the tacit correction of errors arising
from itacism, of accentual errors (including the Byzantine system of enclitic
accentuation) and of other irregularities. This has been done the more readily
since in our description of P above we have pointed out its orthographical
peculiarities. We have kept the forms of the codex for the ephelcusticon and
for elision, although P is not consistent in their use. As regards numbers in

the text, Puses verbal forms and cyphers indifferently, sometimes in the same
sentence; we have substituted verbal forms for cyphers in the text only where
consistency absolutely demanded it.
The apparatus criticus falls into two parts, and contains
I. references to sources and parallel passages (F);
2. variants of mss. and editions, and emendations and conjectures of
scholars ( V).
In the first section we have directed attention not merely to the imme-
diate sources of Constantine but also to other, parallel passages which may
assist the understanding of passages to which they are referred. But we have
restricted ourselves to Greek sources only, because the enumeration of all
parallels in the different Western and Eastern sources would have made the
apparatus too bulky. In cases where there is no question of borrowing, but
only of a common source, of similar sources of information, or simply of
fortuitous concord, we cite the works in question with the symbol
cf..
In the second section, the following principles have been adopted. In
each case where, for reasons already set forth, we diverge from the text of P,
or where traces of emendations or erasures appear in the text of P, the fact is
noted positively; i. e. we indicate the origin of the variant adopted in the text,
and the reading of P, and if necessary, the readings of the later transcripts
V, F, M, and of the editions Me, Ba, Be. In all other cases, that is, where the
form adopted in the text differs only in spelling from the form found in P, or
when noteworthy variants are recorded in later transcripts or editions, we
note negatively, that is, we confine ourselves to a reference to the variants in
the transcripts or editions in question.
In its references to P, the apparatus records not only the corrections of
the copyist himself (P 1), but also the alterations and the marginal notes made
by different later hands (P 2-P 9 ). By the symbol px are noted the alterations
or erasures which were made by an unrecognizable hand before V was copied,
and by the symbol PY are noted the alterations or erasures which were made
by another unrecognizable hand after V was copied. We have left unnoted
erasures or alterations which are of a purely orthographical character, or those
which occur in words whose meaning is obvious, though we note all erasures
and alterations met with in uncommon proper names. Unnoted also are traces
of occasional attempts by later hands to amend faded writing, unless such
traces suggest that the text has been altered.
Orthographical irregularities of Pare noted in the apparatus only when
they occur in uncommon proper names, words of foreign derivation, colloquial
words, or where the handwriting of P admits of more than one reading; and
lastly where the accent falls on a syllable other than that which generally
carries it. Abbreviations of P are noted only where their interpretation is
doubtful, or when numerals are denoted by letters.
38 Critwal Introduction
Variants found in V, an immediate transcript of P, are noted in the

apparatus only in cases where the parallel passages of P have suffered from
material damage, erasures or alterations by later hands, or where V gives a
variant which differs from the variant of P and which may serve to elucidate
or emend the text. Variants found in F, a transcript of V, are noted only in
exceptional cases, i. e. when F supplies some emendation of substance, or
where the parallel passages of both V and P show trades of alteration. Variants
found in M, a transcript of P, are noted only when erasure or alteration is
found in the parallel passage of P.
We regard it as unnecessary to note in the apparatus all the omissions,
all the blunders and all the alterations of later transcripts and editions, especi-
ally as in our description of mss. and editions we have already given several
examples. The apparatus, therefore, notes only the variants which are in-
formative from the point of view of the restoration or history of the text (in-
cluding the discrepancies between our new text and the text of Be). Note
that where reference is made to the text of the editions, the abbreviations
noted above (Me, Ba, Be) are employed; but where we refer to emendations
or conjectures in the notes or apparatus of the editions, we cite them under the
names of the respective editors (Meursius, Bandur, Bekker).
If a source copied word for word by Constantine has come down to us
independently, our apparatus notes variations therefrom, but not omissions
and arbitrary alterations made by Constantine, who often modified the word-
ing of his sources. Where, however, the author has inserted anything into the
text of his source, this is noted in the apparatus.
In respect to these sources, it has been found necessary in two cases to
examine their mss., and make use of the results of the new collation. The
relevant passages of the edition of Theophanes Continuatus I have collated
with V (= codex Vaticanus gr. 167), and of De Thematibus with C (= codex
Parisinus gr. 854); the variants are noted in the apparatus. Special treatment
had to be applied to the text of George Monachus; for, as C. de Boor has
shown, the emperor Constantine made use of that variant of his text which
is represented by codex P (= cod. Coislin. gr. 305). We have therefore consider-
ed in the apparatus those variants especially which occur in this codex of
George Monachus.
In the apparatus ms. variants are noted in all cases in the original spelling,
omitting only the horizontal strokes above proper names and the dots over
the Landu. Variant proper names are given an initial capital. Uncial numerical
signs are replaced by the usual minuscule forms, and the horizontal stroke
above them by the acute stroke universally employed to-day. Signs and
technical details of the apparatus of our edition are generally in conformity
with the ruling of the International Union of Academies. 69
69 Emploi des Bignes critiques, disposition de l'apparat dans les editions savantes de
t.exte.s grecs et latins. Conseils et recomma.ndations par J. Bidez et A. B. Dra.chma.nn.

Edition nouvelle par A. Delatte et A. Severyns, (Bruxelles-Paris, 1938).
Lastly, we have included in the apparatus most of the emendations and

conjectures of scholars known to us, though they are not all of equal value. 60
This course is justified by the fact that the bibliography relating to D. A. I.
is so rich and extensive that many individual conjectures are extraordinarily
difficult to find. The work has in the past attracted so many different scholars,
and their studies are published in so many different languages, that it is prac-
tically impossible for one who is not a specialist to know them all. 61 We hope
that it will be of service to those who use this edition to find collected here all
the resources of previous research directed towards critical examination of the
text, and that they will be able to build further upon the foundations here
laid; for research on D. A. I. is by no means exhausted yet, and the present
edition aims at providing future research with a sure and reliable substructure.
GY. MORAVCSIK.
80 I have also made use of some comments of Prof. Ph. Kukules (Athens) which
he kindly communicated by letter, and for which I express my sincere gratitude.

61 See the complete bibliography by Gy. Moravcsik, Byzantinoturcica, vol. I,
(Budapest, 1942), pp. 215-221 (2nd ed. pp. 367-379). - The studies published since are
as follows: M. Vasmer, Die Slaven in Griechenland (Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akade-
mie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1941., Philos.-hist. Klasse No. 12., Berlin, 1941);
A. Vogt, 'Le protospathaire de la phiale et la marine byzantine', Echos d'Orient,
39 (1941-42), pp. 329-332; M. Laskaris, 'La rivalite bulgaro-byzantine en
Serbie et la mission de Leon Rhabdouchos (917), (Constantin Porphyrogenete,
De adm. imp. chap. 32)', Revue historiq_ue du Sud-Est Europeen, 20 (1943),
pp. 202-207; H. Gegroire, 'L'origine et le nom des Croates et des Serbes',
Byzantion, 17 (1944-45), pp. 88-118; K. H. Menges, 'Etymological notes on some
Pacanag names', Byzantion, 17 (1944-45), pp. 256-279; K. Czegledy, 'A IX. szazadi
magyar tortenelem fl5bb kerdesei', Magyar Nyelv, 41 (1945), pp. 33-55; G. Vernadsky,
'Great Moravia and White Chorvatia', Journal of the American Oriental Society, 65 (1945),
pp. 357-359; J. Deer, 'A IX. szazadi magyar tortenet idCSrendjehez', Sz<izadok, 79-80
(1945-46). pp. 2-30; J. Harmatta, 'Szines lovu nepek', Magyar Nyelv, 42 (1946), pp.
26-34; G. Labuda, Pierwsze panstwo slowiaitSkie. Panstwo Samona, Poznan, 1949. pp.
194-262. For bibliography since 1949, see Gy. Moravcsik, Byzantinot11rcica (2nd ed.) I,
pp. 367-379; D. A. I. vol. II, Commentary (London, 1962); Byzantinische Zeit.schrift 55
(1962) and subsequent volumes.
LIST OF SIGNS
F = Fontes et loci paralleli
V = Variae lectiones et coniecturae
MANUSCRIPTS:
P = cod. Parisinus gr. 2009 (cf. pp. 15-21.)
p1 = ma.nus prima
P~ = ma.nus recentiores
px = ma.nus incerta (ante a. 1509)
PY = manus incerta (post a. 1509)
V = cod. Vaticanus-Palatinus gr. 126 (cf. pp. 21-22.)
v1 = manus prima
V 2 = manus Secunda
F =cod. Parisinus gr. 2967 (cf. pp. 22-23.)
F 1 = manus prima
F 2 = manus secunda
M =cod. Mutinensis gr. 179 [III Fl] (cf. p. 23.)
EDITIONS:
Me = editio Meursiana (cf. p. 24.)
Meursius = notae Meursii
Ba = editio Banduriana (cf. p. 24.)
Bandurius = animadversiones Bandurii
Be = editio Bekkeriana (cf. p. 24.)
Bekker = apparatus criticus Bekkeri
edd. = editiones Me Ba Be
Migne = editio a Migne curata (cf. p. 24.)
Bury= editio cap. 29-36 a J. Bury fa.eta (cf. p. 25.)
SOURCES AND PARALLEL PASSAGES:

Georg. Mon. = Georgius Monachus, ed. C. de Boor (Lipsiae, 1904)
Georg. Mon. BEPV = codices B E P V a C. de Boor collati
De Them. = Constantinus Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, ed. I. Bekken
(Bonnae, 1840); ed. A. Pertusi (Roma, 1952)
De Them.c = cod. Parisinus gr. 854 a me collatus
Theoph. = Theophanes, ed. C. de Boor (Lipsiae, 1883)
Theoph. codd. = codices a. C. de Boor oollati
Theoph. bcdefghm = codices bod f g h ma C. de Boor collati
Theoph. Cont. = Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekkerus (Bonnae, 1838)
Theoph. Cont.v =cod. Vaticanus gr. 167 a me collatus
TEXT AND TRANSLATION
K.QNI:TANTINOY
EN XPI~T.QI BAI:IAEI AI.QNI.QI BAI:IAE.QI: P.QMAI.QN

IIPOI: TON ILHON YION P.QMANON
TON 0EO:l:TEH KAI TIOP<l>YPOrENNHTON BAI:IAEA
<TI po o l Lo v.)
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1 we; crocpoc; e:ucppOCLVE:L I I \ \
7tOC't"e:poc, XOCL 7t0C't''Yjp cpL/\OO"'t'Opyoc; t -
e:m ULcp I ' \
1"Ep7tE:1"0CL cppovlcp. KopLoc; yocp 0L0(t)(j"L vouv, fivlxoc oe:i: d7te:i:v, xocl 7tp00"1"L-
&'Y)O"LV oi:>c; 't"OU OCXOOe:Lv 7tocp' oc1h<J> &YjO"OCupoc; crocplocc;, xoct i:~ OCU't"OU arnow:L
7tOCV ochp'YjOC 'l"EAe:wv xoc&LO"'t"Cf ~OCO"LAe:i:c; E7tt &p6vou xocl x.uplocv 't'OU 5
7tOCV't"Oc; OLOC.UO"LV ocu-;oi:c;. Nuv oi:>v ocxoucr6v ou, ute, xoct ,.~voe: e:oc&'YjxWc;
,.~v otoocx~v fon crocpoc; mxpoc cppovloLc;, xocl cpp6vLoc; 7tocpoc crocpoi:c;
3vp "l/\O)'LO"'lT'0.YJO"Y( e;Ut;OY'YJO"OUO"t cre: OL /\OCOL, XOCL ocxocpLOUO"L cre: 7t Yj'lTYj
I ,., I I ' ., ' ' - ' ) 0. I I
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uwocx_i:rl')'l"L, oc XP'YJ cre: 7tpo 7tOCV't"CUV e:Loe:vocL, xocL vouve:xc.uc; -rc.uv T'f)c; R1-'occrt-
0. (\ ' ' ' \ - - -
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., I XOCL' 7te:pL\ TC.UV - 10
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(.1)(11" -rn e:x 't"OCU't""ljc; 7tE:Lp~ XOCL yvc.uae:L O"UVE:'l"LO"'lTE:V'l"OC 7tE:pL -rocc; 1-'E:/\'l"LO"'l"OC<;
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\ - } \ - " I \ \ I >!().
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t'OCO"O"E:O"'
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lT()(L, E:7tE:L' "> I
t'OC 7tE:pL\ 't' Y- jt:; ()(7t/\Y)O"'t'OU
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XOCL\
.pp &.xopfo,.ou ocOTwv yvw \'Yjc;, x.ocl (;)v nocpoc/..Oycuc; e~oct't'OUV't"OCL /..oc~&:ve:Lv,
d&' ou-rcuc; xoct 7te:pl 8toccpopocc; hepwv e&v&v, ye:ve:oc"Aoylocc; n: OCU't'WV < >
F P. 2 l'loc; - 7ttX't'EptX: Prov. 10, 1. 2 E:rct ulw - 3 cppovlcp: cf.
Prov. 17, 21. 3 KupLoc;- 4 &:x.oueLv: Is. 50, 4. ' 4 7rccp' cxu't'c/>
- croi:p(tXc;: cf. Prov. 2, 6; Sir. 1, 25. 4 E:~ IXu't'ou - 5 Tet..i;;,LOv:
lac. 1, 17. 5 XIXlhcr't'~ - .&p6vou: cf. II Paralip. 23, 20. 8 eu/..o
yfiaouaL - E:.&vwv: cf. Psalm. 71, 17.
CONSTANTINE
IN CHRIST THE ETERNAL EMPEROR EMPEROR OF THE ROMANS

TO HIS SON ROMANUS
THE EMPEROR CROWNED OF GOD AND BORN IN THE PURPLE
Proem.
A wise son maketh glad a father, and an affectionate father taketh

delight in a prudent son. For the Lord giveth wit to speak in season, and
addeth thereto an ear to hear; with Him is the treasure of wisdom, and from
Him cometh every perfect gift; He setteth kings upon the throne and giveth
unto them the lordship over all. Now therefore hearken unto me, my son,
and being adept in this my teaching thou shalt be wise among the prudent,
and be accounted prudent among the wise; the peoples shall bless thee,
and the multitudes of the nations shall call thee blessed. Be instructed in
what it behoves thee before all else to know, and lay hold skilfully upon
the helm of the rule. Study the things that are now, and be instructed
concerning the things that are to be, so that thou mayest amass experience
with sound judgment, and thou shalt be most competent in thine affairs.
Lo, I set a doctrine before thee, so that being sharpened thereby in experi-
ence and knowledge, thou shalt not stumble concerning the best counsels
and the common good: first, in what each nation has power to advantage
the Romans, and in what to hurt, and how and by what other nation each
severally may be encountered in arms and subdued; then, concerning their
ravenous and insatiate temper and the gifts they demand inordinately;
next, concerning also the difference between other nations, their origins
V Tit. 1 post Kwvcr-rocvr(vou add. -rou edd. II 4 7topcpupoyvvrrrov] litte:ras cpup

s. v. add. P1 II post (1occrt'Aoc add. vou.&i::cr(ocL F 2
P. 1 Ilpoo(wv add. Moravcsik /I 8 i::uJ.oyficroucr( F 1 edd.: s:uJ.oyficrwcr(
P II 11/12 i::yocJ.i::rr:~f1oJ.o<; Meursius Ba Be: i::yocJ.rn(~oJ.o<; P II 13 cru~TtcrWv-roc
Meursius Ba Be: cruvi::tw.&v-rt P II 14 -rii> secl. Be 11 16 xoc( 7to'fov secl.
Be II 19 TE F 1 Meursius Ba Be: ol: p II ocu--:&v add. Moravcsik II
46
p
xocl. .&wv xocl. ~lou otocycuyYic; xocl. &~m:cuc; xocl. xp&:m~cu<; tjc; X<XToLx.ouev'Y)c; 20
rrocp' OCU't'WV ytjc; xa;l. m:pL'Y)yfias:cuc; cxutjc; xod a't'<XOL<Xaou, 7tpoc; "t'OU't'OL<;
xa;l. 7tE:pl. 't'WV EV 't'M x<Xtpcj'> s:'t'<X~U 'Pcucxlcuv x.cxl. Otcxrp6pcuv e&vwv
cru~E:~1JX6't'cuv, xocl. s:'t'OC 't'othoc, oa<X EV 't'1j X<X&' ~occ; 7tOAL"t'd~, &"AA&: x.ocl.
EV mxcrn 't'1j 'Pcu<XLCUV ocpx~ X<X"t'OC "t'LV<X<; xp6vouc; ex<XLVO't'0~&1J. Tocun
foorpta&:'Y)v xoc-r' tcxu't'6v, xocl. E:L7t<X yvcua't'OC aoL 7tot'Yja<XL, 't'cj'> ~ycxmiSvcp 25
ou utcj'>, tv' exric; do&v<XL TYjv EXOCa't'OU 't'OU't'CUV OL<Xq>opocv, xcxl. 7tW<; ~
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<XU't'OLc; P. I
rpot's:poc;, X()(.L' <X7t0
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7tpoacu7tou 30
I .I. ... I
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and customs and manner of life, and the position and climate of the land
they dwell in, its geographical description and measurement., and moreover
concerning events which have occurred at various times between the Romans
and different nations; and thereafter, what reforms have been introduced
from time to time in our state, and also throughout the Roman empire.
These things have I discovered of my own wisdom, and have decreed that
they shall be made known unto thee, my beloved son, in order that thou
mayest know the difference between each of these nations, and how either
to treat with and conciliate them, or to make war upon and oppose. For so
shall they quake before thee as one mighty in wisdom, and as from fire
shall they flee from thee; their lips shall be bridled, and as darts shall thy
words wound them unto death. Thou shalt appear terrible unto them, and
at thy face shall trembling take hold upon them. And the Almighty shall
cover thee with his shield, and thy Creator shall endue thee with under-
standing; He shall direct thy steps, and shall establish thee upon a sure
foundation. Thy throne shall be as the sun before Him, and His eyes shall
be looking towards thee, and naught of harm shall touch thee, for He hath
chosen thee and set thee apart from thy mother's womb, and hath given
unto thee His rule as unto one excellent above all men, and hath set thee
as a refuge upon a hill and as a statue of gold upon an high place,
and as a city upon a mountain hath He raised thee up, that the nations
may bring to thee their gifts and thou mayest be adored of them that dwell
upon the earth. But Thou, 0 Lord my God, whose rule abideth unharmed
for ever, prosper him in his ways who through Thee was begotten of me, and
may the visitation of Thy face be toward him, and Thine ear be inclined
to his supplications. May Thy hand cover him, and may he rule because
of truth, and may Thy right hand guide him; may his ways be made straight
before Thee to keep thy statutes. May foes fall before his face, and his
enemies lick the dust. May the stem of his race be shady with leaves of
many offspring, and the shadow of his fruit cover the kingly mountains;
for by Thee do kings rule, glorifying Thee for ever and ever.
43 ['occrLJ.e:ueTc.> - 1) 8e:~Loc crou: Psalm. 44, 5. 44 xocw>&uv-

.&e:l1Jcrocv - 45 Toc 8LxoctciiocToc crou: Psalm. 118, 5; cf. Psalm. 5, 9. 45
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1. 0 f t h e P e c h e n e g s, and how many advantages
accrue from their being at peace with the
e m p e r o r o f t h e R o m a n s.
Hear now, my son, those things of which I think you should not be
ignorant, and be wise that you may attain to government. For I maintain
that while learning is a good thing for all the rest as well, who are subjects,
yet it is especially so for you, who are bound to take thought for the safety
of all, and to steer and guide the laden ship of the world. And if in setting
out my subject I have followed the plain and beaten track of speech and,
so to say, idly running and simple prose, do not wonder at that, my son.
For I have not been studious to make a display of fine writing or of an
Atticizing style, swollen with the sublime and lofty, but rather have been
eager by means of every-day and conversational narrative to teach you
those things of which I think you should not be ignorant, and which may
without difficulty provide that intelligence and prudence which are the
fruit of long experience.
I conceive, then, that it is always greatly to the advantage of the
emperor of the Romans to be minded to keep the peace with the nation
of the Pechenegs and to conclude conventions and treaties of friendship
with them and to send every year to them from our side a diplomatic agent
with presents befitting and suitable to that nation, and to take from their
side sureties, that is, hostages and a diplomatic agent, who shall be collected
together under charge of the competent minister in this city protected of
God, and shall enjoy all imperial benefits and gifts suitable for the emperor
to bestow.
This nation of the Pechenegs is neighbour to the district of Cherson,
and if they are not friendly disposed towards us, they may make excursions
and plundering raids against Cherson, and may ravage Cherson itself and
the so-called Regions.
2. 0 f t h e P e c h e n e g s an d t h e R u s s i a n s.
The Pechenegs are neighbours to and march with the Russians also,
and often, when the two are not at peace with one another, raid Russia,
and do her considerable harm and outrage.
The Russians also are much concerned to keep the peace with the
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2, 3, 4
Pechenegs. For they buy of them horned cattle and horses and sheep,
whereby they live more easily and comfortably, since none of the aforesaid
animals is found in Russia. Moreover, the Russians are quite unable to
set out for wars beyond their borders unless they are at peace with the
Pechenegs, because while they are away from their homes, these may come
upon them and destroy and outrage their property. And so the Russians,
both to avoid being harmed by them and because of the strength of that
nation, are the more concerned always to be in alliance with them and
to have them for support, so as both to be rid of their enmity and to enjoy
the advantage of their assistance.
Nor can the Russians come at this imperial city of the Romans, either
for war or for trade, unless they are at peace with the Pechenegs, because
when the Russians come with their ships to the barrages of the river and
cannot pass through unless they lift their ships off the river and carry them
past by portaging them on their shoulders, then the men of this nation of the
Pechenegs set upon them, and, as they cannot do two things at once, they
are easily routed and cut to pieces.
3. 0 f t h e P e c h e n e g s a n d T u r k s.
The tribe of the Turks, too, trembles greatly at and fears the said
Pechenegs, because they have often been defeated by them and brought
to the verge of complete annihilation. Therefore the Turks always look on
the Pechenegs with dread, and are held in check by them.
4. 0 f t h e P e c h e n e g s a n d R u s s i a n s a n d T u r k s.
So long as the emperor of the Romans is at peace with the Pechenegs,

neither Russians nor Turks can come upon the Roman dominions by force
of arms, nor can they exact from the Romans large and inflated sums in
money and goods as the price of peace, for they fear the strength of this
nation which the emperor can turn against them while they are campaigning
against the Romans. For the Pechenegs, if they are leagued in friendship
with the emperor and won over by him through letters and gifts, can easily
8. 5 Iloc-r~Lvocx'LT1u Be Ifo-r~tvocxhoct F 1 Me Ba: IIoc-rl:tvocxocL P JI &7t': u7t' edd.

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Jus Graecoromanum II. p. 382. 9 Ilocp.fhxoc: cf. Ioannes Lydus,
De magistr. II. 13., ed. Wuensch p. 68, 23-24.
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come upon the country both of the Russians and of the Turks, and enslave
their women and children and ravage their country.
5. 0 f t h e P e c h e n e g s a n d t h e B u 1 g a r i a n s.
To the Bulgarians also the emperor of the Romans will appear more
formidable, and can impose on them the need for tranquillity, if he is at
peace with the Pechenegs, because the said Pechenegs are neighbours to
these Bulgarians also, and when they wish, either for private gain or to
do a favour to the emperor of the Romans, they can easily march against
Bulgaria, and with their preponderating multitude and their strength
overwhelm and defeat them. And so the Bulgarians also continually struggle
and strive to maintain peace and harmony with the Pechenegs. For from
having frequently been crushingly defeated and plundered by them, they
have learned by experience the value and advantage of being always at
peace with them.
6. 0 f t h e P e c h e n e g s a n d C h e r s o n i t e s.
Yet another folk of these Pechenegs lies over against the district
of Cherson; they trade with the Chersonites, and perform services for them
and for the emperor in Russia and Chazaria and Zichia and all the parts
beyond: that is to say, they receive from the Chersonites a prearranged
remuneration in respect of this service proportionate to their labour and
trouble, in the form of pieces of purple cloth, ribbons, loosely woven cloths,
gold brocade, pepper, scarlet or Parthian leather, and other commodities
which they require, according to a contract which each Chersonite may make
or agree to with an individual Pecheneg. For these Pechenegs are free men
and, so to say, independent, and never perform any service without remuner-
ation.
V 5. I -r&v2 om. V edd. II 6 Iloc-r~tvocxhoct P.

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P edd. II 11/2 Iloc-r?;Lvocxhoct P.
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7. Of the dispatch of imperial agents from
C h e r s o n t o P a t z i n a c i a.
When an imperial agent goes over to Cherson on this service, he must

at once send to Patzinacia and demand of them hostages and an escort, and
on their arrival he must leave the hostages under guard in the city of Cherson,
and himself go off with the escort to Patzinacia and carry out his instruc-
tions. Now these Pechenegs, who are ravenous and keenly covetous of
articles rare among them, are shameless in their demands for generous gifts,
the hostages demanding this for themselves and that for their wives, and the
escort something for their own trouble and some more for the wear and tear
of their cattle. Then, when the imperial agent enters their country, they first
ask for the emperor's gifts, and then again, when these have glutted the
menfolk, they ask for the presents for their wives and parents. Also, all who
come with him to escort him on his way back to Cherson demand payment
from him for their trouble and the wear and tear of their cattle.
8. 0 f t h e d i s p a t c h o f i m p e r i a 1 a g e n t s w i t h s h i p s
o f w a r f r o m t h e c i t y p r o t e c t e d o f G o d t o P a t z i-
n a c i a along the Danube and Dnieper and
D n i e s t e r r i v e r.
In the region of Bulgaria also is settled a folk of the Pechenegs, toward

the region of the Dnieper and the Dniester and the other rivers of those
parts. And when an imperial agent is dispatched from here with ships of
war, he may, without going to Cherson, shortly and swiftly find these same
Pechenegs here; and when he has found them, the imperial agent sends
a message to them by his man, himself remaining on board the ships of
war, carrying along with him and guarding in the ships of war the imperial
goods. And they come down to him, and when they come down, the imperial
agent gives them hostages of his men, and himself takes other hostages
of these Pechenegs, and holds them in the ships of war, and then he makes
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AOUO"LV de; 'TO\I 7t0't'otov 't'O\I 6.tX.voc.7tpLV, &.7to "CWV E:xe:foe: oi'.i't'oL de; "CO\I
V 16 IlixTl;tvocxhcxt P II 34 Ilix't'l;tvixxl't'IXL P.
9. 1 ante 'Pro<Jla.c; add. Tijc; edd. II 4 Ne:oyixp8ifc;: Ne:oyixpoa. (sine acc.)
coni. Bayer Neuoyixp8ix (sic) coni. Racki Ne~oyixpa&c; coni. Bury Obolensky
Ne:uoyixpMc; Kukules 11
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agreement with them; and when the Pechenegs have taken their oaths
to the imperial agent according to their 'zakana', he presents them with
the imperial gifts, and takes from among them as many <friends' as he sees
fit, and returns. Agreement must be made with them on this condition, that
wherever the emperor calls upon them, they are to serve him, whether
against the Russians, or against the Bulgarians, or again against the Turks.
For they are able to make war upon all these, and as they have often come
against them, are now regarded by them with dread. And this is clear from
what follows. For once when the cleric Gabriel was dispatched by imperial
mandate to the Turks and said to them, The emperor declares that you
are to go and expel the Pechenegs from their place and settle yourselves
there (for in former days you used to be settled there yourselves) so that
you may be near to my imperial majesty, and when I wish, I may send
and find you speedily, then all the chief men of the Turks cried aloud with
one voice, We are not putting ourselves on the track of the Pechenegs;
for we cannot fight them, because their country is great and their people
numerous and they are the devil's brats; and do not say this to us again;
for we do not like it!
When spring is over, the Pechenegs cross to the far side of the Dnieper
river, and always pass the summer there.
9. 0 f t h e c o m i n g o f t h e R u s s i a n s i n 'mo no x y 1 a'
f r o m R u s s i a t o C o n s t a n t i n o p 1 e.
The 'monoxyla' which come down from outer Russia to Constantinople

are from Novgorod, where Sviatoslav, son of Igor, prince of Russia, had
his seat, and others from the city of Smolensk and from Teliutza and Cher-
nigov and from Vyshegrad. All these come down the river Dnieper, and
are collected together at the city of Kiev, also called Sambatas. Their Slav
tributaries, the so-called Krivichians and the Lenzanenes and the rest of
the Slavonic regions, cut the 'monoxyla' on their mountains in time of
winter, and when they have prepared them, as spring approaches, and the
ice melts, they bring them on to the neighbouring lakes. And since these
lakes debouch into the river Dnieper, they enter thence on to this same
6 Mtf.wlm<.Ct\I: (E)tf.wlax"" coni. Racki II Te:f.wuT?:"": Te: Atou-r?:cx\I coni.

Safarik Manojlovic -re: Awu((3)T?:Q(v coni. Racki II T?:e:pvtywyCtv V edd.
T?:e:pvtyrouCtv coni. Racki II 8 de; (etiam Bandurius): bd edd. II 10 o[ /..omo!
:Exf.Ct(3(vwt edd. !I :Exf.Ct('LVLO:L P II 11/2 XClTa.ptjcrCtVTi::c; P edd. II 12 cxuTii
corr. Moravcsik: Ctu-rwv P edd. II 13 txi::i:va. edd. II 14 Tov1 om. edd. II
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76 B e oLKYJV ' '
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cp6(3ov &7ton/..e:'i:. Koct 8tct 't'ou-ro /;crov ocu-r&v ou -ro/..&crtv ol 'P&c; ote:/..- 30
n -
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lWP yc.uvlocc; xocl ..=tjc; ox&"IJt; 't'OU 7tO't'ot.ou . H 'llLXOC. oe otE:/..&cucrt 't'O\I 't'OtOU't'O'll I
cppoc.y.6v, 7tocALV oc7to Tijc; ~'t)piic; ocvoc./..oc.~oc.v6.e:vot 't'ouc; /...omouc; oc7to-
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I
7t,..eoucrt, xoct xoc-ri;;px_onoc.t e:tc; 't'ov e:npov cppoc.y.ov, -rov em,..e:yoe:vov
'PcuO'LG't'L Ev Ou/...(3opo-l, l:x'Aot(3Y)VLO''t'L oe 'Ocr-rpo(3ouvmpcix_, '57te:p epY)- 40
ve:oe:'t'ott '-ro V"tJO'Lov -rou cppoc.y.ou'. ''Ecr-rtv xocxdvoc:; 5.otoc; -r<!> 7tpw't'cp,
xoc.Ae:7t6t; 't'E: xoc.l 8ucrorl~oooc;. Koc'!. mx),L\I x(3oc.A6v-re:c; 't'O\I AOC.0\1 Otot(3t(3oc~OUO'L
-roc ov6~u/...oc, xoc..S-wc; xoc.t 7tp6-re:pov. o.olcuc; 8E: 8tepx_ov-roc.t xoc'I. -rov -rpl-rov
cppoc.y6v, 't'O\I A.e:y6.e:vov re:A.ocv3p(, a p.'YjvE:UE:'t'OCL LXAOC.(3Yj\ILO''t'L 'fixoc;
cppocyou', d.S-' o<S't'c.ut; Tov ..E:-rocp't'ov cppoc.yhv, 'tov .eyocv, 'tOV &m/...e:y6.e- 45
'110\1 'Pc.ucrLO''t'L ev , Ae:tcpbp, LXAOC.~"'l)'llLO''t'L ae Neoccr1j't, 3t6't't ql(.t)AE:UOUO'L\I
ot 7te:A.e:x&vot e:Lt; -roc A.t&ocptoc. Toti cppocyou. 'Ev 'tOU't'cp oi'Jv -re;> cppocy.Cj>
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V 15 -ro11: Meursius Ba Be \I K~6(jix edd. ll 16 k~&p'O)OW P edd. JI 18 ante

-ro
m~AJ.ixc; add. xixl edd. 11 19 lac. ind. Moravcsik Kcxl o{hc.>c; addendum coni. Bek-
ker II 24/5 'tO\I bto11oixl;6e:vo11 'P(l)a~a't'( <E:v ... >. :Exf..cx(jLVLO''t'L <BE:> Ne:acrourrij, a
E:pT)VEue:wt coni. Kunik aliquid excidisse susp. Thomsen II 25 'Eaa01m'ij: Ne:craount
coni. Bandurius Ne:aaou1tij coni. Bayer Thunmann afari.k Kunik Gedeonov
Thomsen Hru.Sevskyj II :ExAix~wtaTij P \I 25/6 xot&aa.~ (etiam Cobet):
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river, and come down to Kiev, and draw the ships along to be finished and
sell them to the Russians. The Russians buy these bottoms only, furnishing
them with oars and rowlocks and other tackle from their old 'monoxyla',
which they dismantle; and so they fit them out. And in the month of June
they move off down the river Dnieper and come to Vitichev, which is a
tributary city of the Russians, and there they gather during two or three
days; and when all the 'monoxyla' are collected together, then they set
out, and come down the said Dnieper river. And first they come to the first
barrage, called Essoupi, which means in Russian and Slavonic 'Do not
sleep!' ; the barrage itself is as narrow as the width of the Polo-ground;
in the middle of it are rooted high rocks, which stand out like islands. Against
these, then, comes the water and wells up and dashes down over the other
side, with a mighty and terrific din. Therefore the Russians do not venture
to pass between them, but put in to the bank hard by, disembarking the
men on to dry land leaving the rest of the goods on board the 'monoxyla';
they then strip and, feeling with their feet to a void striking on a rock, ***.
This they do, some at the prow, some amidships, while others again, in the
stern, punt with poles; and with all this careful procedure they pass this
first barrage, edging round under the river-bank. When they have passed
this barrage, they re-embark the others from the dry land and sail away,
and come down to the second barrage, called in Russian Oulvorsi, and in
Slavonic Ostrovouniprach, which means 'the Island of the Barrage'. This
one is like the first, awkward and not to be passed through. Once again they
disembark the men and convey the 'monoxyla' past, as on the first occasion.
Similarly they pass the third barrage also, called Gelandri, which means in
Slavonic 'Noise of the Barrage', and then the fourth barrage, the big one,
called in Russian Aeifor, and in Slavonic Neasit, because the pelicans nest
in the stones of the barrage. At this barrage all put into land prow foremost,
xoLiXaocL Me Ba xmia.&ocL Be II 27 pL~"l)oc'LocL P Me Ba Cobet: pL~LxocrocL Du

Cange Be II 29 eyoc11 edd.: eyoc P II 33 lac. ind. 8LepxmrrocL vel 8toc(3iX~oum11
excidisse conicie118 Moravcsik aiJpoUCJL\I coni. Kyriakides crupoUCJL\I llCUTcX coni.
Dujcev II 34 Toiho 8E: 7towuat11: TOCUToc, 08orcowum11 coni. Jenkins II rc:f..wpqi: coni.
Jenkins rc:f..wpoc P: rc:f..wpoc11 Ba Be rcpwpoc11 Meursius II 35 xovro~Eu6E110L: xono-
(3o:f..oue:11ot vel xone:u6e:voL coni. Meursius II 36 rcpw't'o\I V edd.: cc' P II 40 Ou:f..(3opal:
Ou:f..(3opal seu Ou:f..opal coni. Thunmann 0u:f..cp6pc; coni. Zeuss IJ I:xAoc~L11taTt
p II '0a't'po(3ouvhtpocx edd. '0aTpo(3'10ut rcpocx coni. Zeuss II 41 ootroc; p II 42
xoc:f..e:m7ic; p II 8ua81e1;08oc; pl V1 edd.: 8La8tE:1;o8oc; p II 44 't'OV :f..e:yoE\10\1 ('PromaTl
E:v> I'e::f..oc118 {p }l, ~x:f..oc('LllLCJ't'L (8E:. .. ), 8 ep1]v<:UETOCL coni. Kunik aliquid excidisse
susp. Thomsen II re::>-oc118pt: I'e:)..oc118( coni. Kunik Gedeonov II 44/5 I:x:f..oc-
<
(3MCJTL a(3611e:'t'~ 0 eaTL) lixoc; cppocyou coni. Lehrberg II 45 't'hocpTO\I v edd.:
8' P II eyoc11 edd.: eyoc P II 46 'Ae:tcp6p (etiam V1 F Cobet): 'Ae:tcpocp V edd. II
Ne:occrli: Ne:voccriiT coni. Thomsen II 48 post Cf.n;oc11Toc add. Tii 0116/;u:f..oc Ta V II
op-0-6rcpropoc Meursius II 48/9 optae:11ot (sine acc.) p II
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crl:vot &vSpe:~ <puAcine:tv TI)v ~ly"Aocv e:-r' ocu-rwv, xoct &7tlp;cov-roct, xoct
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cppocyou &xe:L'-3-e:v epoc; Stoc~t~if~oucrtv' xf1.l ou-rwc; pl7t't'OV't'E:<; OCU't'OC e:Lc; 55
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7tE:fL7t't'OV <ppocyov, ,
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7tpCU't'OV cppocyov \
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xoct oe:u-re:pov, XOC't'OCAOCl"'ocvoucrt (.l.
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~xA.oc~"t)vtcr-rt SE: Noc7tpe:~~' 8 ~p"t)ve:ue:-roct 'txpoc; <ppocy6c;'. Kocl Stoc~ocl- 65

voucrtv de; -ro J..e:y6e:vov 7tpococ 't'OU Kpocplou, E:v cJ> Stoc7te:p&crtv &7to
16vP 'Pc.ucr(occ; ot Xe:pcrc.uvti:oct I
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0 ''Aytoc; rp'Y)y6ptoc;
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7tpL1tOWUV't'f1.L, TeX TE: &pe:voc xocl 't'OC XfJ.'t'OCp't'LOC xocl TOC ocux_l:vtoc, &m:p 85
P 72 -rfiv v~aov - rpY)y6ptoc;: cf. Not. episc. (s. XIV.), ed. G. Parthey
p. 130. No 3, 754.
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9
and those who are deputed to keep the watch with them get out, and off
they go, these men, and keep vigilant watch for the Pechenegs. The re-
mainder, taking up the goods which they have on board the 'monoxyla',
conduct the slaves in their chains past by land, six miles, until they are
through the barrage. Then, partly dragging their 'monoxyla', partly por-
taging them on their shoulders, they convey them to the far side of the
barrage; and then, putting them on the river and loading up their baggage,
they embark themselves, and again sail off in them. When they come to the
fifth barrage, called in Russian Varouforos, and in Slavonic Voulniprach,
because it forms a large lake, they again convey their 'monoxyla' through
at the edges of the river, as at the first and second barrages, and arrive at
the sixth barrage, called in Russian Leanti, and in Slavonic Veroutzi, that
is 'the Boiling of the Water', and this too they pass similarly. And thence they
sail away to the seventh barrage, called in Russian Stroukoun, and in Sla-
vonic Naprezi, which means 'Little Barrage'. This they pass at the so-called
ford of Vrar, where the Chersonites cross over from Russia and the Pe-
chenegs to Cherson; which ford is as wide as the Hippodrome, and, measured
upstream from the bottom as far as the rocks break surface, a bow-shot in
length. It is at this point, therefore, that the Pechenegs come down and
attack the Russians. After traversing this place, they reach the island called
St. Gregory, on which island they perform their sacrifices because a gigantic
oak-tree stands there; and they sacrifice live cocks. Arrows, too, they peg in
round about, and others bread and meat, or something of whatever each
may have, as is their custom. They also throw lots regarding the cocks,
whether to slaughter them, or to eat them as well, or to leave them alive.
From this island onwards the Russians do not fear the Pecheneg until they
reach the river Selinas. So then they start off thence and sail for four days,
until they reach the lake which forms the mouth of the river, on which is the
island of St. Aitherios. Arrived at this island, they rest themselves there for
two or three days. And they re-equip their 'monoxyla' with such tackle as is
needed, sails and masts and rudders, which they bring with them. Since this
v 51 &11ocAoc~6e11ot v edd. II 57 ne7t"t'Oll edd.: e' p II 58 I:x/..cx~t11ta't'l p II 58/9

Bouf..111J7tpocx: Bo/..11out np&x coni. Zeuss \I 59 /..[111)11: 8111J11 coni. Lehrberg Zeuss
Thomsen Hru8evskyj II 61 ante 8e:1hepo11 add. el~ TOii V edd. II 62 Ae:iXvn:
AroifVTt seu AroiX118t coni. Zeuss II I:x/..cx~t11ta't'l P II 64 ~80011 edd.: ~ P II
l:Tpouxou11 (etiam Cobet): l:Tpou~ou11 V edd. II 65 I:xf..cx'3t11taTl P II Noca't'pe~~
coni. Falk II 65/6 8tcx(3cx110V't'e:~ Me Be 8tcx~oc(110VTcxt l\foursius Ba II 66 Kptixp[ou
coni. Vasmer Bpcxp[ou coni. Falk II 67 Xepac,)11(-.oct P II IlixT~t11ixxhixt P II 69 npo-
XU7t't'OUat11 GcpcxAOt coni. Jenkins: 7t1Xp1XXU'lt't'OUCJW ol tp(f..ot p edd. II cp(/..m: ocp-&cx/..o(
Ba II qiM11e:tv V edd. II 71 IlcxT?:wcxx(Tcxt P II no).eouat V edd.: no/..e:wm P II 77
e:he xcx! cpcxyd\I ehe xoct aqiiXl;cxt IXU't'OU~ V Me Ba II 78 IXUTOU~ (add. etiam Bandurius):
om. V edd. II 79 ou om. Me II 82 'E.&cxtplou P II 84 cxu't'wll: fauTw11 V edd. 11 /..(m..iVTixt
scr. Moravcsik ).(no11Tixt P: /..dnwVTcxt Be \I
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99 Kcu1107toc P 11 Kro11aTix11Tixv edd. II 100 lac. ind. X()(l. ~7tO KvaTixV't-lixi;;
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63
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lake is the mouth of this river, as has been said, and carries on down to the
sea, and the island of St. Aitherios lies on the sea, they come thence to the
Dniester river, and having got safely there they rest again. But when the
weather is propitious, they put to sea and come to the river called Aspros,
and after resting there too in like manner, they again set out and come to the
Selinas, to the so-called branch of the Danube river. And until they are past
the river Selinas, the Pechenegs keep pace with them. And if it happens that
the sea casts a 'monoxylon' on shore, they all put in to land, in order to
present a united opposition to the Pechenegs. But after the Selinas they
fear nobody, but, entering the territory of Bulgaria, they come to the mouth
of the Danube. From the Danube they proceed to the Konopas, and from
the Konopas to Constantia, and from Constantia to the river of Varna, and
from Varna they come to the river Ditzina, all of which are Bulgarian terri-
tory. From the Ditzina they reach the district of Mesembria, and there at last
their voyage, fraught with such travail and terror, such difficulty and danger,
is at an end. The severe manner of life of these same Russians in winter-time
is as follows. When the month of November begins, their chiefs together with
all the Russians at once leave Kiev and go off on the 'poliudia', which means
'rounds', that is, to the Slavonic regions of the Vervians and Drugovichians
and Krivichians and Severians and the rest of the Slavs who are tributaries
of the Russians. There they are maintained throughout the winter, but then
once more, starting from the month of April, when the ice of the Dnieper
river melts, they come back to Kiev. They then pick up their 'monoxyla',
as has been said above, and fit them out, and come down to Romania.
The Uzes can attack the Pechenegs.
10. 0 f C h a z a r i a, h o w a n d b y w h o m w a r m u s t b e m a d e
upon it.
The Uzes can attack the Chazars, for they are their neighbours, and
so can the ruler of Alania.
Meursius II 8 (coni. etiam Schlozer Nevolin): & edd. II 107 ~x).ix(3w!ixc; P /I

107 /8 Te: Bep(3t&vrov: Te:(3e:p(3tiXvcuv coni. Safa.rik Te: 6.e:p(3tcivrov coni. Marquart
Sachmatov II 108 ~e:f'e:p!rov V coni. Sachmatov Le:ue:prov P: l:e:(3tpwv coni.
Racki Le:~!prov coni. Marquart Le:p(3!rov edd. I/ 112 iXrco:f..cx(3civoV't'cxL edd.:
i:m:f..cx(3&vroVTcxL P IJ 114 Ou~oL P.
10. 2 rccxpci -rtvwv Be I/ 3 Ou~oL P JI 4/5 'AAixv(ixc; oTL Ba. Migne
64
10, 11, 12, 13
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Nine regions of Chazaria are adjacent to Alania, and the Alan can,
if he be so minded, plunder these and so cause great damage and dearth
among the Chazars: for from these nine regions come all the livelihood
and plenty of Chazaria.
11. 0 f t h e c i t y o f C h e r s o n a n d t h e c i t y o f B o s p o r u s.
If the ruler of Alania is not at peace with the Chazars, but thinks
preferable the friendship of the emperor of the Romans, then, if the Chazars
are not minded to preserve friendship and peace with the emperor, he,
the Alan, may do them great hurt by ambushing their routes and setting
upon them when they are off their guard, in their passage to Sarkel and
the Regions and Cherson. And if this ruler will act zealously to check them,
then Cherson and the Regions may enjoy great and profound peace; for
the Chazars, afraid of the attack of the Alans and consequently not being
free to attack Cherson and the Regions with an army, since they are not
strong enough to fight both at once, will be compelled to remain at peace.
12. 0 f b I a c k B u I g a r i a a n d C h a z a r i a.
The so-called black Bulgaria can also attack the Chazars.
13. 0 f t h e n a t i o n s t h a t a r e n e i g h b o u r s t o t h e T u r k s.
These nations are adjacent to the Turks: on their western side Francia;
on their northern the Pechenegs; and on the south side great Moravia, the
country of Sphendoplokos, which has now been totally devastated by these
Turks, and occupied by them. On the side of the mountains the Croats are
adjacent to the Turks.
The Pechenegs too can attack the Turks, and plunder and harm them
greatly, as has been said above in the chapter on the Pechenegs.
11. 2 Booa7t6pou P II 7 &<pu'A.&:x-rotc; coni. Kyriakides II 8 ><A1J<ncx P I/

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12. 1 njc; 2 om. V edd.
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vcxxkcxt P II
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F 12 'ETilaniaov - crijc; cf. Prov. 23, 5. 13 & aot E:nehl..ocu

Prov. 6, 3.
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Fix, my son, your minds's eye upon my words, and learn those things
which I command you, and you will be able in due season as from ancestral
treasures to bring forth the wealth of wisdom, and to display the abundance of
wit. Know therefore that all the tribes of the north have, as it were implan-
ted in them by nature, a ravening greed of money, never satiated, and so
they demand everything and hanker after everything and have desires that
know no limit or circumscription, but are always eager for more, and desi-
rous to acquire great profits in exchange for a small service. And so these
importunate demands and brazenly submitted claims must be turned back
and rebutted by plausible speeches and prudent and clever excuses, which,
in so far as our experience has enabled us to arrive at them, will, to speak
summarily, run more or less as follows:
Should they ever require and demand, whether they be Chazars, or
Turks, or again Russians, or any other nation of the northerners and Scy-
thians, as frequently happens, that some of the imperial vesture or diadems
or state robes should be sent to them in return for some service or office
performed by them, then thus you shall excuse yourself: These robes of
state and the diadems, which you call 'kamelaukia', were not fashioned by
men, nor by human arts devised or elaborated, but, as we find it written
in secret stories of old history, when God made emperor the former Con-
stantine the great, who was the first Christian emperor, He sent him these
robes of state by the hand of His angel, and the diadems which you call
'kamelaukia', and charged him to lay them in the great and holy church
of God, which, after the name of that very wisdom which is the property of
God, is called St.Sophia; and not to clothe himself in them every day, but
only when it is a great public festival of the Lord. And so by God's command
he laid them up, and they hang above the holy table in the sanctuary of this
same church, and are for the ornament of the church. And the rest of the
imperial vestments and cloaks lie spread out upon this holy table. And
when a festival of our Lord and God Jesus Christ comes round, the patriarch
takes up such of these robes of state and diadems as are suitable and appro-
priated to that occasion, and sends them to the emperor, and he wears them
in the procession, and only in it, as the servant and minister of God, and
after use returns them again to the church, and they are laid up in it.
Moreover, there is a curse of the holy and great emperor Constantine en-
V 21 &7t"oxpoue:cr.&ocL corr. Moravcsik: iXvocxpoue:a.&ixL P edd. /I 24 Toupxot

P II 25 !3ope:twv P II 26 fo.&'l)'t"OOV P IJ 28 &7t"o'A.oylaixa-Om P edd. I/ a-roA.ixl]
corrupto perga-meno litteras cxl 8. v. iter. pa II 29 u&v (etiam Meursius);
1j&v V edd. II 30 &~e:tpyiXa.&"fjaocv Be II 32 !3ixaLMix Be: [3ocatMixv P !! 34 &rre:p
udc; (etiam Meursius): & 7t"1Xp' ~&v Ba Be II Mye:-re: v Me; Mye:'t"IXL p Ba
Be II 35 l>wplaoc-rw p II 35 njc; om. edd. II 43/4 E)( 't"WV: 't"U ex Me Ba TE
ex Be II 45 &7toa-re'A.A'lJ P II 47 iXv-rLaTpeqi'lJ P II
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13
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"C"OU I "C"OLOU"C"OU nupoc; de; 85
F 61 Eic; - 66 t7te:cmiXaix-ro: cf. Theoph. p. 453, 25-30; Georg. Mon.

p. 765, 8-14.
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13
graved upon this holy table of the church of God, according as he was char-
ged by God through the angel, that if an emperor for any use or occasion
or unseasonable desire be minded to take of them and either himself misuse
them or give them to others, he shall be anathematized as the foe and enemy
of the commands of God, and shall be excommunicated from the church;
moreover, if he himself be minded to make others like them, these too the
church of God must take, with the freely expressed approval of all the
archbishops and of the senate; and it shall not be in the authority either
of the emperor, or of the patriarch, or of any other, to take these robes
of state or the diadems from the holy church of God. And mighty dread
hangs over them who are minded to transgress any of these divine ordinances.
For one of the emperors, Leo by name, who also married a wife from Chaza-
ria, out of his folly and rashness took up one of these diadems when no
festival of the Lord was toward, and without the approval of the patriarch
put it about his head. And straightway a carbuncle came forth upon his
forehead so that in torment at the pains of it he evilly departed his evil life,
and ran upon death untimely. And, this rash act being summarily avenged,
thereafter a rule was made, that when he is about to be crowned the emperor
must first swear and give surety that he will neither do nor conceive anything
against what has been ordained and kept from ancient times, and then may
he be crowned by the patriarch and perform and execute the rites appro-
priate to the established festival.
Similar care and thought you must take in the matter of the liquid
fire which is discharged through tubes, so that if any shall ever venture
to demand this too, as they have often made demands of us also, you may
rebut and dismiss them in words like these: This too was revealed and taught
by God through an angel to the great and holy Constantine, the first Chri-
stian emperor, and concerning this too he received great charges from the
same angel, as we are assured by the faithful witness of our fathers and
grandfathers, that it should be manufactured among the Christians only
and in the city ruled by them, and nowhere else at all, nor should it be sent
nor taught to any other nation whatsoever. And so, for the confirmation
of this among those who should come after him, this great emperor caused
curses to be inscribed on the holy table of the church of God, that he who
V 49 (jocmAt<c; om. V edd. o

II 50/1 0e:oc; 8tiX -rou &yyeJ,.ou V edd. 51
l>wp(crix-ro P II 54 &vix&e:oc-r1:'lJ't"IXL Meursius Ba Be II &7tOX'lJPUT't"'lJTIXL Meursius
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XpLcr-riocvij) Meursius Ba Be: XpLcrnixvwv P II 82 7tocpixm~rr'l)T1Xt edd.: m~poc7t-
7te:'t"IXt p II
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should dare to give of this fire to another nation should neither be called
a Christian, not be held worthy of any rank or office; and if he should be
the holder of any such, he should be expelled therefrom and be anathema-
tized and made an example for ever and ever, whether he were emperor, or
patriarch, or any other man whatever, either ruler or subject, who should
seek to transgress this commandment. And he adjured all who had the zeal
and fear of God to be prompt to make away with him who attempted to do
this, as a common enemy and a transgressor of this great commandment, and
to dismiss him to a death most hateful and cruel. And it happened once, as
wickedness will still find room, that one of our military governors, who
had been most heavily bribed by certain foreigners, handed over some of this
fire to them; and, since God could not endure to leave unavenged this
transgression, as he was about to enter the holy church of God, fire came
down out of heaven and devoured and consumed him utterly. And thereafter
mighty dread and terror were implanted in the hearts of all men, and never
since then has anyone, whether emperor, or noble, or private citizen, or
military governor, or any man of any sort whatever, ventured to think of
such a thing, far less to attempt to do it or bring it to pass.
<But come, now, turn', and to meet another sort of demand, monstrous
and unseemly, seemly and appropriate words discover and seek out. For
if any nation of these infidel and dishonourable tribes of the north shall ever
demand a marriage alliance with the emperor of the Romans, and either to
take his daughter to wife, or to give a daughter of their own to be wife to the
emperor or to the emperor's son, this monstrous demand of theirs also you
shall rebut with these words, saying: Concerning this matter also a dread and
authentic charge and ordinance of the great and holy Constantine is engraved
upon the sacred table of the universal church of the Christians, St. Sophia,
that never shall an emperor of the Romans ally himself in marriage with
a nation of customs differing from and alien to those of the Roman order,
especially with one that is infidel and unbaptized, unless it be with the
Franks alone; for they alone were excepted by that great man, the holy
Constantine, because he himself drew his origin from those parts; for there
is much relationship and converse between Franks and Romans. And why
did he order that with them alone the emperors of the Romans should
~e:'t"IXL V II 88/9 7t1Xpot8e:Lyix-r(~e:'t"IXL V II 89 6 om. edd. II 90 rrixpix(joc(ve:w V

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intermarry? Because of the traditional fame and nobility of those lands
and races. But with any other nation whatsoever it was not to be in their
power to do this, and he who dared to do it was to be condemned as an
alien from the ranks of the Christians and subject to the anathema, as a
transgressor of ancestral laws and imperial ordinances. And that emperor
Leo aforesaid, who also, as has been described above, unlawfully and rashly,
without the consent of him who was then patriarch, took from the church
the diadem and put it about his head and was summarily punished in full
for his wicked attempt, dared to make light of and to disregard this com-
mandment also of that holy emperor, which, as has already been made
clear, is engraved on the holy table; and as he had once put himself outside
the fear of God and His commandments, so also he contracted an alli-
ance in marriage with the chagan of Chazaria, and received his daughter
to be his wife, and thereby attached great shame to the empire of the Romans
and to himself, because he annulled and disregarded the ancestral injunc-
tions; yet he, however, was not even an orthodox Christian, but an heretic
and a destroyer of images. And so for these his unlawful impieties he is
continually excommunicated and anthematized in the church of God, as
a transgressor and perverter of the ordinance of God and of the holy and
great emperor Constantine. For how can it be admissible that Christians
should form marriage associations and ally themselves by marriage with
infidels, when the canon forbids it and the whole church regards it as alien
to and outside the Christian order? Or which of the illustrious or noble
or wise emperors of the Romans has admitted it? But if they reply: How
then did the lord Romanus, the emperor, ally himself in marriage with the
Bulgarians, and give his grand-daughter to the lord Peter the Bulga-
rian ~ , this must be the defence: The lord Romanus, the emperor, was
a common, illiterate fellow, and not from among those who have been
bred up in the palace, and have followed the Roman national customs from
the beginning; nor was he of imperial and noble stock, and for this reason
in most of his actions he was too arrogant and despotic, and in this instance
he neither heeded the prohibition of the church, nor followed the command-
ment and ordinance of the great Constantine, but out of a temper arrogant
and self-willed and untaught in virtue and refusing to follow what was
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right and good, or to submit to the ordinances handed down by our fore-
fathers, he dared to do this thing; offering, that is, this alone by way of
specious excuse, that by this action so many Christian prisoners were ran-
somed, and that the Bulgarians too are Christians and of like faith with us,
and that in any case she who was given in marriage was not daughter of
the chief and lawful emperor, but of the third and most junior, who was
still subordinate and had no share of authority in matters of government;
but this was no different from giving any other of the ladies of the im-
perial family, whether more distantly or closely related to the imperial
nobility, nor did it make any difference that she was given for some service
to the commonweal, or was daughter of the most junior, who had no autho-
rity to speak of. And because he did this thing contrary to the canon and
to ecclesiastical tradition and the ordinance and commandment of the
great and holy emperor Constantine, the aforesaid lord Romanus was in
his lifetime much abused, and was slandered and hated by the senatorial
council and all the commons and the church herself, so that their hatred
became abundantly clear in the end to which he came; and after his death
he is in the same way vilified and slandered and condemned inasmuch as
he too introduced an unworthy and unseemly innovation into the noble
polity of the Romans. For each nation has different customs and divergent
laws and institutions, and should consolidate those things that are proper
to it, and should form and develop out of the same nation the associations
for the fusion of its life. For just as each animal mates with its own tribe,
so it is right that each nation also should marry and cohabit not with those
of other race and tongue but of the same tribe and speech. For hence arise
naturally harmony of thought and intercourse among one another and
friendly converse and living together; but alien customs and divergent
laws are likely on the contrary to engender enmities and quarrels and hatreds
and broils, which tend to beget not friendship and association but spite
and division. Mark, too, that it is not for those who wish to govern lawfully
to copy and emulate what has been ill done by some out of ignorance or
arrogance, but rather to have the glorious deeds of those who have ruled
lawfully and righteously as noble pictures set up for an example to be copied,
and after their pattern to strive himself also to direct all that he does; since
the end which came upon him, I mean, the lord Romanus, through these
170 ove:L8lcr&"I) p II XUp'Y)t;; p II 172 cX7t0: e7tl edd. II 176/7 xpcx-ruve:Lv scr. Moravcsik
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P ~v v6oti;; coni. Kyriakides JI 192 8Yj V 8~ P: SE: edd. 11
76
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(cf. textum codicis P); cf. Theoph. p. 333, 14--334, 19; Leo Gramm., ed.
Bonn. p. 153, 4--154, 7; Theod. Melit., ed. Tafel p. 105, 24--106, 21;
Cedr., ed. Bonn. I. p. 738, 12-739, 15; Excerpta cod. Harl. 5624. (s. XV.)
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14. 2 re:ve:ixAoye:hcxt (etiam Migne): I'e:ve:o:A.oyij-roc:~ edd. II Mouxoue:T
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x.cx-rcxyoe:voi;; V Georg. Mon.: xcx-rcxyolvou P xcxTcxyoevov edd. II Z'l)vcxpo~ P:
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77
13, 14
his headstrong acts is a sufficient warning to restrain anyone who is minded
to emulate his evil deeds.
But now, with the rest, you must know also what follows, my well-loved
son, since knowledge of it may greatly advantage you and render you the
object of greater admiration. That is, once again, knowledge 'of the dif-
ference between other nations, their origins and customs and manner of
life, and the position and climate of the land they dwell in, and its geo-
graphical description and measurement', as they are more widely expounded
hereafter.
14. 0 f t h e g e n e a 1 o g y o f M a h o m e t.
The blasphemous and obscene Mahomet, whom the Saracens claim
for their prophet, traces his genealogy by descent from the most widespread
race of Ishmael, son of Abraham. For Nizaros, the descendant of Ishmael,
is proclaimed the father of them all. Now he begat two sons, Moundaros
and Rabias, and Moundaros begat Kousaros and Kaisos and Themimes
and Asandos and various others whose names are unknown, who were allotted
the Madianite desert and reared their flocks, dwelling in tents. And there
are others further off in the interior who are not of the same tribe, but of
Iektan, the so-called Homerites, that is, Amanites. And the story is published
abroad thus. This Mahomet, being destitute and an orphan, thought fit
to hire himself out to a certain wealthy woman, his relative, Chadiga by
name, to tend her camels and to trade for her in Egypt among the foreigners
and in Palestine. Thereafter by little and little he grew more free in converse
and ingratiated himself with the woman, who was a widow, and took her
to wife. Now, during his visits to Palestine and intercourse with Jews and
Christians he used to follow up certain of their doctrines and interpretations
of scripture. But as he had the disease of epilepsy, his wife, a noble and
wealthy lady, was greatly cast down at being united to this man, who was
not only destitute but an epileptic into the bargain, and so he deceived
her by alleging: l behold a dreadful vision of an angel called Gabriel, and
Moi.'.iacxpov Georg. Mon. Theoph. II 6 'Pcx~dcxv P II Mouv8oc:poi;; (etiam

Theoph.codd.): Mou3cxpoi;; Georg. Mon. Theoph. II Kouacxpov (etiam Georg.
Mon.): Koupcxcrov Georg. Mon.P Theoph. \I 0e:ll)v Georg. Mon. Theoph.:
0ul'tjv P edd. II 7 'Acrcxvlfov Cod. Harl. "Acrcx8ov Georg. Mon. Theoph. II
&vwvuoui;; Meursius Be Georg. Mon.: owvuoui;; p ci:yvwcr.-oui;; Theoph. II
Moc:8tcxvl-r'flv P II 9 '!Ex-riiv P II 10 'Ol)pe:hcxt P II 'Acxvl:-rcxt (etiam Theoph.):
'Acxvhoc:t Georg. Mon. II Avcx8dxvu-rcxt ae:
o(hwi;; deest in Georg. Mon. II 11
cxu-rou wu: -rou 7l'poe:tp'fjE:vou Georg. Mon.P Theoph. II Mouxoue:S Georg.
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12 Xcx8tyi Georg. Mon .. : X&8tycx P Xcx8lyoc: edd. Xcx8lycxv Theoph. I\ 13
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pficre:ti;; Georg. Mon. II
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14, 15
being unable to endure his sight, I faint and falh>; and he was believed
because a certain Arian, who pretended to be a monk, testified falsely in
his support for love of gain. The woman being in this manner imposed on
and proclaiming to other women of her tribe that he was a prophet, the
lying fraud reached also the ears of a head-man whose name was Boubachar.
Well, the woman died and left her husband behind to succeed her and to
be heir of her estate, and he became a notable and very wealthy man, and
his wicked imposture and heresy took hold on the district of Ethribos.
And the crazy and deluded fellow taught those who believed on him, that
he who slays an enemy or is slain by an enemy enters into paradise, and
all the rest of his nonsense. And they pray, moreover, to the star of Aphro-
dite, which they call Koubar, and in their supplication cry out: Alla wa
Koubar, that is, 'God and Aphrodite'. For they call God 'Alla', and 'wa'
they use for the conjunction 'and', and they call the star 'Koubar', and so
they say 'Alla wa Koubar'.
15. 0 f t h e t r i b e o f t h e F a t e m i t e s.
Fatem was a daughter of Mahomet, and from her are begotten the
Fatemites. But these are not from Fatemi, from the country of Libya, but
dwell in the district north of Mecca, away behind the tomb of Mahomet. They
are an Arab nation, carefully trained to wars and battles; for with the aid
of this tribe Mahomet went to war, and took many cities and subdued many
countries. For they are brave men and warriors, so that if they be found
to the number of a thousand in an army, that army cannot be defeated
or worsted. They ride not horses but camels, and in time of war they do
not put on corselets or coats of mail but pink-coloured cloaks, and have
long spears and shields as tall as a man and enormous wooden bows which
few can bend, and that with difficulty.
v 22 'ApLCXVOU p II 24 ootpuAcxLc; (etiam Theoph.d): oo<pUAOLc; Be Georg. Mon.

Theoph. II 25 qiu:Aocpxov Meursius Ba Be Georg. Mon.: ipl:Aocpxov P II Bou(3&xcxp:
'A(3ou(3&:xcxp coni. Thunmann II 27 &ycxv xcxl Georg. Mon. p II um:poUO'Wc;:
m:pLoumoc; Georg. Mon. um:p7tAOumoc; coni. Stephanus II 28 At.&pl(3ou Be
Theoph.g Al&p~{3ou p: 'E&pl(3ou Georg. Mon. Theoph. II 31 xocl &:AAcx, ocrcx
tp:Aucxpd deest in Georg. Mon. Theoph. II tp:Aucxpe:i: Be: tp:Aucxp'ij P II 33 o V edd.:
ou P II xocl Meursius Ba Be: "ti P II 34 Tov (littera v addita) P 2 V edd.: -ro P II
'AU& V: 'AUcx (sine acc.) P II 34/5 &.vd -rou xocl cruv8foou nAfcxaw V edd.:
&v-rL xocl cruvll' n-Ofomv P accentum 8tipa &.v-rl add. itemque -rou et ou s.
v. add. P 2 &.v-rl. -rou xcxt cruv8foou 11ig. iter. P 2
lo. 1 irwipit cod. Mutin. gr. 179 [= MJll 3 cI>cxTe:d-rcxL P II a-r1) edd.:
<l>&:"t'e:IJ P II 5 -rou1 om. edd. II 9 <pocrchov P II qioachov P II 12 po8w-ra edd.
po8o-riX P: pu-rL8wT& coni. Meursius <et
II 14 -re:lve:a-&cx~ ~) coni. Kyriakides.
80
16, 17
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~ptov Tpl't"Y)V, ~p~ 7tt7t't'YJ. Etc; -rouc; ocu-rouc; xp6vouc; 7tpW't'O<;; &px'Y)yoc;
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<p~'t''Y)c; OCU't'WV XP'YJoc-rlcrcx:c;, ExpOC't' Y)Cl'S: ae: -rYjc; &px~c; 't'WV , Apoc~Ci>V ET'Y)
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pov, 't'OV xocl Bou7tOCXT(!)pCX:, cruyye:vYj CX:UTOU. Ot ae: 7tE:7tACX:v'Y)VoL 'E~pcx:i:ot
bl &pin -njc; 7tcx:pouo-Locc; ocu-rou v6tcrcx:v dvcx:t 't'ou-rov -rov ncx:p' cx:u-roi:c; 5
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fo1_r:1.:r:ov OLOC nof...ou oolwc; e't' Y) oib<oc, 15
F 16. 1 'Ex -rou - 5 OLE7tWv: cf. H. Usener, De Stephano Alexandrino,

Index lect. Bonn. 1879. p. 3-16., 1879/80. p. 15-22, Notae Bullialdi
ad Ducae Historiam, ed. Bonn. pp. 622-626. 6 'E~'ij'Ml-ov - 9
TIEm-n: cf. Leo Gramm., ed. Bonn. p. 152, 20-153, 3; Cedr., ed. Bonn.
I. p. 717, 7-17; Excerpta cod. Bruxellensis II 4836. (s. XIII.) fol. 90v,
ed. J. Davreux, Byzantion X. p. 99.
17. 2 Tou-rcp - 10 cxu-rijl: Theoph. p. 333, 1-13; cf. Cedr., ed. Bonn. I.
p. 738, 3-11; Exe. cod. Harl. 5624., I. c. p. 358-359. 10 Ou-roL
- 11 m:pL-roljv: cf. Georg. Mon. p. 700, 5-6; Cedr. I. p. 739, 22. 14
'Exp&-r1Jcre:v - 23 &oLxouevoLi;;: Theoph. p. 334, 17-27; cf. Cedr. I. p.
739, Hi-17; Exe. cod. Har 1. 5624., l. c. p. 359.
81
16, 17
16. F r o m t h e c a n o n w h i c h S t e p h e n t h e a s t r o 1 o g e r
cast from the stars concerning the Exodus of
t h e S a r a c e n s, i n w h a t y e a r o f t h e f o u n d a t i o n
o f t h e w o r 1 d i t t o o k p 1 a c e, a n d w h o t h e n h e 1 d
t h e s c e p t r e o f t h e e m p i r e o f t h e R o m a n s.
The Exodus of the Saracens took place on the third day of the month
of September of the tenth indiction, in the twelfth year of Heraclius, in the
year from the creation of the world 6130. And the horoscope of these same
Saracens was cast in the month of September, on the third day of the month,
the fifth day of the week. At this same time Mouameth was first chief of the
Arabs, whom the Arabs call Mahomet, who was also their prophet, and
he held rule over the Arabs nine years.
17. F r o m t h e C h r o n i c 1 e o f T h e o p h a n e s,
of blessed memory.
In this year 6139, died Mouameth, chief and false prophet of the
Saracens, having appointed in his stead Aboubacharos, or Boupaktor, his
kinsman. And the deluded Jews at his first appearance had taken him for
the Christ whom they expect, so that some of their leading men approached
him and received his religion and forsook that of Moses who beheld God.
But when they saw him eating camel's flesh, they realized that he was
not what they had thought him. But they taught him to do nefarious
crimes against the Christians and continued in his company. These are they
who taught him to accept some parts of the Law, both the circumcision
and other matters, which the Saracens observe. The first to come after
him, then, was Aboubachar, who had proclaimed him to be a prophet and
was for that reason left behind to succeed him. And his heresy prevailed
in the district of Ethribos, at first in secret ten years, and at last through
V 16. 1 ou: &v edd. II 4/5 xod -rlc; o -roc crx'ij1npcx T'ijc; ~occrLAdcxc; 'Pwocwv
lhbtwv: xocl -rlc; -Jiv -r6-re: o ~ocm)..e:uc; 'Pwcx(wv V edd. II 7 BwBbtoc-rov V M edd.:
~~ P -rcji iW E'<e:L (sc. 'HpocxAdou) Cedr. -rcji . . . BwBe:xchcp -rou Mwoce:&
x.p6vcp Leo Gramm. II 8 post ,C:p)..' siglo ./. adhibito vuv Be (eD"'!tv) ,C:wo' (tvBL-
x-rLwvoc;) te:', we; dvocL &rec -r6-r(e:) EWc; vuv ;x,p6vot 4'' mg. add. P 3 , qttae omnia in
textum receperunt V M Me, qua de causa caput hoc insiticium esse suspicatus est
Meursius II 10/1 rcpo<p1}TI)c; P 1 V M edd.: TCpocp~-rIJv P 1 11 cxu-rwv P 1 V M edd.:
cxu-rov P II SE: om. V edd. II 12 evvcx edd.: -&' P.
17. 2 l)youv ,c;p)..&' dee.st in Theoph. II Mouoce:B Theoph. II 3 &:v-r' cxu-rou
dee.st in Theoph. II 4 -rev xoct Bourc&x-rwpcx dee.st in Theoph. 11 Bou-rocx-rwpcx V
edd. II 5 ":'ou-rov: cxu-rov Theoph. II 7 xcx-rcxAme:i:'v: &.cp'ijcrcxt Theoph. II 8 &:rro
xcx~)..ou folHov-roc V edd. II 9 BE: deest in Theoph. IJ 10 BiMcrxov-re:c; edd. 11 14
8 deest in Theoph. II AWp~ou P 2 V edd. Theoph.g: At-&plou P 'E&p~ou
Theoph. JI 15 8exoc1 edd.: i' P II 8 dee.st in Theoph. II 8excx 2 edd.: i' P II
82
17, 18, 19
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F 18. 1 Lidi-repoi;; - 6 8w8e:xoc cf. Theoph. p. 336, 4---8, 14---16, 28-29;

337, 13-17; Exe. cod. Harl. 5624., 1. c. p. 363.
19, 2 'O oc:uToi;; - 11 ~"Aoc:m:p1J(oc:i;;: Theoph. p. 339, 15-24; cf. Cedr., ed.
Bonn. I. p. 746, 8-15. 8 TO ~8e"Auyoc: - 9 ocylcp: Matth. 24, 15;
cf. Dan. 9, 27; Vita Sophronii, ed. A. Papadopulos-Kerameus, 'Avci"Ae:xToc:
'le:pocrol.umx'iji;; cr-toc:xuof..oyloc:i;; V. p. 144.
V 16 fr!) deest in Theoph. II vvoc: edd.: .&' P II 17 cX7tO (etiam Theoph.cdefm):

u7to V edd. Theoph. II &:7toxTe:vv6e:voi;; Theoph. &7toXTe:v6e:voi;; P: &noxTe:t-
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83
17, 18, 19
war another ten years, and openly nine years. And he taught his subjects
that he who has slain an enemy or is slain by an enemy enters unhindered
into paradise, and said that it is a paradise of carnal eating and drinking
and lying with women, and that a river of wine and honey and milk flows
down it and the women are incomparable to look upon, not such as we
know here but other, and he fabled that intercourse with them is of long
duration and the pleasure continuous, and other matters replete with
libertinism and folly; and they are to forgive one another and aid one
another when wronged.
18. The second chief of the Ar abs, Abo u b a ch a r,

t h r e e y e a r s.
This Aboubachar first took the city of Gaza and all the terri-
tory round about it. And the same Aboubachar died after ruling as emir
three years, and Oumar succeeded to the rule and governed the Arabs
twelve years.
19. T h e t h i r d c h i e f o f t h e Ar a b s, 0 u ma r.
This same Oumar marched against Palestine, and laid siege in it
and blockaded Jerusalem for the space of two years, and took it by guile.
For Spohronius, bishop of Jerusalem, one moved with divine zeal and
excellent in sagacity, received from him a most sure undertaking concerning
the churches throughout Palestine, so that the churches were neither de-
stroyed nor sacked. When Sophronius saw him, he said: Of a truth this
is the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, that
standeth in the holy place. He demanded the temple of the Jews that
Solomon built, to make it the place of worship of his blasphemy. And it is
so to this day.
Theoph. II 21 Etpoc:axe:v: e:!voc:t Theoph. II 8Lcxpx'ij -r~v Be Theoph.: Stcxpxtwc~v

p II 22 n"). e:cx v edd.: 7tAE:(1) p e:cr-roc Theoph. II Te:: ae: Theoph.
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'A(3ou(3&xcxpoc; Theoph. II 5 -rplcx edd.: y' P 81.'io 1jicru hie, sed alio loco y'
Theoph. II 5 Oucxpoc; Theoph. II 6 8W3e:xcx edd.: t(3' P.
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7tpoc; -rov ocO't'oxpthopoc Kei>vcr-rocvTtvov ~'Y)'t'Wv dp~v'Y)v. 'E7tt 't'OCOTYl T?j
7tpoqi&.creL 7tE7tE:'t'OCL 7to:poc 't'OU ~IY.crLM(t}c; K(t}VCJ't'OC\l't'L\IOU, 't'OU op&oo6~ou, 10
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F 20. 2 00-roc; - 3 u7tfo-rpe:4'e:v: cf. Theoph. p. 343, 17-20, 24--28. 3

Moculw; - 5 ocurijc;: cf. Theoph. p. 345, 8-9; 343, 30--31; Cedr., ed.
Bonn. I. p. 755, 1-2, 8-9. 5 O?iToc; - 7 vuv: Theoph. p. 344,
12-15; cf. Cedr. I. p. 755, 3-5. 7 O?i-roc; - 10 xoc)J(6v: Theoph.
p. 345, 8-11; cf. Cedr. I. p. 755, 8-10; Zon. XIV. 19., ed. Bonn. III. p.
219, 7-10. 10 Ou-roe; - Kwvcr-rcxv-rLvou7t6t.e:wc;: cf. Theoph. p. 345,
16---18. 11 El..u~voc-ro - 12 'Iwv(cxc;: cf. Theoph. p. 353, 14----16;
Cedr. I. p. 764, 18-20. 12 oc; - 13 -rfocrcxpcx: cf. Theoph. p. 346,
20-21, 25; 355, 1-5.
21. 4 e:lcr'ijt..&ov - 16 e:uye:vdc; v': Theoph. p. 355, 6-25; cf. Niceph.,
ed. de Boor p. 32, 23-33, 6; Cedr., ed. Bonn. I. p. 765, 19-766, 6; Zon.
XIV. 20., ed. Bonn. III. p. 224, 11-225, 7.
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20. T h e f o u r t h c h i e f o f t h e A r a b s, 0 u t h m a n.
He took Africa by war, and arranged imposts with the Africans and
returned. His general was Mauias, who pulled down the colossus of Rhodes
and took the island of Cyprus and all its cities. He took the island of Arados
also and burnt its city, and made the island desolate to this day. When
he came to the island of Rhodes, he demolished the colossus in it, one thous-
and 360 years after it had been set up, and a Jewish merchant of Edessa
bought it and loaded 900 camels with the bronze of it. This Mauias
also made an expedition against Constantinople and ravaged Ephesus and
Halicarnassus and Smyrna and the rest of the cities of Ionia, and after the
death of Outhman was fifth chief of the Arabs for twenty-four years.
21. F r o m t h e C h r o n i c 1 e o f T h e o p h a n e s: t h e y e a r
from the creation of the world 6171.
At the end of the life of Mauias, chief of the Arabs, the Marda'ites
entered the Lebanon and took possession of it from the Black mountain
to the holy city, and made themselves masters of the summits of the Lebanon;
and many slaves and natives ran to them for refuge, in numbers which
shortly amounted to many thousands. On learning this, Mauias was greatly
alarmed, and his counsellors with him. And he sent envoys to the emperor
Constantine, seeking for peace. Therefore, the emperor Constantine, the
orthodox, son of Pogonatus, dispatched John surnamed Pitzikaudis. And
when he arrived in Syria, Mauias received him with great honour, and it
V 20. 1 &px'1Jyoc; 'Ap&:(3wv V edd. II 3 Ma:ufo:c; P Theoph.: Ma:(?ifo:c;; pa V M II

6 xa:t -r~v 2 bis P II 7 vYjcrov deest in Theoph. II ev a:u'tjj corr. Mora.vcsik:
a:u-r'ij p ea:u-r'ijc;; v M Me Ba. a:utjc;; Be ~v a:u'tjj deest in Theoph. II 8 xA.ta:
T~ : ,a:-r~' Theoph. II 9 'Elle:mvoc;; p II f:)' corr. Mora.vcsik
1
evva:xocr(a:c;; Ba. Be
Theoph.: ,A. P -rpt&:xov-ra: xi)..t6:1la:c;; s. v. add. P 3 V M Me II 10 Ma:u(a:c; P
Theoph.: Ma:(?.a:c; pa V M II 11 ~upv'tjv corr. Mora.vcsik: ~upv1Jc;; P l\'I ~upVCJ:v
P2 V edd. IJ 12 7te7t-roc;; V edd.: e:' s. v. add. P 1 in textum recepit M II 13
Ou.&O:v] litteras rest. P 2
21. 3 l\fauou P: Ma:(?ilou P 2 V M II 3 post 'Apii(?iwv s. v. add. 7te7tTou
P3 in textum receperunt V M edd. II 4 ol (hahet etiam Cedr.): deest in
Theoph. II Ma:plla.ha:t P II 7 Tou-ro: -ra:u-ra: Theoph. II Ma:ula:c;; P Theoph.:
Ma:(?ila:c;; P 2 V M II 8 7tpfo(?ie:tc;; P 3 V M edd.: npfo(?.1Jc;; P II 9/10/'ETil TIXUTYJ 'tjj
7tpocpcim:t deest in Theoph. II IO m~m:Tm: &7tfoTEtAE Theoph. II 10/l KwvcrTa:v-
T(vou, TOU op{to86~ou, ulou TOU Ilwywv&:-rou deest in Theoph. II 11 ulou omitten-
du.m coni. Meursius Ba.ndurius secl. Be post ulou comma posui'.t l\figne II Tou om.
v Me II o: TO Theoi;>h. II IltT1;;'1)XIXUl>1Ji;: IltTl;;txa.ul>YjV Cedr. rr~T~tya:G8tv Theoph. II
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36vP xo:l cruvEcpwv~&YJ 7tpoc; &cpo-rE:pouc; yyp1X.cpov yEvfo.&ocL J dfJ~vric; E&'
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1
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-re:c; ewe; -r~c; cr1jEpov, xoc1. E7to"AE:'Y)O"OCV 't'~V (EVE:OCV 't'OU Moculou xocl ~cp&.vL- 25
O'OCV OCU' ' t"Y)V.
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O'OCV 0 o"Alyot -rou M1X.ulou, xocl iotwx&'YJcrocv 7tocpoc -rwv Mocupocp6pwv

E:wc; tjc; 'Arpptx~c; E-roc xocl E:voc; ixy6vou -rou Moculou. '0 S ocu-roc; ~x
yovoc; 't'OU Mocu[ou E-r' o/..lywv 't'LVWV 0LE:7tEfJOCO"EV e:ic; 't'~V 'fo7tOCVLOCV EV
-rocf:c; ~pixtc; 'loucr-rtvLocvou 't'OU 'Ptvo-r1j-rou, OU)'..L oe 't'OU ITwywvcf-rou. 30
Toiho () 7tocpoc -ro'Lc; ~e:-rE:potc; lcr-roptxo'Lc; ou yE:yfJoc7t-roct. 'Aqi' oi'.> yocp
7tOCpE),1jcp&YJ ~ e:yOCA'YJ 'Pw'Y) 7tOCpOC 't'WV r6-r&wv, ~p~OC't'O OCXpW't''Y)pt&.~e:cr.&ocL
-rO: 'Pcuoc"Lxoc 7tpocyoc-roc, xocl ouoe:lc; -rwv lcr-ropLXWv -rwv ~c; 'fo7tocvlocc;
37vp
B p.Epwv - E7tOL' ' Y')O"CX't'O vELOCV, ' ''
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98 e , ,
o:x!X.pLOU 0 Eocpixvouc; '1 LO"'t'OpLOC ou-rwc;.
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xo'. Kocl EXpOC't"Y)O'EV ~c; &px~c; 't'WV 'Ap&.~wv 'I~lO, 0 uloc; OCU't'OU, -r'Y) c;'.
Tou-rou -rE/,Eu-rficrocv-ros, &-rixpocx&'YJcro:v ol ''Apoc(3e:c; tjc; Arnpl(3ou, xo:l
OLE(Ep&E:v-re:c; xoc-rfo't"Y)crocv E:o:u-ro'Lc; ocpx"fJrov 'A~or::"Aiiv, -rov ulov Zou(3E:p.
T OU't'O- OCXOUO"O:V' ' I
t'Ec; OL 't"Y)V <D OLVLX'
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XOC't'otl<.OUV't'e:t:; 'Ayix(JYJVO(, ~pxov't'OCL 7tpbc; Oucrocv, oc'Y)piiv ITocAOCLO"'t'LV'Y)c;, xocl
7tpo~&A!.ov-ro:t Mocpouoc, xocl [cr-rwcrw ocu-rov ocpx_'Y)y6v, xocl xpoc-rEL ~c;
!X.PX."f)c; tjvo:c;
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F 16 'E7tl -rou-rou - 23 ~uplixc;: cf. Theoph. p. 346, 20-347, 4;

347, 26-28. 23 Kixl &-r' ixu-rov - 30 Ilc.:iyc.:iv&:-rou: cf. Theoph.
p. 403, 12--13; 424, 12--16; 425, 13-15; 426, 1-7. 35 'Am:f3c.:i
- 37 ETYJ c;': Theoph. p. 356, 15-17; 360, 13-17. 38 Tou-rou -
46 &L6:~oxov: Theoph. p. 360, 27-361, 3.
V 13 xal deest i11 Theoph. &cpo-repouc;: bc1rnfpouc; Theoph. II 14 A6yov

V edd. Theoph.: )..6ywv P Theoph.dg II 14/15 'TCll -rwv 'Pc.:iix(c.:iv ~ixcn).e:'i:
Tfi 'Pwixix'/j 1toAt-rdq: Theoph. 15 xpucr[ou (etiam Niceph. Cedr. Zon.):
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was agreed on both sides that a convention of peace should be drawn up
in writing and sworn to, on the basis of an agreed annual tribute, the Agarenes
to pay to the emperor of the Romans three thousand pieces of gold and 800
prisoners and 50 thoroughbred horses. At this time the empire of the Arabs
was divided in two parts. In Ethribos Ali held rule, but Mauias held Egypt
and Palestine and Damascus. And the dwellers in Ethribos marched with
the sons of Ali against Mauias. And Mauias armed himself against them
and joined battle by the river Euphrates, and the party of Ali was defeated,
and Mauias took Ethribos and all the land of Syria. And his family held rule
85 years. And after him came forth the so-called Black-robed out of Persia,
who hold rule to this day, and they fought with the clan of Mauias and
utterly destroyed it. And they slew Marouam also, who was its head. And
few of the party of Mauias were left, and they, together with one grandson
of Mauias, were pursued by the Black-robed as far as Africa. Now this
same grandson of Mauias with a few followers crossed over into Spain in
the days of Justinian Rhinotmetus, not of Pogonatus. But this has not
been written by our historians. For from the time of the capture of old
Rome by the Goths, the Roman possessions began to be lopped off, and
none of the historians has made mention of the region of Spain, nor of the
clan of Mauias. But the history of Theophanes, of blessed memory, has the
following account: And so Mauias, chief of the Saracens, died, who had been
general 26 years, and had ruled as emir 24 years. And Izid, his son, held rule
over the Arabs 6 years. On his death the Arabs of Ethribos were disturbed,
and they arose and set up Abdelas, son of Zouber, to be their chief. When they
heard this, the Arabs who dwelt in Phoenicia and Palestine and Damascus
came to Ousan, the emir of Palestine, and appointed Marouam and set
him up to be chief, and he held the rule 9 months. On his death, his son
Abimelech succeeded to the rule and held it 22 years and 6 months. And
xpucrou Theoph. II 16 (.i) 1 ; v' Theoph. II -rou-rou Be: 'rOU'r(.i) p II 19 Mixu(otc; P:

Mix(3fo:c; PY mg. P 7 V M I! 20 Mixu(ou P V: Mix(3ou PY M II Mixu(ixc; P V: Mct(3o:c;
PY M II &v&o7tA~crix-ro P II 22 Mixu(ixc; P V: Mixf3ixc; PY M II 23 Tijc; om. V edd. 11
m:' P V M: o' (littera 7t ex dimidia parte, e: autem penitus erasa) PY Ba. Be IJ
24 ixo-rov V edd.: ixi'.i-rwv P II 25 t1t'oMLcrixv P !I Mixu(ou P V: Mixf3(ou PY M II
27 Mixu(ou P V: Mixf3fou PY M II 28 Mctu(ou P V: Mix~(ou PY M 11 29 Mixulou
P V: Mixf3(ou PY M II 34 Mixu(ou P V: Mixf3lou pY M 11 35 7J inser. px in
textum receperunt V M Ba Be II oi".iv o dee.st in Theoph. II Mixulctc; P V: Mct(3lo:c;
PY M JI 36 &px1Jy6c;: 7tp(.i)-rocr\J(3ou).oc; Theoph. \I xc;' (etiam Theoph.efm):
x' Theoph. II 37 'Apii(3(.i)v 'l~(ll: post 'Apii(3o:iv mg. ETYJ, post L~ s. v. xixl, post
ti> s. v. 1)(.i)c; A.ix' add. P 2 lTI') LI',;' xo:l Lil' "ijoc; 'J..ix' in textum recepit M II c;': y'
Theoph. II 38 Tijc; Ba. Be: -rou P Theoph. II At&pl(3ou (etiam Theoph.g):
'E&pt(3ou Theoph. II 39 'A(31le:Mv P II -rov: TLVIX Theoph. II 40 Toiho iixoucrixv-re:c;
deest in Theoph. II 40/1 ol -rl)v <Dowlx1JV xixt Ilo:'J..a:Lcr-r(v1Jv xixl 6.o:ixcrxov
xix-roLKoiivnc; 'AyixpYJvo(: Ot <Dolvtxe:c; xixt ot Ilix'J..ixtcr-rlv1Jc; brl -rliv 6.o:rxcrxov
Theoph. 11 41 Oucrcxv: 'Amh Theoph. 11 &r,piXv P 11 42 7tpof3iXA'J..ov-rixL: lllBoucn
xe:t:pixc; lle:~LiXc; "Cfl Theoph. II 42/3 XplXTe:~ Tijc; iipx'ijc;: &1jp.:ue:L Theoph. II
43 'A(3te'J..e:x] litteras rest. P 2 II
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SLocoix_e:-rocL -r1jv &px_~v, xocl. x.pc:m;;i l-r'fj xW xo:l. ljvoct.; t.;'. Kocl X.ELpou-ra:i
3grP -rouc; I -rupocwouc;,
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voc-rou, x.pocTI)crocc; 't'ljt.; 'Pwoclwv ocpx_ljc; h'fj L~' xocl. i~occrLAEUCTEv &v-r'
ocu-rou 'loucr-rLvLocv6t.;, o utot.; ocu-rou.
'fo-rfov, O't'L 0 -rfilv 'Apoc~(t)V ocpx.11y6c;, (8t.;) 7tE7t't'Ot.; cX7tO 't'OU
MouocE& txpoc't""'f)crEv 't'ljc; &px_ljt.; -r&v 'Apoc~wv, oux tx -.ou ytvouc; ~v -rou 50
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XIXL' vauapx.oc; I 1t1XpOCI 0'U'ITocv,Cl. I ocpx_'fjyou
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3gvp ECJJc; Kwvcr-rocv-rtvoU7tOALv, xo:l. oLoc-rpl~occ; x_p6vov j txocv6v, AE:'fjAocTijcrocc; 55
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-ro 7tpoc; 'r1jv ~occrw -rfilv noo&v ocu-rou ye:ypoctvov, ~xov o0-rwc; 60
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Ev-n <l>1>mi, txpocTIJCTEv "C'ljc; At&pl~ou xocl. n&CT"'f)c; Tl)c; -rpocx_e:locc; 'Apoc~locc;. 70
'Ev "C'OCU't"OCLc; ouv "C'OCLc; 'tjEpo:tc; oL'fj(E:p'IT'Cl.fjCTOCV 7tpoc;
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F 46 'Ev rnu't"oLc; 48 uloc; mhou: Theoph. p. 361, 15-16; cf.

Cedr. I. p. 770, 22-24. 51 Ka.t 7tpw-rov - 54 ,a.cr': cf. Theoph.
p. 343, 30-31; Cedr. I. p. 755, 1-2. 54 Ka.t dcrijt,.&e:v - 'P61lou:
cf. Theoph. p. 345, 8; Cedr. I. p. 755, 8. 54 >t&xe:We:v - 55
Kwvcna.vnvou7tOALv: cf. Theoph. p. 345, 16-18; Cedr. I. p. 755,
17-18. 56 'EA.&wv- 57 lcrTiie:vov: cf. Theoph. p. 345, 8-9; Cedr. I. p.
755, 8-9. 57 "AyrxA.a. - 62 Alvllwc;: cf. Cedr. I. p. 755,
10-16. 61 Tov ev - 62 Avi3wc;: cf. Simonidis epigr. 165., ed. Diehl, A. L.
Gr. Il2. 5. p. 143; Strabo XIV. 2, 5., p. 652; Ps.-Draco, De motris,
ed. Hermann p. 99. 64 wv-ficra.'t"o - 65 f:)'1t 1 : Theoph. p. 345,
9-11; cf. Cedr. I. p. 755, 9-10; Zon. XIV. 19., ed. Bonn. III. p. 219,
9-10. 65 Te:A.wtjcra.v-roc;- 69 no).e:,c;: cf. Theoph. p. 346, 20-25. 71
'Ev -ra.u-ra.'c; 74 &AA.~)..wv: cf. Theoph. p. 346, 27-347, 4; 347,
27-28.
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he overcame the rebels, and slew Abdelas, son and successor of Zouber.
Meanwhile, the emperor Constantine, son of Pogonatus, died, having held
rule over the Romans 17 years; and his son Justinian reigned in his stead.
The chief of the Arabs who was fifth after Mouameth to hold rule
over the Arabs was not of the family of Mouameth, but of another tribe.
And first he was appointed general and admiral by Outhman, chief of the
Arabs, and was sent against the state of the Romans with a strong force
and 1200 decked ships. He proceeded to Rhodes, and thence, after fitting
out his expedition, came up to Constantinople, and lingered a long time,
and laid waste the environs of Byzantium, but returned with his purpose
unachieved. When he came to Rhodes, he pulled down the colossus that
stood in it. It was a brazen statue of the sun, gilded from head to foot,
80 cubits in height and broad in proportion, as witness the inscription
written on the base of its feet, running like this:
The Rhodian colossus, eight times ten
Cubits in height, Laches of Lindos made.
He took the bronze of it and carried it over into Syria, and put it up for
sale to any who wanted it; and a Hebrew of Edessa bought it and brought
it up from the sea laden on 980 camels. On the death of Outhman, then, this
Mauias succeeded to the rule of the Arabs. And he ruled over the holy
city and the regions of Palestine, over Damascus and Antioch and all the
cities of Egypt. But Alim, who was son-in-law of Mouameth, having married
his daughter called Fatime, ruled over Ethribos and all Arabia Tracheia.
Now, in these days Alim and Mauias were roused up to war against one
V 44 xpix-rd lt't""f) x(3' xixl 'ij'JIXr;, r;,': &1JpEucmr;, fr1) X1X ~tau Theoph. II 45 &7tox-rEWEL
1
Theoph. &7toX-rEvEi: P: &7tox-rdvEL V edd. II 'A(3i3EAav P II Zou(3ep) litteras ~ou

rest. P 2 II 45/6 1Mi3oxov (etiam Theoph.cefghm): dctl>ixxov Theopb. !) 46 n:Aw-r~:
iivE7tii1J Theoph. II 46/7 b (3ixcrt:AEur;,, 6 ulor;, -rou Ilwywvii-rou deest in Theoph. II
47 -r~c; 'Pcv1X(cuv cipx'ijr;, deest in Theoph. TI)v 'Pcv1Xl<0v cipx~v edd. il t~']
litteras rest. P 2 !I 4 7 /8 civ-r' IXU-rou deest in Theoph. II 48 'Ioucr-rtvtlXvor;, V I'd
edd.: 'IoucrTLIXVOc; p II 49 post iipx7Jy6c; s. v. add. !v1CJ:(3lixr;, pa in textum recez1erunt
V M edd. II 8r;, addendum coni. Bekker 11 50 ~vs. v. add. pa in textum
receperunt M Ba Be II 53 xix-r'cppcix-r<0v V1)<7>V: crxcicp1) Theoph. II 54 ,1Xcr': ,wJ/
Theoph. I 55 post lxixv6v s. v. ad-d. ~-rt ~, lt't"1) pa '~-rot ET1) ~, in textum
receperniit V edd. II 61 Tov lv 'P6&cp xo"Aocrcrov: '-rov 'H/..lou x. vel ov Elcro-
piitr;, )(. (sic Robert l. c.) fuit in sf,atu.a ' Diehl II ox-rcixtr;, (etiam Simonides
Ps.-Draco): e7tTclXLr;, Strabo II 62 A&;rr.r;,: X&p1)c; Simonides Strabo Ps. -
Draco II 6"Avatoc; P II 63 IXO-rov om. edd. 11 post E:v add. tjj edd. II 64 ov~cr1X-ro P II
65 'Ei3EcrCJ"l)v6r;, coni. Meursius 'El>Ecr1)vor;, Theoph. corli. Bandurius: 'E:l]owor;,
p 6 'EEcr1)v6r;, Be II )'7t' p EVVIXXOCJLIX<; )(CJ:( oyao~XOVTIX Ba Be: ,;>..1t'
(littera E)' 'j>(Lrtim erasa) px v Me -rpt&:xov-rix XL:Atciaixi;; XIXt oyl>o-fpto'JTIX mg.
P 2 E:wixxocrlixi;; Theoph. II 66 OMciv] litteras -&iX.v in ras . .scr. P 2 II ixu-ror;,
om. edd. II 67 Mixul()(r;, p v: Mix(3l1Xi;; PY M II 69 'AA~: , A>..~ Theoph. II or;,
~v) litteras c; ~v in ras. scr. P 2 II post &uylXTpl add. tjj edd. 11 70 AUtpl~ou
p2 V edd. : AL&plou P II
90
21
5 -re: 'AA.~ xocl. oMoculocc; E:pl~ov-re:c; m:pl. TYjc; &px~c;, -rlc; ocu-r&v xupte:Ucre:t
IOOB e 1tOC'I crric; ..:..uptocc;
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Cl. ~' nocpoc' 't'OV
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1t't'OUO"L n6A.i::ov lcrx.upov E-r' &AA.~A.wv. Tou 0: Tto"Atou xpocTouv-roc;, xoc1

7to/...A.&v E:~ &rpo-repwv 7tm-r6v-rwv, xpoc~ocv TOC n/...~.&'YJ 't'WV 'Ayocpi'jv&v 75
39vp &q:io-rtpwv -r&v {ouo} Ep&v / <fflvt -rp6mp crrpoc~oe:v xocl. crrpoc~6r..1.e:&oc,
xoc1. &q:iocvl~E:'t'OCL 't'O ytvoc; ~&v E:x TYjc; 't'WV ocv.&p6>7twv ~toTYjc;; , Af...J...oc
xwptcr.&~'t'WO'OCV Mo ytpovTE<; E:~ &rpo't'Epwv 't'filv Ep&v, xocl. ov .iv 7tpo-
xpLVwcnv, EX.ETW Ti')V OCPX'YJV. 'O oe:
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I \ - 1/ I \ ..., I
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tvoc ov ocv 7rpoxptvwmv ott ye:pov't'e:c;, e:xe:tvoc; e:a't'oct xupto<;
fl t\ "I\ I I ' f """
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u~PXEv xoc-roc 't'O -r&v LocpocXYJVWV .&voe; Eu"Aoc~~c;, ofouc; E:xe:'l:vot A.tyoum
xoco~c;, 't'OU't'Ecr't'LV 1tLO"'t'OUc; xocl. ~ytoccrtvouc; 0 oE: 't'OU Moculou yipwv
tv Gx_~oc-rt 6v(f ~v e:u"Aoc~~c;, -roc o' &AA.ex. oo"Ae:po<; xocl. ocu.&oco'Yjc; xocl. 7tOVYJPLCf 90
7rOCV'
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4ovp E:x -rtjc; ocpx.~c;, we; E:~~yocyov 't'OV OOCX't'U \"Atov OCU't'OU Ex ~c; x.e:tpoc; OCU't'OU 95
Y.OCL' e:tcrriyayov
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I , ' ,, l. M OCULOCV I
di; ~v ocpx.~v, &cmEp d~yocyov 't'OV OOCX't'UALOV OCU't'OU de; 't'OV oocx-ruMv
ou dcrocyocyw xocl. -rov (>)ocx-ru/...tov -rou Moculou de; -rov M.x-ru/...ov ocu't'ou.100
Kocl. -r6n ote:xwplcr&rjcrocv &n' &AA.fi"Awv. Ilocpoc"Ao:~ocve:t oi5v 6 Moculocc;
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F 81 llm:p 82 'Ayixp1Jv&v: cf. Achmet, Oneirocriticon, ed. ' Drexl.

p. 212, 20.
v 72 l\1aul0'.i;; P: Mix~lo.:i;; PY V M xupte:ucm V M edd.: xupte:ucH1 P

73 'Ecpp&:rl)v P II 76 &cpo-repwv om. Me secl. Be II l>Uo secl. Moravcsik II
79 ,AJ,d p II ijpfo&7)cr1Xv (coni. etiam Bekker): ~ptox11cro.:v edd. II 80 ex~iil-Aovw;
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another, disputing over the rule, which of them should be lord of all Syria.
They encountered one another by the river Euphrates, and joined in fierce
battle one against the other. But when the battle was at its height and many
were falling on either side, the multitudes of the Agarenes of both parties
cried out: Why is this, that we slay and are slain, and our tribe perishes
from among living men? But let two elders be chosen apart from both the
parties, and whomsoever they prefer, let him have the rule. Alim and
Mauias were pleased at this saying of theirs, and, drawing off from their
hands their rings, which are a token of rule of the Agarenes, they gave
them to the two elders, and placed their authority at the disposal of the
two elders, confirming the matter by an oath and settling it so that whomso-
ever the elders might prefer, he should be lord and chief of all the Saracens.
The two elders entered into the middle of the battle array of the two parties,
and took their stand face to face in the space between the armies; the elder
of Alim was a man devout according to the nation of the Saracens, one such
as they call 'cadi', that is, faithful and sanctified; but the elder of Mauias
was devout only in appearance, but in all else deceitful and arrogant and
surpassing all men in mischief. The elder of Mauias said to the elder of
Alim: Do you speak first what you will, for you are prudent and devout,
and far surpassing my years. And the elder of Alim answered thus:
I cast Alim off from the rule, as I drew his ring from his hand and drew
it on to my own finger; now will I cast off the ring of Alim from my finger
and therewith cast him off from his rule also. The elder of Mauias made
answer again: I drew Mauias into the rule, as I drew his ring on to my
finger; now will I draw the ring of Mauias on to his finger. And then they
parted one from the other. So Mauias took all the dominion of Syria, since
all the emirs had sworn to each other, saying: Whatever the elders say,
we will be obedient to their words. And so Alim took his army and departed
to the region of Ethribos with all his kin, and there ended his life. After
edd. II 81 -roic;] litteras ot in ras. scr. P 2 II 87 &v-rmpo11w7t<0v coni. l\foravcsik:

iiv-rmp611cu1tOV p iiv-rt7tpOO"W1tOU edd. !I 92 oc; d "rE coni. Moravcsik: illO"TE
Ba Be we; "rE (litteris fo erasfa) py &c; fo-re p v Me oc; c; "rE M <UO"EL TE
Meursius II 93 -rouc; ouc; xp6vouc; coni. Jenkins: -roic; E:oic; Xp6votc; p edd. I
95 llo:K-rUA\ov P 2 V M edd.: Mx-ru/..ov P I! 96 E:x~&:A.<0 V: E:x~&:A/..w edd. 1<~a:/..wv
M ~x~o:A<0v P II 97 llotx-ru'Aou Meursius Ba Be: 1>0:1<-ruf..ou P II ou P V edd.:
Mo:~ou (litte1is ou in ix correctis et litterif1 ~lou s. v. additil1) PY II 99 ixu-:-ou
B. v. add. P 2 in. textum receperunt V M edd. /I 100 dm)(y&rw l\leursius
Ba Be: d11ixy'yov P dcro:y'ywv V Me II 101 &:7t') litteram cc in rafJ. scr. P2
Mo:uo:c; P: M()(~(o:c; P 2 V M !I 102 7tifoa:v om. edd. II
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ULOL
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cruvlj~ocv 7t6Ae:ov lcrx.upov e:'t'oc 't'OU Moculou, xoc1 ~n'1j&v-re:c; ~q)\)yov oc7to
7tpocrw7tou ' ' - XOCL' OC7tOO"'
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' t:' - ' L ' ' \ ' - 0 ' l!
e:&' Eocu-rou cr-rpoc-rtd>Tocc; Xt"Atocoocc; 7t'. Koc1 otoc Tijc; -rou 0e:ou 7tpovolocc; o Te:
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-rou MocCl'oc"Aoc l'.mfo-rpe:~ocv &7tocv-re:c; e:"t'' ocLcr:x,uvYJc;, ~n'1j.&tvnc; x.oc1
x.oc-roc7toli.e:YJ&E:v-re:c; 7tocpoc Te: -rou cr-r6A.ou xoct -r&v cr't'poc't'tWTWV Tou ~occrt-
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42rp tjc; 0i::o't'6xou -rYjvoe: 't'~V 7t6Atv, ~c; X.OCL TIJV f1..xpocVTOV XOCL ocy(ocv e:lx.6voc jxocL125
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22. 'E x. T 0 u x oc
p 0 v 0 'Y p cp 0 \) 't' 0 u oc x oc p ( 0 \) 0 e: 0 cp oc-
v o u c; 7te:p1 't'WV ocu't'wv x.oc1 7te:p1 Mocu(ou xoc1
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A6T'1j EO''t'LV ocpx.1] tjc; ~occrt"Adocc; OCU't'OU, XOCL e:'t'OC 't'OCU't'OC E:~e:~"A~&'1j
u7to Ae:ov-r(ou, x.oc1 7tOCAtv ocv-re:tcrlj"A&e:v Ex.~oc"A6lv Tov Ae:ovTtov x.oct 'A~loc-
103Bepov, x.ocl. &<po-ripouc; OCUTOUc; Ev 't"(j l7t 17toOpo(Cf &ptoc~e:ucrocc; x.ocl OC7tOX.'t'd-
vocc;. Tou-rcp 't'c'i) ~Te:t &.7tocr't'&"A"Ae:t 'A~tE:"Ae:x 7tpoc; 'IoucrTLVLOCVOV ~e:~octWCTOCL
F 106 Me-riX - 110 Ma:u[a:v: cf. Theoph. p. 347, 2~27. 112 6

M6:cra:Aa:t; - 113 excr-rpa:w)cra:c;: cf. Theoph. p. 386, 25-26. 115
~ouA.e:'th - ~a:pa:K1Jv&v: cf. Theoph. p. 386, 20-24. 116 ..H:A.&ev
- 125 7t6A.w: cf. Theoph. p. 395, 13-396, 23; Niceph., ed. de Boor p.
53, 10-54, 1; Zon. XV. 1., ed. Bonn. III. p. 252, 9-253, 6.
22. 6 e-riX - 9 ocl't'ox-rdva:c;: cf. Theoph. p. 361, 2~28; 374, 28-375,
13. 9 Tou-rCJl - 22 vuv: Theoph. p. 363, 1-20; cf. Cedr., ed. Bonn.
I. p. 771, 4-15.
V 107 ulol TI)v -rou s. v. add. P 2 in textum receperunt V M edd. I! 108 post
cbro add. -rou edd. II 110 Ma:u[a:v V: Ma:u[' P Ma:~[a:v edd. II 112 Mcicra:Aa:~
93
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the death of Alim, his sons, regarding their father's counsel as nonsense,
rebelled against Mauias, and joined fierce battle with Mauias, and being
worsted fled from before his face, and Mauias sent after and put them all
to death. And thereafter the rule over all the Arabs came into the hands
of Mauias.
Now, this Mauias was grandson of Sophiam. And Mauias' grandson
was Masalmas, who made an expedition against Constantinople, and at
whose request was built the mosque of the Saracens in the imperial praetori-
um. He was not chief of the Arabs; Souleiman was chief of the Saracens, and
Masalmas held the rank of general. Souleiman came with his fleet against
Constantinople, and Masalmas came overland, and crossed over at Lampsacus
into the region of Thrace, carrying with him 80 thousand troops. And through
the Providence of God both the fleet of Souleiman and the infantry army
of Masalmas all retired with ignominy, being worsted and utterly overthrown
by the fleet and soldiers of the emperor. And our state was at peace for
many a long year, for this city was guided and guarded by Our Lady the
ever-virgin Mary, the Mother of God, by whose inviolate and holy image
Souleiman himself was awed and put to shame, and he fell from his horse.
22. F r o m t h e C h r o n i c 1 e o f T h e o p h a n e s, o f b I e s s e d
memory, concerning the same events and concerning
M a u i a s a n d h i s c 1 a n, h o w i t c r o s s e d o v e r i n t o S p a i n.
Em p e r o r o f t h e R o m a n s, J u s t i n i a n R hi n o t m e t u s.
This is the beginning of his reign; and thereafter he was expelled by

Leontius, and then in his turn came back again and expelled Leontius and
Apsimarus, and held his triumph over them both in the hippodrome, and
put them to death. In this year Abimelech sent to Justinian to ratify the
(etiam Theopb.cdfh): Ma:cra::>..iic; Theoph. II K<0vcr-ra:vnvouTC6A<:wc; corr. Moravcsik:

K<0vcr't'a:vrtvou7t0Atv P edd. 11 114 a:y(crllrnv: a:cry(lltov coni. Meursius II 115
I:oukriiiv P II ante iipx"f)yoc; add. o V edd. II 116 I:ouAEl)iiv P II 117
Kwvcr-ra:vrtvouTC6:A.i;;<0c; corr. Mora.vcsik: Kwvcr-ra:vrwou7to:A.w P edd. !I Mcfoo::>..o:c;
(etiam Theoph.dh): MMa:Aocc; Theoph. II 118 desinit cod. Mutin. gr. 179
[= M] II 119 xt:>..t<llla:c; 7t': :>..a:ov lxa:vov Theoph. !I 120 I:ouAe:"l)iiv P i -rwv:
-rou Ba Be II 121 Ma:mi:A.a: edd. II 125 Tijc; 0<:o-r6xou per comp. s. v. add. P 2
in textum receperunt V edd. II fie;] litteram c; in ras. scr. P 2 II 126 o add.
v edd. II :EouAE:7)1iv p II nllfolhj] litteram ii in ras. scr. P 2
22. 2 -rwv mhwv: -rwv <Ma:pll)a:c-rwv coni. Bury II 4 'Ioucr-rwta:\oi;; coni.
Laskin: 'Ioucr-rl:voi;; P edd. II 9 post he:t rubro atramento mg. add. C:pr/ P 1
-r(jl ,<:pr{ mg. iter. P 2 in textum receperunt V Me ,C:por/ Theoph. II '
94
22
TI)v dp~vriv ou't'wc;, (voc o ~occn/....i;;uc; nocucrn -ro -rfilv Mocpooc,'t'wv -rocyoc 10
42vp EX 't'OU At~OCVOU l<.OCL OLOCJ<.WAUCT1) 't'OCc; bnopoocc; OCU't'WV, xcx1 'A~t leAEX
owcrn 't'of:c; 'Pwoclotc; x.oc&' h&.crTI)v volcroc-roc x.l"Atoc xocl fonov i;;uye:v=tj
"
e:voc XOCL' A'o.' ~ -.,
L'tTW7tOC oOUl\OV "
e:voc, XOCL' "woc EX.Wert
,, XOLVOC' X.OC't'O'C 't'Ol. "!'~crov -rouc;
'
q:iopouc;
I
TI)c;
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XOCL' 'JRjJ"Y)ptocc;. I K OCL' E7te:'fe:v
,, .t. 0( fJ.jJOCCTL-
AEUc; Ilocu"Aov 'C'OV ocytcr-rpLOCVOV 7tpoc; 'A~tt"AEX occrcpa"A(croccr&oct 't'OC CT't'OLX"YJ- 15
'tO.'
TE:V'C'OC, XOCL' .,/. !"'yove:v e:yypoccpoc;
,,
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(.l.E'C'IX' ocp't'upwv. I KOCL' Cj)LAO't'L!l."YJ'lTE:~c;
"I Cl. l
0 ocytcr-rptocvoc; u7tfo't'pe:~e:v. Koct 7tE:~occ; 0 ~occrL"Ae:uc; 7tpocre:AOC~E:'C'O 't'ouc;

Mocpoochocc; X.LALOCOocc; tW, 'C'~V 'Pwoci:x~v ouvoccr-re:locv ocxpw-rriptcX.crocc;.
Ilocmxt yocp oct vuv olx.oui;;voct 7tocpoc -rfilv 'Ap&.~wv e:!'.c; Toc &x.poc 7to"Ae:tc;
' \ Mo'l'O.1.UECT'C'tOCc;
OC7t0 I
X.OCL\ e:wc;
ti .!.
'C'E't'ocp-rric; 'A pe:vtocc; I
ocvtcrxupoL
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C'OL 20
43rp huyx.ocvov otoc -.Yiv ~cpooov -rfilv Mocpoocfrwv, (f}v noc lpoccrToc"Aev-rwv, 7tocvoe:tvoc
xaxoc 7tfoov&e:v ~ 'Pwocvloc u7to -rfilv 'Ap&.~wv ex.pt -rou vuv. T <j) o'
OCU' ' C-'lp e:'
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E'C'OC 'C'WV Bou"Ayocpwv 7tocytw&ELcrOCV ELPlJVY)V, otcx.-rocpcf~cx.c; -rouc; U7t0 TOU 25
' I \ , ~I I I
otXEtou 7toc-rpoc; e:vopotvouc; ye:yovo-rocc; -ru7touc;.
104Be ''E't't xpoc't'ouv-roc; 't'ou 'A~te"Ae:x, s7te:cr-rpcf 1-re:ucrocv ot ''Apoc~e:c;
tjj 'AcpptK{j x.oct 't'OCUTY)V 7tocpe/..oc~ov, x.oct &x -rou otxe:lou cr-rpoc-rou -roc~oc-rtwvoc
E:V
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t"(l- XOC'C'EI CTTI)CTOCV. AE:OV' I
t'LO<; oe: ~\ YJV T
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VOV T=tjc; 'Pwoclwv ocpx=tjc;, x.oct &~oplcrocc; OCU't'OV EV Xe:pcrwvt, T=tjc; ~occrt/..e:locc; 30
43vp hpcf't'YJCTE:V. 'A~t&.pou 0 -rou Tt~e:plou -rov Ae:6v't'tov otocoe:~oc lE:vou
T=tjc; ~occrt/..e:locc; xoct -roc 't'WV 'Pwoclwv crx!fi7t-rpoc xpa-rljcrocv-roc;, -re&V"Y)XEV
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oc1hou, ETY) &vvE:oc. T ci> o' octh<j) E't'E:L 7tcfAtV tmfo-rpe:~e:v 'Ioucr-rtvtocvoc;
de; ~v ~occrtA.docv, x.oct p~&uwc; X.IXL oce:"Awc; 'C'OCUTY)V OLOCXU~e:pvwv, T=tjc; 35
, Aqiptx!fjc; E7te:xpOCTI)O"OCV o"Aocrxe:pwc; OL 'Ayocp"Y)VOL To-re: 0 't'OU Moculou
e:yyovoc;
" e:-roc' 01\tyocr't'OU
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I \ ' .... I , .... ' I ' 'I 0"7tCX.VLOCV I
e:x.pL
I
't'"~c; ~e:pov, o&e:v ol TI)v 'fonocvlocv XOC't'OLXOUV't'e:c; 'Ayocp"Y)VOL MocuLii-roct

xoc-rovooc1.,ov't'oct.
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ot' 't'"Y)V' K P"YJT"YJV
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4P 'Ayocp"Y)voL ''On yocp Mtx.oc~A. o I
Tpocu A.oc; T=tjc; -r&v 'Pwoclwv &px.-Yjc;
E7tExp&:TYJcre:v, xat ~ -rou 0woc &.v-rocpcrlcx. &yevE't'o ex.pt 't'pte:Touc; x.p6vou
F 22 T ~)' CJ:u-rf:i - 26 -ru7tout;: Theoph. p. 364, 4--7; cf. Niceph.,

ed. de Boor p. 36, 16--17; Cedr. I. p. 771, 18-21. 27 "En
29 xixre:cr-r1Jcr1Xv: Theoph. p. 370, 6--8; cf. Niceph. p. 39,
12-14. 29 Ae:6,moc; - 31 bcpch-YJcre:v: cf. Theoph. p. 368, 15; 369,
26. 31'Aynocpou-32 Xpct'"t7icrixv-roc;;: cf. Theoph. p. 371, 19.
32 -reil-V1)XE:V - 34 evve1X: cf. Theoph. p. 374, 14--15, 25. 34 Tij">
o' IXU'r(~ - 35 ~IXcrtAELIXV: cf. Theoph. P 374, 16, 28. 35 -rijc;; 'Aqipu6jc;;
95
22
peace on these conditions: the emperor to withdraw the Mardaite legion
from the Lebanon and check their incursions, and Abimelech to give the
Romans daily a thousand nomismata and one thoroughbred horse and
one Ethiopian slave, and the taxes of Cyprus and Armenia and Iberia to
be held commonly and in equal shares by both parties. The emperor dis-
patched Paul the imperial agent to Abimelech, to confirm the terms agreed
upon, and a confirmation was drawn up in writing and attested. The im-
perial agent was presented with gifts, and returned. And the emperor sent
and took in the Mardaites, 12 thousand of them, thereby crippling the
Roman power. For all the frontier cities now inhabited by the Arabs from
Mopsouestia and as far as Armenia Quarta were defenceless and uninhabited
because of the incursion of the Marda1tes, by whose drawing away Romania
has suffered terrible damage at the hands of the Arabs, and suffers it still.
And in the same year the emperor went to Armenia and there took in
the Mardaites of the Lebanon, thus destroying his brazen wall. Moreover,
he broke the pledge of peace with the Bulgarians, disturbing the treaty
made by his own father.
It was also during the reign of Abimelech that the Arabs marched
against Africa and took it, and placed in it a garrison of their troops.
At that time Leontius had expelled Justinian from the rule over the Romans,
and had exiled him to Cherson and had possessed himself of the empire.
But after Apsimarus Tiberius had ousted Leontius from the throne and had
possessed himself of the sceptre of the Romans, Abimelech, chief of the
Arabs, died, and Oualid his son ruled nine years. In the same year Justinian
returned once more to his throne, and during his slack and careless govern-
ment the Agarenes obtained complete control of Africa. Then, the grandson
of Mauias with a very few men crossed over into Spain, and, having collect-
ed together all of his tribe, gained control of Spain even to this day, and
that is why the Agarenes who dwell in Spain are called Mauiates. Their
descendants are the Agarenes who live in Crete. For when Michael the
Lisper had got possession of the rule over the Romans, and the rebellion
of Thomas broke out and lasted three years, then, while the emperor was
- 36 'Ayocp7)vo: cf. Theoph. p. 370. 6---7. 36 T6n: - 39 crljs:pov:

cf. Theoph. p. 403, 12-13; 426, 4--5. 40 TouTcuv - 48 crljs:pov: cf.
Theoph. Cont. p. 73, 13-76, 7; 474, 1-7.
v 12 XlAt(l( v edd. Theoph.: ,oc p II 12/3 euyevlj voe deest in Theoph. II

13 At&lo7toc deest in Theoph. II lf.voc deest in Theoph. II 19 yap a! vuv Theoph.
coni. Bekker vuv yap (omisso a!) Theoph.erm yap vuv a! P edd. JI o(xouvm P /I
Ta &xpa 7tOAs:Lc:; Theoph. Tac:; &xpo7t6As:Lc:; P edd. II 20 &olx7)Tm] &oxIJTt (litteris n
insertis) pl II 22 post vuv aliquid excidisse susp. Bury II 23 doe:>...&c~v: s:>...&wv Theoph.
II 26 tvop8vouc:; Theoph.: svop8voc:; p evop8vcuc:; v edd. ii 27 "ETL: "OTL Me II
28 T'ii 'AcppLx'ij: Tijv 'AcppLxT)v Theoph. /I Ta~aTlwva edd. II 29 ante 'IoV<mvLavov
add. TOV edd. 11 34 tvvfa edd.: .&' P II 38 'tijc:; 'lcr7tavlac:; edd. 11
22
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,
7tpocyocmv, ' I
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1-, ' \ I \ J
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..ETOCL ""'0Ur.ELocv, ,,
TPLOC. I 'E 7tL\ TOUTOU I '
E7tEO"TpiX.- I
TEUO"E l\fo.croc"AfLocc;, o crTpOCTY)yoc; ~ou"Ae:,ocv, ETOC O"Tpcx:Tou oLoc ~Y1 piic;, 50

44vp OufLOCP oE: OLOC .&ocAOCTTY)c;, xocl. TYJ TOU 0e:ou cruve:pydq: OC7tpcx:XTOL e:T' I
OCLcrzuv~c; U7tScrTpElj;ocv. Tov oE: ~OUAdfLOCV OLOCOE):'..ETCX.L O\Socp, xocl. XpiX't"E'i:
-r1jc; ,-&v 'Apoc~c.ov &px.'ljc; S'!YJ Mo. Tov os OlSfLocp oLocoex.ETcx.t 'A~rn, xcx.l.
xpocTd 'L'ljc; &px.'ljc; snl. EVLOCUTOUc; Tfocrocpocc;. TouTOV OE OLCX.OE):'..ETCX.L 'focX.fL,
xo:.L xpoc-rd TI')c; &px'ljc; znl hYJ L-9-'. TouTou Te:"AsuT~O"cx:vToc;, xpocTe:'i: T'ljc; 55
&pz'ljc; MocpouOCfL TY) s~. Mocpouoc OE TE),e:uT~O'CX:V't"Oc;, 'A~oE"Aocc; TI')c;
-rwv- 'A pocl-'c.uv (J.I '
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crocv'roc;, Mo:.ol.c; &pxYJy6c; 'Apoc~c.ov y(ve:TocL, xocl xpcx.Td T'ljc; &px.'ljc; hYJ
SVVEOC. Tou'!oU 7tOCpe:/...&6noc;, 'Aocpc~v T'ljc; TWV 'Apoc~c.uv &px.-Yjc; xuptoc;
y(vETOCL, xocl xpocTe:i: 'L-Yjc; &px_'ljc; ~TY) xy'. 60
'Ev TouTcp Tc!> x.p6vcp, ~youv T'ljc; Twv 'Pc.uoc(c.uv &.px-YJc; * * * Etp~-
4 5r P V't]c; XOCL\ K C.OVO"t"OCVTLVOU' ETOUc; OC7t0 X'!L IO'Ec.oc; xocrou I":> 0'7tY) T cp
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IQ_ '~ ' \ ' I
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, - , \ ' I \ ' I 11- .... -
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' 65 I ' "
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TOCLc;-
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TE:c; &px.occ; TeX Te: 0'1JfL6moc 7tpcXyfLocTcx: xocl ocAA~/..ouc; xocTEcr't'pe:~cx.v, crcpocycx.i:c;
xocl. ocpr.ocyoc'i:c; xocl. 7t0C'ITO(ocLc; cho7tLOCLC:, 7tp6c; Te: ECX.UTOUc; xcx.l. 't'OUc; \m' 70
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ocytocv
' I
F 48 Tov oE: - 49 Tp(a: cf. Theoph. p. 384, l&--19; 386,

20-24. 49 'E7tl TOUTOU - 51 &aMTTY)c:;: cf. Theoph. p. 386,
25--27. 52 Tov oE: - 53 ouo: cf. Theoph. p. 396, 23-24; 398, 5; 401,
13-14. 53 Tov oE: - 54 Tfocrapac:;: cf. Theoph. p. 401, 4--8, 14; 403,
24--25. 54 Toiho'll - 55 L&': cf. Theoph. p. 402, 19; 403,
25. 55 TouTou - 56 ~:cf. Theoph. p. 421, 7-10. 56 Mapou&:
- 57 xa': cf. Theoph. p. 429, 15. 57 TouTou - 59 ewea: cf. Theoph.
p. 44-8, 28; 449, 1, 4--8. 59 TouTou - 60 xy': cf. Theoph. p. 461,
7, 10; 465, 27-30. 62 Tei> o' auT<j> - 76 7tem:: Theoph. p. 484, 5-19.
v 4-4 owp[a'\I v edd. l! 47 &:.na(povToc:; coni. Moravcsik: &:ne:pouvToc:; p

civTatpot"1101J Be II 48 Tl)v: T'ijc:; V edd. II Tov edd.: Tau P II 49 ante ~ou:>..&L&:v
add. 6 edd. II 1:ouAe:7)iiv P ~oA&7)&:v Be II Tpla edd.: y' P II TOUTOU corr.
97
22
engrossed with the troubles which had arisen, the Agarenes who lived in
Spain saw their chance had come, fitted out a large fleet and started out
from the region of Sicily and desolated all the islands of the Cyclades, and,
coming to Crete and finding it rich and carelessly guarded, since none
opposed or engaged them, they took it, and hold it to this day. Oualid
was succeeded by Souleiman, who ruled three years. In his time Masalmas,
the general of Souleiman, made an expedition with an army overland, and
Oumar by sea, and by God's aid they returned with shame, their purpose
unachieved. Souleiman was succeeded by Oumar, who held the rule over the
Arabs two years. Oumar was succeeded by Azid, who held the rule for four
years. He was succeeded by Isam, who held rule for 19 years. On his death
Marouam held the rule six years. On the death of Marouam Abdelas became
master of the rule over the Arabs, and held it 21 years. On his death Madis
became chief of the Arabs, and held the rule nine years. When he had passed
away Aaron became master of the rule over the Arabs, and held the rule
23 years.
In this year, that is to say, when the rule over the Romans *** Irene
and Constantine, the year from the creation of the world 6288. In the same
year Aaron, the chief of the Arabs, died in inner Persia, that is called Cho-
rasan, and Moamed his son succeeded to the rule, a stupid, unbalanced
man in every way, against whom his brother Abdelas came in revolt out
of that same country of Chorasan together with the powers that had been
his father's, and brought about a civil war. And thereafter those who dwelt
in Syria and Egypt and Libya were split up under different governments,
and destroyed the public weal and one another, in a welter of slaughter
and rapine and outrage of every sort against themselves and their Christian
subjects. Then it was that the churches in the holy city of Christ our God
Moravcsik: TOOTcu P TouT..ac; px mg. P 8 V edd.

Theoph.cdfh: Macra:>..occ; P Macra:>..iic; Theoph. I! Lou:>..e:7)ocv P II 51 Ouap
P: Ouocpoc; P 2 mg. ps V edd. II &aA&TT7)<:; (etiam Theoph.ef): &aA&cr<l7)c;
Theoph. II 53 'Ap&f'wv] litteras &pcif' in ras. scr. P II 'A~7)o P: 'A~to
Theoph.etm 'I~to Theoph. \I 55 bd om. V edd. I! 56 Mocpoua edd. II
Mapoua edd. II 'A~oe:Mc; P II Tijc;: Ttc; V Me Ba Migne II 57 'Ap&~wv] litteras
paf' in ras. scr. P II 58 Maolc; (etiam Theoph.h): Mao Theoph. II 59 E:vvea
edd. : &' p II Tijc;: Ttc; v Me Ba Migne II 61 ad xp6vcp rubro atram ento ,c;amj'
mg. add. P 1 post jyouv s. v. TCi> ,c;cr7t"l)' iter. P 2 in textmn receperunt V Me \l
post &px'fic; lac. ind. Bury Laskin I\ 61/2 Etp~V7)c; P 2 V edd.: Etp~V7) P II 62
KwvcrTotvT(vou corr. Moravcsik: KwvcrTotVToc; P edd. II i:Toc; V edd. /I 64 Mou&e:o
Theoph. Mo&e:& edd. II 65 xal &cruv&pT7)TO<:; u7tapxwv deest in Theoph. II
&:cruv&pTI)Toc; Be: &cruvcipTtcrToc; P II 'Af'oe:Mc; P II 71 "Ev-&a (etiam Theoph.cod<l.):
ev.S-e:v Me Be Theoph. II XotTOC om. Me Be Ii T7)v &yav p Theoph. : Tijc; &ylac;
v
P 1 edd. 11
98
22, 23
45vp XpLcr-roG -roG 0e:ou ~wv rr6"Aw I
EXXA'YJO'LOCL ~p~wvTocL, -roc -re: ovoccr~pLoc
't'WV Mo e:yOC"Ac.ov '"Aocupwv, 't'OU EV ocyloLi:; Xocp(-rwvoi:; xocl. KupLOCXOU x:cxl.
't'OU- cxywu
, ..... 'A
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... , 'A
XOLVOjJLOC -
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I 'I'' - I , I ' , .... "\. I"\.
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lJ-rp6.&e:wi:; 'ruyxocvwv "t'ou e:ya'"Aou xocl. e:ucre:~oui:; x<Xl. xpLcr-rLocvLxw-r&..ou
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23. 2 '1~7)pLcn - 44 no:>.u-re::>.e:cr't'&.Tocc;: cf. Steph. Byz., ed. Meineke
s. v. r~7)pLcn. 2 r~7)pLot~ - 4 ev8oTepw: cf. Apollodori fr. 324., ed.
Jacoby F. Gr. Hist. II B. p. l19. 4 TotuT'Y)c; - 11 ij8LOp68ocvoi;: cf.
Herodori fr. 2 a., ed. Jacoby, F. Gr. Hist. I. p. 215. 11 'Ap-re:L8ropoc;
- 17 Aucr(-rotvlac;: cf. Artemidori fr. 21., ed. R. Stiehle, Philologus XI. p. 203.
v 72 n6A(V Theoph.: 7t0AE(J)c; p edd. II 76 neVTe: edd.: e' p II 78 8e:ocp&.v7)c; (litteris

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receperunt V edd.
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were desolated, and the monasteries of the two great Laurai, those of SS.
Charito and Cyriac and of St. Sabas, and the other coenobite monasteries
of SS. Euthymius and Theodosius. This anarchy, during which they murdered
one another and us, lasted five years.
Up to this point the history of the Arabs is set in order chronologically
by St. Theophanes, who founded the monastery of the so-called Megas Agros
and was uncle on the mother's side of the great and pious and most Christian
emperor Constantine, son of Leo, the most wise and virtuous emperor,
and grandson of Basil, of blessed memory for his tenure of the sceptre over
the empire of the Romans.
23. 0 f I b e r i a a n d S p a i n.
There are two Iberias: one, at the Pillars of Hercules, is so called

from the river Iber, mentioned by Apollodorus in 'Concerning the Earth',
II: Within the Pyrenees is the Iber, a great river running towards the
interior. In this country are said to be many distinct nations, as Herodo-
rus has written in the Xth book of his 'History Relating to Herakles': This
Iberian race, which, I say, lives on the shores of the strait, though one
race, is distinguished by names according to its tribes: first, those who
inhabit the western parts at the farthest verge are called Kynetes (and
after them, if one travels north ward, are the Gletes); then, Tartessians;
then, Elbusinians; then, Mastienoi; then, Kelkianoi; and then, thereafter,
the Rhone. Artemidorus, in book.JI of the 'Geography', says that the country
is divided thus: The interior between the Pyrenees mountains and the
district about Gadara is denominated alternatively Iberia and Spain. It has
been divided by the Romans into two provinces *** the whole extending
v Me ii p6oo't"oc; p: 'Hp6oropoc; Ba Be Berkel Meineke Jacoby II L': oeXOCT7)

Ba Be Meineke Jacoby II Tn: -rwv Ba Be Meineke Jacoby II 6 ta't"opl~: tcr-roptc7>11
coni. Meineke ta't"Opc7>11 Jacoby II 7 otxiteLv Meineke II otoc7tAOu Ba Be Meineke
Jacoby:: OtlX7tAOU p OL<Xpou v Me wxecxvou coni. Bekker II ouv6ocm coni.
Meineke II 8 obcfovTec; Meineke II 9 KJVL't"IXtc; p II ouvoct~OV't"Ott coni. Meineke I
9 oc7t' - 10 I').;ijTec; in parenthesi posuit Schulten II 9 f'opt'Y)V Meineke II
10 I'Aof)-rec; P II 'E/..euavtot: 'EAf'ua11tot Ba Be Berke! Meineke Jacoby II
Momw.10!: Mota't"t'Y)vo Ba Be Berkel Meineke Jacoby 11 11 Ke/..xtavo(: KaA7tLavo(
Ba Be Berke! KitA-rm coni. Bandurius KeA-rixol coni. Meineke II '1jotop6oavoc;
P Me t 'Y)Otopo30tvoc; Jacoby: 'l)o'Y) o 'Pooav6i; Be Berkel Meineke ~o'1) o 'P6oavoc;
Ba ~O'Y) 6 :Eapo6vmc; Unger 1)8'1) o 7top.&6c; Schulten II 'Ap-relOwpo~] litteras
Te l rest. P 2 II 13 Iluptvafo.iv P II r&oetpa] litteras et in ras. scr. P 1 I/ xoct
vooTEpw Schubart Meineke II 14 'fo7tavloc (etiam Thunmann Meineke): ~rrav(a
edd. II 15 post E7tCxpxlai; lac. ind. Re Meineke 7tpw't"'Y) ev E7tapxa suppl.
Ba Berkel II Ilupwalwv P II xat om. Ba Be Meineke Stiehle secl. Moravcsik II
100
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F 18 Ilap.&~vw~ - alyta:>..<;'>: cf. Parthenii fr. 10., ed. Martini,

Mythographi Graeci II. 1. suppl. p. 17; Herodianus, ed. Lentz I. p. 76,
29-30. 20 'Ayx.ou - 'I(3~pcuv: Dionys. Perieg. v. 282., ed. Muller,
G. G. M. TI. p. 117. 20 'AptaTocpttv'Y)~ - 22 op6cp: cf. Aristoph. fr.
550., 551., ed. Kock, C. A. Fr. I. p. 531. 22 'ApTe(ocupo~ - 24
'I(3~pc.:iv: cf. Artemidori fr. 22., ed R. Stiehle, Philologus XI. p. 203. 25
'E)J.71vt~ - 'Acrnlot: cf. Menandri fr. 79., ed. Kock, C. A. Fr. III. p.
25. 26 IlpwTo~ - 27 &pxovmm: Dionys. Perieg. v. 69., ed. Muller,
G. G. M. II. p. 108. 28 Ilp6Tepov - 30 Tappcxxcuv'Y)crlav: Marcian.
Peripl. II. 7., ed. Muller G. G. M. I. p. 544. 30 'Arro:>..AwvLo~ - 36
"I(371po~: cf. Apollonii Dyscoli fr., ed. Schneider p. 47.; Herodianus, ed.
Lentz I. p. 196, 22-29; II. p. 854, 1-9. 35 Xap67tm6 T' &vaxTo~:
Hom. ll. II. 672. 35 uloc; Tpotsi}vmo: Hom. 11. II. 847. 36 7totpa
Kouaopd.T~ - 38 7to/-efone~: cf. Asinii Quadrati fr. 2., ed. Jacoby, F. Gr.
Hist. II A. p. 448.
v 16 8EUTEp1X~ v edd. Meineke: wp II 17 roc8dpwv] litteras Et in ras. scr. pi II

Aoumwvta~ Ba Be Meineke II 'l~'Y)plT"fj~ Ba Be Meineke: B1Jpht~ P
18 II
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101
23
from the Pyrenees mountains as far as New Carthage and the sources
of the Baetis, while the second province comprehends the area reaching to
Gadara and Lusitania. The form 'lberite' is also found. Parthenius in
'Leucadiae': Thou shalt coast along the 'lberite' shore. The other Iberia is
over toward the Persians. The ethnic term is 'Iberians', like 'Pierians',
'Byzerians'. Dionysius: Nigh unto the Pillars the nation of great-hearted
'Iberians'. And Aristophanes, 'Trip hales': Learning that the 'Iberians',
who anciently of Aristarchus, and, The 'Iberians', whom thou lendest me,
to run to my aid. And Artemidorus in part two of 'Geography': Those of
the 'Iberians' who live on the coast use the alphabet of the Italians. Also,
from genitive 'Iberos' is formed the feminine 'Iberis'. A Greek woman, not
an 'Iberis', Menander, 'Aspis'. The form 'lberic' is also found: <~The first
sea is the 'Iberic' at the outset. Iberia used to be divided in two, but now
in three, as Marcian says in its 'Circumnavigation': Now of old Iberia was
divided in two by the Romans, but now in three: Baetic Spain and Lusi-
tanian Spain and Tarragonese Spain. From genitive 'Iberos' Apollonius
derives a nominative, as 'phylakos' from genitive 'phylakos'. In 'Paronyma'
he says: Nominatives are derived from genitives of more than two syllables
which, like the derivative nominative, carry the proparoxytone accent,
whether these are in simple or compound form. Simple are: martyr, martyros,
nominative martyros; Charops, Charopos, nominative Charopos, 'of king
Charopos'; Troezen, Troezenos, nominative Troezenos, 'son of Troezenos';
Iber, lberos, nominative Iberos; whence in Quadratus, 'Roman Millennium',
Ba Be Epitome Steph. Byz. II 19 ~f)vQ(;: e&vtxov Meineke Epitome Steph.

Byz. II "l(371pe:c;] litteras t(371 rest. P 2 II 20 lS-v';] litte:ras rest. P2 II 'I(3~prov]
litteras t(3~ rest. P 2 II 21 Tptqici:>..tTt P II 23 post oe:uTspci> add. TWV edd. Meineke II
rpaomx'fi Ba Be Meineke: ypaotTtXOL p II 24 fl&AIXTT()(V p v edd. Meineke:
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secl. V !! 25 'Acrrr071 P II 26 post 'l(371ptx6c; 1 add. Lltovumoc; Ba Be Berkel
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Meineke Dionysios II 26/7 &pxoevmcrcrot P 11 27 ~ 'I(371poc Meineke: 'l(371p[a
Ba Be Yi "l(371ptc; P JI post dc;1 add. t7tocpxac; Berkel Meineke II Tpdc; Meineke
y' p: Tp[a v edd. II 28 post Mo add. e7t0!.pxlac; Meineke II 28/9 OLTIPYi'>O U7t0
'Pcua(cuv de; E7totpxlac; Mo Marcianus II 28 orflp'YJTO Meineke II 29 Tpe:'tc; Meineke
Marcianus y' P: Tpfa edd. JI 29/30 de; 'lcrmxvlocv BoctT~xr1 v xal de; 'fo7rixv[ixv
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~7tocv[ocv 1 om. Be Meineke II xocP om. V Me Be Meineke II 2:7tocv[ocv2 om. V Me
AoucrtTotv(av Be Salmasius Meineke II 30 'Ano - 38 qi71cr[ secl. V I! 30 e:ultefa
Meineke II post e:u.fte:Lav add. 7tocpocye:t Ba Berkel II 30/1 we:; Tijc; q>UAIXXOc; 6
cpu:Aocxoc;. 'A7to:>..Awvtoc; Bastius Meineke II 30 rijc; 2 ( etiam Meineke): Tau Ba Be II
32 TO E:v uowp: Tc7Jv E:v U7tEp Meineke Apollonius TO E:v "I(371p Ba Berkel II
E:v delenduin coni. Meineke II 33 rrapol;uv6e:vov: rrpo7totpol;uv6e:vm Meineke
Apollonius II arr:>..ouv Meineke Apollonius II 34 cipTUp add. Ba Be Meineke II
&pTUp ocp-rupoc:; 0 &p-rupoc; Apollonius II 6 ocp-ruc:;: a &p-rupoc:; edd . .Meineke ii
35 Xocp6rrot6 T' OC\/otXToc; Ba Be Meineke Apollonius: xocpo7toloT7)c; OC\/IXXTOc:;
P II Tpuse:tv Tpus71voc:; 6 Tpus71voc; P II 35/6 Tpu?;i]vom P JI
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Wochenschrift XX.XV. p. 1454; Herodianus, ed. Lentz I. p. 196, 29; II.
p. 854, 9. 39 au-roi; - Kpoc-rlvou: cf. Cratini fr. 101., ed. Kock, C.
A. Fr. I. p. 46; Herodianus, ed. Lentz I. p. 196, 22---23; II. p. 854,
1-3. 40 Af.yov-ra~ - 44 rro:>.u-re::>.e:a-ra"rai;: Athen. Dipnosoph. II. 44 b.,
ed. Kaibel I. p. 102, 15-19.
24. 2 II63ev - 13 Ilavwv[o:v: cf. Steph. Byz., ed. Meineke s. v.
'I<mo:vlo:t. 4 X&pal; - 8 ~rroL~mno: cf. Characis fr. 26., 27., ed.
Jacoby, F. Gr. Hist. II A. p. 488. 9 ~11 'EA:>.71vtxwv- 13 Ilavcuv[av:
cf. Characis fr. 3., ed. Jacoby. F. Gr. Hist. II A. p. 483.
25. 3 Tou-rei> - 55 (3o:crt:>.e:ua~: Theoph. p. 93, 31-95, 25; cf. Procop.,
De hello Vand. I. 2-4., ed. Haury I. p. 320, 18-322, 4; 311, 5-313, l; 317,
9-20; 322, 4-326, 4.
103
23, 24, 20
V, occurs the dative plural 'Iberoisin', thus: Though warring at once
with the Ligurians and 'Iberoisi'. Habro says the same in 'Paronyma'.
And the goat-bearded 'Iberos' himself is found in the 'Effeminates'
of Cratinus. The Iberians are said to drink water, as Athenaeus says in
'Deipnosophists', II: Phylarchus in book VII says that all the Iberians too
drink water, though they are the wealthiest of mankind (for they possess
very great quantities of silver and gold), and he says that they never eat
but once in the day out of their parsimony, and wear the most magnificent
clothes.
24. 0 f S p a i n.
Whence is the name Spain ? From Hispanus, a giant so called. The
Spains are two provinces of Italy: one is large, the other small. The country
is referred to by Charax in 'Chronicles', X: In Little, or Outer, Spain the
Lusitanians again revolted, and the Romans sent against them their general
QuintUSl). And, of the two provinces together, the same author writes: Quin-
tus, the Roman commander-in-chief in both the Spains. He was defeated
by Viriathus and made a truce with him. He says the country is called
Iberia, in 'Greek History', III: Spain the Greeks originally called Iberia,
not yet having learnt the title of the whole nation but calling it all after
that part of the country which is near the river Iber and derives its name
therefrom. Afterwards, they say, the name was changed to Spain.
25. F r o m t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e h o 1y T h e o p h a n e s o f
Sig r i an e.
In this year Valentinian was not merely too weak to recover Britain
and Gaul and Spain, but also lost western Libya as well, the so-called land
V 37 e' add. Ba. Be Meineke Jacoby II foTw Jacoby: ~mtv P edd.

Meineke II Ka TOL Alyucrl -It' &ct Ba Be Meineke Jacoby xa:l -ro)..(ymcrt T'
cxa (sine acc.) P II 38 'A~pwv P II 39 ocu-roc;: ouTOc; Meineke II 40 'A~h1voci'oc;
p II odrtvw OO<jMTWV p II 41 <1>)..apxoc; p edd. II 41/2 !jl7)<lL oe xat (ev 'tjj ~'>
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II 42 x><T7)V't"otL - 43 rtAefo-rov deest apud Athenaeum in parenthesi posuit
Moravcsik II 43 xal1 om. edd. Meineke II 44 -re (etiam AthenaeusCE): os
Athenaeus.
24. 2/3 XotAouevou: Aeyoevou Meineke !I 5 erteqi~1j edd.: erteqi'1) p II
7 'fortavlcnc; (1jyrovoMo) coni. Jacoby II 8 Outptoc~ou Meineke Jacoby:
Ooptoc.Bou P edd. II 11 "l~7)pot Miiller Jacoby: 'l~7)plav V edd. 'l~"l)pla P <"I(37)pot)
'l(31jpav Meineke II 11/2 'l{31jp(ocv &rt' bcdvou wv6a~ov xat Tijv rtiimxv coni. Mei-
neke II 12 ovoci~e't'otL Miiller Jacoby: ovooc~OVTott p Meineke II 13 Ifovc.:ivlav
(etiam Epitome Steph. Byz.): Ifo{vw }vlav Jacoby Ifav(av Ba Be Meineke
~rtav(o:v coni. Kyriakides 'Icmav(ocv coni. Dujcev.
26. 3 060()..ev-rma:voc; p2 mg. ps edd. Theoph.: Oo()()..sv-rtavac; P !I 4
104
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21)
of the Africans; it happened like this. There were two generals, Aetius and
Boniface, whom Theodosius had sent to Rome at the request of Valentinian.
Boniface was given the command over western Libya, and Aetius out of
jealousy slanderously accused him of meditating rebellion and working to
seize Libya. This he communicated to Placidia, the mother of Valentinian.
But he wrote also to Boniface, saying: If you are sent for, do not come,
for you have been slanderously accused, and the emperor and empress are
trying to get you into their hands by a trick. This message Boniface received
and, trusting in Aetius as in a true friend, did not go when he was sent for.
Then the emperor and empress accepted Aetius as a loyal servant.
At that time the Goths and many very large nations were settled in the
regions of the far north down as far as the Danube. Of these the most notable
are the Goths, Visigoths, Gepedes and Vandals, who differ from one another
in name only and in nothing else, and speak one and the same tongue;
and all are of the misbelief of Arius. These in the time of Arcadius and
Honorius crossed the Danube and settled in the territory of the Romans.
The Gepedes, from whom were later divided off the Lombards and Avars,
lived in the territories about Singidunum and Sirmium. The Visigoths, under
Alaric, after taking Rome, went off to the Gallic provinces and possessed
themselves of those regions. The Goths :first held Pannonia, but afterwards
were permitted by Theodosius the younger, in the 19th year of his reign,
to dwell in the territories of Thrace, and after remaining 58 years in Thrace
they obtained permission of Zeno to possess themselves of the western
kingdom, with their leader the patrician and consul Theodoric. The Vandals,
joining up with the Alans and Germans, who are now called Franks, crossed
the river Rhine, and, under the leadership of Gogidisclus, settled in Spain,
the fust country of Europe from the side of the western Ocean. Now, Boni-
face, fearing the emperor and empress of the Romans, crossed over from
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deest in Theoph. II 46 e:Mpxov p II I'oT-&o:pou (etiam Theoph. 0 ): rov.&o:pou
107
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Libya into Spain and came to the Vandals, and :finding that Gogidisclus
was dead and that his sons Gottharus and Gezerichus held the rule, he
incited them by a promise to divide western Libya in three parts, so that
each of them, with himself, should rule over a third part, but should unite
to repel any enemy whoever he might be. These terms being agreed upon,
the Vandals crossed the strait and settled in Libya, from the Ocean as
far as Tripolis by Cyrene. The Visigoths, advancing from Gaul, took pos-
session of Spain also. Now, some Roman senators who were friends to
Boniface exposed to Placidia the falsity of Aetius' accusation, and showed
her also the letter of Aetius to Boniface, which Boniface had sent them. Pla-
cidia, much amazed, forbore to injure Aetius, but dispatched to Boniface a
message recalling him to his duty, together with promises on oath. Now, on
the death of Gottharius Gezerichus had become sole chief of the Vandals.
Boniface, then, on receipt of the message, marched against the Vandals, with
a large force which had come to him from Rome and Byzantium under the
command of Aspar. Battle was joined with Gezerichus and the army of the
Romans was defeated. So Boniface, accompanied by Aspar, came to Rome
and dispelled suspicion by exposing the truth. But Africa fell beneath the
Vandals. It was then that Marcian, the future emperor, who was a soldier in
the service of Aspar, was taken alive by Gezerichus.
There are three commanders of the faithful in the whole of Syria,
that is, in the empire of the Arabs, the :first of whom has his seat at Bagdad
and is of the family of Mouameth, or Mahomet; the second has his seat
in Africa, and is of the family of Alim and Fatime, daughter of Mouameth,
or Mahomet, whence the Fatemites are so called; the third has his seat
in Spain, and he is of the family of Mauias.
Originally, when the Saracens made themselves masters over all
Syria, the commander of the faithful had his seat at Bagdad. He was absolute
ruler over Persia and Africa and Egypt and Arabia Felix. He had beneath
him mighty emirates, or military provinces, as follows: :first, the emirate
of Persia, or Chorasan; second, the emirate of Africa; third, the emirate
Theoph. II 47 r'l}~tPLXO<; (etiam Theoph. 0 ): I'L~tpLXO<; Theoph. II 8~: OU\/

Theoph. II 50 I''l}~tpLxov (etiam Theoph. 0 ): I'L~EPLxov Theoph. II 52 'AcppLx~
px V 1fUJ. P 8 : 'A<ppLxij P II 54 "Acrmxpo:: TO\/ "A<mo:po: Theoph. be!m "Acr7to:pov
p Tiji "Acr7to:pL Ba Be Theoph. I! r'l}~e:plxau F edd. Theoph. 0 : n~e:plxou
Theoph. re:~e:p(xou p II 56 cie:pouve:i:<; Meursius: cie:pouve:ri; p edd. II 57
E:v add. edd. II Bo:yM8 (littera ~ in ras. scripta) PY Ba Be: I'o:yM8 P mg.
P 8 II 58 8e:uTe:po<; scr. Moravcsik: W P Ba Be II 60 <l>o:Te:rTo:L V: <l>o:TLi:To:L Be
<l>o:Tout:Tm p II 61 TplTo<; v edd.: y' p II 63 post on add. E:v Tiji edd. II KO'.TO'.-
)(l)pLe:\icro:L: xupLe:ucro:L V edd. II 64 ~up(o:i;] litteras upto:<; re.st. P 2 II &e:pouve:ri;
P: cie:pou11'ij<; Be II e:t<; (litteris restitutis) P 2 : E:v Be 11 TO scr. Moravcsik: Tw
(litteri.s restitutis) P 2 Tcj) Ba Be II Bo:yM8 ] litteras rest. P 2 II 67 Xwpo:cr&:v
scr. Moravcsik: Xwpo:crcrciv rruJ. ps Xwpocrcr&:v P Xwpocr&:v Be ii Be:uTep~v
edd.: WP 11
108
25, 26
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109
25, 26
of Egypt; fourth, the emirate of Philistiem, or Rambleh; fifth, the emirate
of Damascus; sixth, the emirate of Homs, or Emesa; seventh, the emirate
of Aleppo; eighth, the emirate of Antioch; ninth, the emirate of Harran;
tenth, the emirate of Emet; eleventh, the emirate of Esibe; twelfth, the
emirate of Mosul; thirteenth, the emirate of Tikrit. But after Africa was
torn away from the dominion of the commander of the faithful at Bagdad
and had become self-governing and had proclaimed an emir of its own,
then Persia was the first emirate, as it had been before, and Egypt became
the second, and the rest thereafter in the order given above. But now,
again, owing to the impotence of the commander of the faithful at Bagdad,
the emir of Persia, or Chorasan, has become independent; and he has
usurped the style of commander of the faithful, wearing the koran on tablets
about his neck like a necklace. And he says he is from the family of Alim.
Moreover the emir of Arabia Felix used always invariably to be beneath
the dominion of the emir of Egypt. But he too has become independent,
and he too has usurped the style of commander of the faithful; and he
too says he is of the family of Alim.
26. The g e n e a 1o g y o f t h e i 11 u s t r i o u s k i n g H u g h.
The elder Lothair, king of Italy, grandfather of the illustrious king

Hugh, was by descent of the family of the elder Charles, a man much cele-
brated in song and story and author of heroic deeds in war. This Charles
was sole ruler over all the kingdoms, and reigned as emperor in great Francia.
And in his days none of the other kings dared call himself a king, but all
were his vassals; and he sent much money and abundant treasure to
Palestine and built a very large number of monasteries. Well, this Lothair
took his forces and marched against Rome and assaulted and got possession
of it, and was crowned by the pope of that time. And when he was on his
way back to his domain, that is, to Papia, he got as far as the city of Piacenza,
thirty miles distant from Papia, and there he died; he begat a son called
Adalbert, who took to wife the elder Bertha, and begat on her the aforesaid
king Hugh. Now, after the death of the elder Lothair, Lewis, kinsman
dum To\i coni. Bekker II &fJpcX:v P II 75/6 &.v<Xyope:umfofJc; Meursius Ba Be:

&v<Xyope:Ua<Xcra. p II 76 7tpWTI) edd.: a.' p II 77 oe:uTEpa. edd.: w p II 79 &.f)p&:c;
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of Lewis, came from great Francia and took possession of Papia. He was
not crowned. And afterwards he came to Verona, a city 120 miles from
Papia, and on his arrival there the folk of that same city rose up against
him and seized and blinded him. Then the rule was seized by Berengar,
grandfather of the present Berengar, and he entered Rome and was crowned.
After this, a large body of the folk made a declaration to Rodolf, who was
in Burgundy, saying: Come here, and we will give the kingdom over to
you and will kill Berengar. So he came from Burgundy to the region of
Papia, and one half of the folk sided with Berengar, and the rest with Rodolf.
They fought and Berengar was victorious in the first battle, and they
fought again and Rodolf gained the victory. And the army of Berengar fled,
and Berengar, left alone by himself, made as though he were dead, and
fell down among the dead and covered himself with his shield, but left his
leg protruding. One of Rodolf's soldiers came up and stabbed him in the
leg with a spear, but he never stirred a muscle; and when he did not stir,
he let him alone, supposing him in truth to be a corpse. And the army of
Rodolf did not know that he was Berengar. When the battle was over,
Berengar got up and came to his palace alone, and again got possession
of his throne and fought with Rodolf and gained the victory over him.
Thereafter they came to terms with one another and divided the country
in two; and one of them took one part of the country, and the other the
other. But Rodolf was subject to the counsel and authority of Berengar.
After this, again, three marquises came from Burgundy to Papia with
intent to expel its possessors and possess it themselves; they were Hugh
Tagliaferro, and Boso, and Boso's brother Hugh, the most noble king
aforesaid. And he came with a large army. When Berengar heard of it, he
made ready and advanced to meet him in battle, and began to blockade
and to reduce them by hunger, and gave orders to his army not to kill any,
but if they should take any of them prisoner, to cut off his nose and his
two ears and let him go; and so they did. When they saw this, the three
chiefs aforesaid took the holy gospels in their hands and came barefoot
to Berengar and begged his pardon and swore that they would never more
come there so long as he should live; and then he let them depart to their
7toAe:(cro:ne:c; P II 29 'Po8ou)..cpoi:; V edd.: 'Pou8ou)..cpoc; P II Be:ptyyE:pt Be II

30 Be:ptyyE:ptc; Be II 31 o:u-rov V edd.: ixu-rov P II 86pxixc; scr. Moravcsik:
8opx.Xi:; p 8opxiic; edd. :I IXU'tOU (etiam Bandurius): ocu-rou edd. II 32 IXU'tOU edd. II
32/3 'Po8ou)..cpou PY: 'Po8ou)..q>ou P V I\ 34 ci:q>l'l}crtv V edd. I\ 35 'Po8ou)..cpou
PY: 'Po8oi:i)..q>ou P V II Be:ptyyE:ptc; Be II 36 Be:ptyyeptc; Be II 37 &7toAttcre:v P I
41 Be:plyyE:pl Be II 42 Be:pywvllX edd. I\ o:pxfotm Meursius II Ilo:7tlo:v F
edd. II 44 B61;;oc; mg. ps: B6?;;ov P B61;;cuv V edd. II Ouycuv V edd. Ouyov
p II 45 pff, p II Be:ptyyE:pLc; Be II 47 optcre:v p II -rou om. edd. II 49 pivix Be:
p(vixv P 11 &:7toMcucrw edd.: &:7toMoucrw P II 51 Be:plyyepw P II
112
26, 27
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Tov oz 'Poooi:D,rpov dnov, on ''Arre:"A&i:: i::-riX -rou rr"Aou-rou aou, &E"A"(lc;, 60
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118Be T~v oE &uyoc't'epoc ocuTijc;, ov6oc't'L 'AoE"Ae:crocv, OE jowxe:v Aw&ocplcp, 't'c'J> 65
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pY('{Oc; Ouywvo<;;, ~ wvo&~e:'t'O BEpTOC Y..OC't'~ TO ovooc 't'!fjc; &.Yjc; ocu-r!fjc;,
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T!fjc; 't'e: oc'Y)c; xocl. &oi::"Arp!fj<;; Kwvcr't'ocV't'lvou, Tou rpL"Aoxplmou oi::cr7t6-rou.
27. IT E: p t 'r 0u & E oc 't' 0 c; A oc y 0 u ~ IX p

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F 66 'H a~ - 72 8e:cm6-rou: cf. Georg. Mon. (cont.), ed. Bonn. p. 917,

11-18; Georg. Mon. (cont.), ed. Istrin II. p. 62, 15-21; Theoph. Cont.,
ed. Bonn. p. 431, 11-19.
V 54 Be:ptyytpt Be II Be:pwv<Xv P II 55 <l><XA<X~tpToi; V mg. ps <l><XA&:~e:pToi;

edd. II pty<iTov P II 56 61 om. edd. II 57 Be:pycuvl<XV ed?-. II ptyl P II 58 btdpe:v P:
bt'ijpov Be bt'ijp<Xv Migne II 59 &.7te:X1XTfon1crocv Be II plyrx P II 61 Be:pywve:to:v P:
113
26, 27
own country. But afterwards, when Berengar had gone to Verona, he was
slain by Flambert, whose child he had held at the font, and then Rodolf
became possessed of the whole kingdom. And after that the folk of the
whole country sent a message to Burgundy, to the aforesaid king Hugh,
saying: Come, and we will give the country over to you. And when he
came, the folk raised him up, and brought him away to the palace and
made him king again. But to Rodolf they said: Depart with your treasure,
either to your country or elsewhere, as you will. So he went off to Bur-
gundy, to his country, and there ruled over a large folk. And when he died,
the aforesaid king Hugh went off to Burgundy and took to wife the widow
of Rodolf, who was also called Bertha. And her daughter, Adelesa by name,
he gave to Lothair his son, who is now king of Italy. Now, she who came
up to Constantinople and was joined in marriage to Romanus,
the son born in the purple of Constantine, the Christ-loving sovereign, was
the daughter of the same illustrious king Hugh, and she was called Bertha
after the name of her grandmother, I mean the elder Bertha, who after
the death of Adalbert her husband reigned ten years; but she, the young
Bertha, changed her name to Eudocia, after that of the grandmother and
sister of Constantine, the Christ-loving sovereign.
27. 0 f the prov Ince of Lomb a rd y and of the pr l n c I-

p a 1 it i es an d governorships therein.
In ancient times the whole domain of Italy, both Naples and Capua
and Beneventum, Salerno and Amalfi and Gaeta and all of Lombardy,
was in the possession of the Romans, I mean, when Rome was the imperial
capital. But after the seat of empire was removed to Constantinople, all these
territories were divided into two governments, and therefore two patricians
used to be dispatched by the emperor in Constantinople; one patrician
would govern Sicily and Calabria and Naples and Amalfi, and the other,
with his seat at Beneventum, would govern Papia and Capua and all the
rest. They used to remit annually to the emperor the sums due to the treasury.
Be:pywv1Xv edd. II 63 pt!; P II Be:pywv[o:v edd. II 64 'Po8ou)..qiou PY 'Po8oi.l)..qiou

p v II ovoci?;;e:-ro p II 65 .&uylX-rEp<X edd.: .&uyo:-rEp<XV p II 66 ptyt p ll 68 YJ'rOL:
-~-rov coni. Bekker ij-ro coni. Jenkins e:houv coni. Kukules II 69 ptyor; P !!
ovoci?;;e:-ro p I! 70 1Jyouv om. v edd. II 71 post ETIJ lac. 4 litt. ind,. p lac ind,.
edd. o:urijr; *** &~o:crL)..e:ucre:v hYJ (rdv-re:) vel o:urijc; e~ixcr)..e:ucre:v ETIJ (8ex<X) coni.
Jenkins II e:-rovocX:cr.&YJ P II 72 ciric; P.
27. 1 Aoyou~ixp8ixc; edd. II 2 7tptyxrimhwv P 11 4 ante 'foxAl<Xc; ad,d. Tijc;
edd. II Kci7tu1X scr. Moravcsik: Kcmua P lfom.'i"f) V edd. II :Ecx:Ae:pwov Be:
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Aoyou~1Xp8<X edd. II 6 ~<XcrLAe:uoE:vwv Me Ba II 10 lfo)..o:up1Xv P II 'Aci:Aq>7JV
Be: 'A<XA<p~v P JI 11 lfo7tixv edd. !I
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F 33 yijv - 34 ya)..o:: Exod. 3, 8; Lev. 20, 24; Num. 13, 28; Deut.
6, 3 etc.; cf. Theoph. cont. p. 74, 21-22.
V 13 xo:T<f)Kouv-ro Ba Be: xo:-rotKouv-i-o P II 15 No:pcrijc; edd.: Napcr"f)c; P II

II&.nuv scr. Moravcsik: Ilcm(o:v P edd. II 17 &~o8[Me:v P JI 19 post 7to:p' o:u-rou
lac. ind. Kyriakides II 20 oL &7tocr-ro:)..1jvo:L edd. II 22 E:m~"l}Te:he:: ~"l}Te:'L-re: F Be 11
115
27
All these countries aforesaid used to be inhabited by the Romans. But in
the time of the empress Irene the patrician Narses was sent out and was
governing Beneventum and Papia; and pope Zacharias, the Athenian,
was governing Rome. It happened that fighting had been going on in the
region of Papia, and the patrician Narses had expended on the army the
tribute collected for the treasury, and the regular revenue was not remitted
by him. Narses sent back a reply, saying: l expect, rather, that money
should be sent to me from your side, since I have exhausted all the revenues
incoming from here upon the fighting that has broken out; but, on the
contrary, it is you who are demanding revenues from here. When the
empress Irene heard this she was angry and sent him a spindle and distaff,
and wrote to him: Take these, your proper instruments; for we have
judged it fit that you should spin, rather than that as a man at arms you
should defend and guide and do battle for the Romans. On hearing this the
patrician Narses wrote in reply to the empress: Since I am thus judged
by you fit to spin and twist like a woman, I will twist you hanks with spindle
and distaff such as the Romans shall never be able to unravel so long as
they endure. Now, at that time the Lombards were dwelling in Pannonia,
where now the Turks live. And the patrician Narses sent to them fruits
of all kinds and made them this declaration: Come hither and behold
a land flowing with honey and milk, as the saying is, which, I think, God
has none to surpass; and if it please you, settle in it, that you may call
me blessed for the ages of ages. The Lombards heard and obeyed and took
their families and came to Beneventum. The inhabitants of the city of
Beneventum did not allow them to come inside the city, and they settled
outside the city, near the wall and by the river, where they built a small
city, which for that reason is called Civita Nova, that is, New City, and
it stands to this day. But they began to come inside the city also and into
the church, and having by a stratagem gained the upper hand of the inhabi-
tants of the city of Beneventum, they made away with them all and
took possession of the city. For they carried swords inside their staves,
and in the church they wheeled round and attacked all together and, as
has been said, killed everyone. And thereafter they marched out and sub-
28 vo(cr.lh1v Be: vo(cr&lJ P II 30 -rcx.u-rcx. pa V edd.: Toi3Tcx. P II Aoyou~iip8oL

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dued all that land, both the province of Lombardy and Calabria
and as far as Papia, except for Otranto and Gallipoli and Rossano and
Naples and Gaeta and Sorrento and Amalfi. The first city, ancient and
mighty, was Capua, the second, Naples, the third, Beneventum, the fourth,
Gaeta, the fifth, Amalfi. Salerno was settled in the time of Sicardus, when
the Lombards divided the principalities. From the division of Lombardy
until to-day, the 7th indiction, the year 6457 from the creation of the world,
it is 200 years. There were two brothers, Sicon and Sicardus. Sicon governed
Beneventum and the districts of Bari and Sipontum, and Sicardus governed
Salerno and Capua and the district of Calabria. Naples was anciently the
praetorium of the patricians who came out, and the governor of Naples
had Sicily beneath him as well, and when the patrician arrived in Naples,
the duke of Naples would go off to Sicily. Capua was a very large city indeed,
and was captured by the Vandals, or Africans, who demolished it. When
it was lying a deserted city, the Lombards settled in it. When the Africans
came against them once more, bishop Landulf built a city at the bridge
over the river and called it New Capua, and it still survives. From the
foundation of this Capua, it is 73 years. Naples and Amalfi and Sorrento
have always been subject to the emperor of the Romans.
<Mastromilis' means in the Roman tongue captain-general of the army.
Before the Venetians crossed over and settled in the islands in which
they live now, they were called Enetikoi, and used to dwell on the mainland
in these cities: the city of Concordia, the city of J ustiniana, the city of
Nonum and very many other cities.
When those who are now called Venetians, but were originally called
Enetikoi, crossed over, they began by constructing a strongly fortified city,
in which the doge of Venice still has his seat to-day, a city surrounded by
some six miles of sea, into which 27 rivers also debouch. There are other
islands also to the east of this same city. And upon these same islands also
they who are now called Venetians built cities: the city of Cogradon, in
I'rtTI) Ba Be: I'cxtT'l)c; P II 7te7tTov Moravcsik: e' P m~7tTI) edd. II 53

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which is a great metropolitan church with many relics of saints laid up in it;
the city of Rivalensis, the city of Lulianon, the city of Apsanon, the city of
Romatina, the city of Licenzia, the city of Pinetai, which is called Strobilos,
the city of Biniola, the city of Boes, in which is a church of the holy apostle
Peter, the city of Ilitoualba, the city of Litoumangersis, the city of Bronion,
the city of Madaucon, the city of Ebola, the city of Pristinai, the city of
Clugia, the city of Brundon, the city of Phosaon, the city of Lauriton.
There are other islands also in the same country of Venice.
On the mainland, also, in the land of Italy, there are cities of the
Venetians, as follows: the city of Ca pre, the city of Neokastron, the city
of Phines, the city of Aikylon, the city of Aeimanas, the great trading station
of Torcello, the city of Mouran, the city of Rivalto, which means 'highest
point', where the doge of Venice has his seat; the city of Caverzenzis.
There are also trading stations and forts.
28. S t o r y o f t h e s e t t I e m e n t o f w h a t 1 s n o w c a 11 e d
Venice.
Of old, Venice was a desert place, uninhabited and swampy. Those

who are now called Venetians were Franks from Aquileia and from the
other places in Francia, and they used to dwell on the mainland opposite
Venice. But when Attila, the king of the Avars, came and utterly devastated
and depopulated all the parts of Francia, all the Franks from Aquileia and
from the other cities of Francia began to take to flight, and to go to the
uninhabited islands of Venice and to built huts there, out of their dread
of king Attila. Now when this king Attila had devastated all the country
of the mainland and had advanced as far as Rome and Calabria and had
left Venice far behind, those who had fled for refuge to the islands of Venice,
having obtained a breathing-space and, as it were, shaken off their
faintness of heart, took counsel jointly to settle there, which they did, and
have been settled there till this day. But again, many years after the with-
drawal of Attila, king Pippin arrived, who at that time was ruling over
edd. II 87 Bpou8011 v Bpou118ouAO\I (sine acc.) mg. V2 II 88 Aa:uptTO\I

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xe:poc-rocpLoc, &rtocv 't'O 7tEpococ evocnecppoc~ocv. Eli:; oc1)XIXVLIXV oOv e/v&wv 0
't"OU P1JYOc; IlL7tLVOU "Aococ; (ouoe yocp ~v OUVOC"t'OV OCU"t'OUc; a/..),ocxou ne:pifoocL),
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IXU't"WV, xoct fo't'OCV't'O omcr&e:v 't"WV 7tocp' oc?nwv pLcpencuv xe:poc"t'ocplwv, 30
0 oE: p~~ Timi:voc; fo-roc"t'O e:-roc "t'OU ),ocou oc1hou EV -rij) oclyLoc"Aij). Kcxt ot
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125Be x_povov ~AIX'r'rOU'rO -ro 7tOCX"t'OV, one:p xocl ex_pL njc; O'Yje:pov OLOC l(j'cii~e:-rocL. 40
Te:"AoucrL yocp ol Be:vhLxoL "t'Cj) xa-rx_ov-rL -ro p"f)yoc-rov 'hoc"Alocc;, ~-roL Ilocn(occ;,
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Papia and other kingdoms. For this Pippin had three brothers, and they
were ruling over all the Frank and Slavonic regions. Now when king Pippin
came against the Venetians with power and a large army, he blockaded
them along the mainland, on the far side of the crossing between it and the
islands of Venice, at a place called Aeibolas. Well, when the Venetians saw
king Pippin coming against them with his power and preparing to take ship
with the horses to the island of Madamaucon (for this is an island near the
mainland), they laid down spars and fenced off the whole crossing. The army
of king Pippin, being brought to a stand (for it was not possible for them
to cross at any other point), blockaded them along the mainland six months,
:fighting with them daily. The Venetians would man their ships and take
up position behind the spars they had laid down, and king Pippin would
take up position with his army along the shore. The Venetians assailed them
with arrows and javelins, and stopped them from crossing over to the island.
So then king Pippin, at a loss, said to the Venetians: You are beneath my
hand and my providence, since you are of my country and domain. But the
Venetians answered him: We want to be servants of the emperor of the
Romans, and not of you. When, however, they had for long been straitened
by the trouble that had come upon them, the Venetians made a treaty of
peace with king Pippin, agreeing to pay him a very considerable tribute.
But since that time the tribute has gone on diminishing year by year, though
it is paid even to this day. For the Venetians pay to him who rules over
the kingdom of Italy, that is, Papia, a twopenny fee of 36 pounds of uncoined
silver annually. So ended the war between Franks and Venetians. When
the folk began to flee away to Venice and to collect there in numbers, they
proclaimed as their doge him who surpassed the rest in nobility. The first
doge among them had been appointed before king Pippin came against
them. At that time the doge's residence was at a place called Civitanova,
which means 'new city'. But because this island aforesaid is close to the
mainland, by common consent they moved the doge's residence to another
island, where it now is at this present, because it is at a distance from the
mainland, as far off as one may see a man on horseback.
&e)..(l)ev P /I 37 crou Be: crol P I! 38 pfiyrJ. P I/ 40 ~MTTWTo edd. II 41 pLy&Tov

P II IfamrJ.c; (sine acc.) P II 42 iicrlLv P edd. II 43 <l>prJ.yywv P II 45 erJ.uToi:c; V
edd. II 46 pl~ P I/ 47 8oux1:hov P II 47/8 T?:L~LTfi vou~rJ. V T~L~LTtX v6~rJ.
Ba Be II 49 8o'Jxi:hov] litteras Soux in ras. scr. P 1 II 50 7Jx6&ev edd.
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29. 0 f D a l m a t i a a n d o f t h e a d j a c e n t n a t i o n s
in it.
The emperor Diocletian was much enamoured of the country of Dal-

matia, and so he brought folk with their families from Rome and settled
them in this same country of Dalmatia, and they were called 'Romani'
from their having been removed from Rome, and this title attaches to
them until this day. Now this emperor Diocletian founded the city of Spalato
and built therein a palace beyond the power of any tongue or pen to describe,
and remains of its ancient luxury are still preserved to-day, though the
long lapse of time has played havoc with them. Moreover, the city of Diocleia,
now occupied by the Diocletians, was built by the same emperor Dio-
cletian, for which reason those of that country have come to be called by
the name of 'Diocletians'. The territory possessed by these Romani used
to extend as far as the river Danube, and once on a time, being minded to
cross the river and discover who dwelt beyond the river, they crossed it
and came upon unarmed Slavonic nations, who were also called Avars. The
former had not expected that any dwelt beyond the river, nor the latter
that any dwelt on the hither side. And so, finding these Avars unarmed
and unprepared for war, the Romani overcame them and took booty and
prisoners and returned. And from that time the Romani formed two alter-
nating garrisons, serving from Easter to Easter, and used to change
their men about so that on Great and Holy Saturday they who
were coming back from the station and they who were going out to
that service would meet one another. For near the sea, beneath that same
city, lies a city called Salona, which is half as large as Constantinople,
and here all the Romani would muster and be equipped and thence start
out and come to the frontier pass, which is four miles from this same city,
and is called Kleisa to this day, from its closing in those who pass that
way. And from there they would advance to the river. This exchange of
garrisons went on for a number of years and the Slavs on the far side of
the river, who were also called Avars, thought it over among themselves, and
said: These Romani, now that they have crossed over and found booty,
will in future not cease coming over against us, and so we will devise a plan
against them. And so, therefore, the Slavs, or Avars, took counsel, and
on one occasion when the Romani had crossed over, they laid ambushes
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129Be "Aomocl LXAIX~"f)VLOCL EX,oum 't'U7tov. 'AAA.ii xocl ot 7tAdove:c; Twv TOtOUT(t)V I
69rP LxM~wv ou joE: ~oc7t-rl~ov-ro, &.At..oc expL 7toMou Ee:vov &.[3oc7tncrTot.
F 56 7tiiaoc - 69 &.f'oc7t"tO'TOL: cf. Theoph. Cont. p. 288, 18-289, 2;

Cedr., ed. Bonn. II. p. 218, 22-219, 3.
V 8tocm:p&aocne:c; 7toTE: ot 'P(l)civot btoLl)O'OC\I ouTot ~yxpuoc (~yxpuoc V)

V Me II 39 cpMouAoc P II 41 XAe:taoupocv P II 'Pwocvot P II 42 cpMouAoc
P II 1;67l'Al)O'tv P II 43 mhwv: oc\i,(;)11 coni. Bury II 44 KAe:taoupocv P II 8te:A-9'611Te:c;
v edd. II 47 'Pw&vou~ V2 edd.: Ko&vouc; p V1 F II post dc; 2 add. TeX
edd. II 49 'Pw&voL P II 50 T~ Ae:x&,e:poc coni. Moravcsik: Tocl>e: x:ocaTpoc P Ba
Be T~ t' x&.aTpoc F II 51 'Poco\imv P II Te:Tpocyyoupl)v P JI 52 ante 'P(l)iivot add.
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and n.ttacked and defeated them. The aforesaid Slavs took the Roman arms
and standards and the rest of their military insignia and crossed the river
and came to the frontier pass, and when the Romani who were there saw
them and beheld the standards and accoutrements of their own men they
thought they were their own men, and so, when the aforesaid Slavs reached
the pass, they let them through. Once through, they instantly expelled the
Romani and took possession of the aforesaid city of Salona. There they
settled and thereafter began gradually to make plundering raids and de-
stroyed the Romani who dwelt in the plains and on the higher ground and
took possession of their lands. The remnant of the Romani escaped to the
cities of the coast and possess them still, namely, Decatera, Ragusa, Spalato,
Tetrangourin, Diadora, Arbe, Vekla and Opsara, the inhabitants of which
are called Romani to this day.
Since the reign of Heraclius, emperor of the Romans, as will be related
in the narrative concerning the Croats and Serbs, the whole of Dalmatia
and the nations about it, such as Croats, Serbs, Zachlumi, Terbou-
niotes, Kanalites, Diocletians and Arentani, who are also called Pagani
*** But when the Roman empire, through the sloth and inexperience
of those who then governed it and especially in the time of Michael from
Amorion, the Lisper, had declined to the verge of total extinction, the inhabi-
tants of the cities of Dalmatia became independent, subject neither to the
emperor of the Romans nor to anybody else, and, what is more, the nations
of those parts, the Croats and Serbs and Zachlumites, Terbuniotes and Kana-
lites and Diocletians and the Pagani, shook off the reins of the empire of
the Romans and became self-governing and independent, subject to none.
Princes, as they say, these nations had none, but only 'zupans', elders, as
is the rule in the other Slavonic regions. Moreover, the majority of these
Slavs were not even baptized, and remained unbaptized for long enough. But
o[ edd. II 'P<iivot P I/ 55 xcx-9-' 8v - 56 cruyypcxq>1j expunxit Racki II 55 7tept

om. v edd. II 56 post cruyypcxq>ij inserenda urrfixocx 'tote; 'Pcxlotc; eyevE't"O coni.
Toma.Sic II ~cx:Acx<(Cf Theoph. Cont. II Kp<[jii<ot Theoph. Cont. Xp[jii<w1
Cedr. II 57 Zcxx:Aoum P Zcxx:Aouot Theoph. Cont. II KcxvcxAE:'i.'<cxL P I ~tox:Aem
cxvot P II 57/8 'Apevmvol: 'PeV'tcxvo( Theoph. Cont. II 58 ol xcxt Ilcxycxvot coni.
Bury: xcxt ot Ilcxycxvot Meursius Ba Be xcxt '17tcxycxvol P II ot xcxl Ilcxycxvol
7tpocrcxyopeu6evot deest in Theoph. Cont. II post 7tpocrcxyopeu6evot l,ac. ind.
llou:Aixwc; dcrtv u7ton:<cxyevm 't"C}i !3cxm:Ae:1.' 'P<cxlv excidisse coniciens Grot
l,ac. ind. llou:Aixwc; 'ijcrcxv <<{i !3cxm:Ae:1.' 'Pcxlv u7tO't"E<cxyevm vel talia excidisse
coniciens Bury I! 59 ciqie:Adcxv P II 60 evcx7t07tVEuaiXITT)c; coni. Bury II 61 ~e:Acx<dcxc;
P II 63 Kp[jii<m Theoph. Cont. Xp[jii<<v Cedr. I\ 64 Zcxx:Aouoi xa.t Be:
Zcxx:Aoue:"i<cxt P Zcxx:Aouot Theoph. Cont. II TE (hahet etiam Theoph. Cont.): om.
edd. 11 Kcxvcx:Ae:'i.''t"cxt P II ~wx:Aemcxvot P II 65 Ilcxycxvot Be: Ilcxycivot P II &qil)vtcicrcxv-
't"Ec; (littera cr era,;a, spiritu addito primaque littera t in 'Y) correcta) PY mg. p9
Meursius Ba Be Theoph. Cont.: crcxqitvi&crcxne:c; P mxq>r,vicicrcxV'tEc; V II 66 t8i6p-
pu-9-ot xcxt cxu<oxeqicx:Aot: cxu<6vool TE xcxt cxu<ollfo7to't"ot Theoph. Cont. I/ 67 E:xei
edd. dxev coni. Gedeonov JI 68 I:x:Acx!3tvlcxt P: ~x:Acx13vta.t edd. JI xcxt om. edd. II
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F 70 'E7tt 81: - 79 hepw;: cf. Theoph. Cont. 291, 1-292, 13; Cedr. II. p.
220, 9-15; Zon. XVI. 9., ed. Bonn. III. p. 425, 9--426, 2. 82 Me:,iX
ae: - 84 cx1houc;: cf. Leo, Tact. XVIII. 101., ed. Migne, P. G. 107. c. 969
A-B. 88 ME't'cX 81: - 116 'Pc.>cx(v: cf. Theoph. Cont. p. 289, 2-290,
23; 292, 14-294, 2; De Them. p. 61, 11-62, 18 (=ed. Pertusi 97, 18-98, 42);
Cedr., ed. Bonn. II. p. 219, 4-220, 8; 220, 15-221, 7; Zon. XVI. 9., ed. Bonn.
III. p. 425, 1-9.
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73 daa.xouacxc;: e1t'CXXOUO'CXc; Theoph. Cont. II 76 [jCX1t''t'(O'cxt: [jcx1t'"t'L0"-9-Tjvcxt
V edd. II 77 7tpoxptvov V edd. II TTjc; om. edd. II 81 >'P'l)vw8e:tc; (xcx"t'mxouv,Ec;)
coni. Kyria.kides I ante Ilaycxvot addendum 't'O coni. Bury !I 82 ep'Y)VEUE:'t'IXL (etiam
Bury): E:p'l)veuov't'cxt Ba Be II 83 de; bis P II 85 O't't om. V edd. II de; ('rj8~v)
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in the time of Basil, the Christ-loving emperor, they sent diplomatic agents,
begging and praying him that those of them who were unbaptized might
receive baptism and that they might be, as they had originally been, subject
to the empire of the Romans; and that glorious emperor, of blessed memory,
gave ear to them and sent out an imperial agent and priests with him and
baptized all of them that were unbaptized of the aforesaid nations, and after
baptizing them he then appointed for them princes whom they themselves
approved and chose, from the family which they themselves loved and
favoured. And from that day to this their princes come from these same
families, and from no other. But the Pagani, who are called Arentani in
the Roman tongue, were left unbaptized, in an inaccessible and precipitous
part of the country. For 'Pagani' means 'unbaptized' in the Slavonic tongue.
But later, they too sent to the same glorious emperor and begged that they
too might be baptized, and he sent and baptized them too. And since, as
we said above, owing to the sloth and inexperience of those in power things
had gone the wrong way for the Romans, the inhabitants of the cities of
Dalmatia also had become independent, subject neither to the emperor
of the Romans nor to anybody else. But after some time, in the reign of
Basil the glorious and ever-memorable emperor, Saracens from Africa,
Soldan and Saba and Kalphus, came with 36 ships and reached Dalmatia
and took the city of Butova and the city of Rossa and the lower city of
Decatera. And they came also to the city of Ragusa and blockaded it fifteen
months. Then in their strait the Ragusans made a declaration to Basil, the
ever-memorable emperor of the Romans, saying this to him: Have pity
on us and do not allow us to be destroyed by them that deny Christ. The
emperor was moved with compassion and sent the patrician Nicetas, admiral
of the fleet, surnamed Ooryphas, with one hundred ships of war. When
the Saracens learnt of the arrival of the patrician admiral of the fleet with
XCX't"6nw coni. Kyriakides II 88/9: bd ri')c; [jcxatl.dcxc; Bcxm/.dou: brL ae: tjc;
~cxml.e:lcxc; Mtxcx1JI. Tou u[ou 0e:ocp/.ou De Them. II 89/90 :Ecxpcxx"l)vwv &1t'o
'Acpptx'ijc;: o[ cX1t'O Kcxp;{"IJ86voc; 'Aycxp"l)voL Theoph. Cont. II 90 :Eol.8cxvou:
:Eo/.8cxvov De Them. :Eol.Mvov Theoph. Cont. II :Eci~cx (littera . partim erasa)
px V edd. :E&~cxv Cedr.: :E&.cx P :E&.~cxv Theoph. Cont. II Kcxl.cpouc;
De Them. Kcx/.cpouc; Theoph. Cont.: KJ.cxcpouc; P KJ.cxcpouc; V edd. II 91
xcxpcx[j((t)v: xo.1t'cxp((t)v De Them. 1t'AOt(t)v 1t'ol.e:.Lxwv Theoph. Cont. II Lle:J..cxTl~:
Llcxl..cxTlcxc; De Them. Theoph. Cont. II 91/2 TeX Bou't"o~cx Ba Be r~v BouTo[jcxv
De Them.: TeX Bouyo[jcx P Bouyo[jcx mg. p1 ii Bmho.cx Theoph. Cont. II
92 'Pwa-cxv De Them. 'Pwacx Theoph. Cont. II 92/3 TeX Lle:xci't"Epcx, TO Xck't"(t): TeX
XcX't"(t) ~e:x&n:pcx De Them. Theoph Cont. V 't"cX X.cX't"W Lle:x&'t"opcx Theoph.
Cont. II 93 x&a't"pov: fJ."IJ't"p61t'oALv De Them. Theoph. Cont. II 1t'cxpe:x&-!hcrcxv:
t1t'OAL6pxouv De Them. Theoph. Cont. II 94 8e:XCX1t'EV't"E Be: Le:' p t1t'L xp6vov ...
lxcxv6v De Them. Theoph. Cont. II 'Pcxoucrcxlot P II 97 0"1t'ACXXV"IJO~dc; P /I
N LX-fi't"cx: N LX1i't"cxv Theoph. Cont. II 98 't"O e1t'X.A1JV: X.cx't"' emovu(cxv Theoph.
Cont. II 'Oopucpw; Be Theoph. Cont.: 'Oopucpcxc; P II :x_o:l.cxv8((t)v: ve:(;)v Theoph.
Cont. II eXcx't"6v edd. Theoph. Cont.: p' p De Them. II 99 ~CXpCXX1JVOL:
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plou Tou 7t"Ac.utou, ~rpuyov xocToc"AmovTe:c; TO x.cX.aTpov 'Pocoualou, xoclloo
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F 116 -rov 8E: - 216 c:uEpyEalcxv.: cf. Theoph. Cont. p. 294, 3-297,
23; Cedr., ed. Bonn. II. p. 221, 8--225, 8; Zon. XVI. 9., ed. Bonn. III.
p. 426, 2--429, 6; (Ps.-) Symeon, ed. Bonn. p. 695, 3-697, 2. 123
"Acx~cxv - 126 l.11Jiwacxl E: cf. Menandri fr. 3., Exe. de leg., ed. de Boor
p. 177, 12-34; Theoph. Simoc., ed. de Boor p. 243, 10-244, 17; Theoph.
p. 273, 14-27; Basilius, Para.en., ed. Migne, P. G. 107. c. XL D. Cf. V.
Grecu, Byzantinos/.avica 13 (1952-3). p. 259.
Vt~ 'Aq:ipLY.'iji; l:cxpcxioivo[ Theoph. Cont. "Aqipm De Them. II 101 cXVTEl'repcxacxv:

iivEl'rlpcxcrcr.v De Them. 8tcx1TEpifocxVTe:t;; Theoph. Cont. II Aoyou~cxp8(~ edd.
Acxyo~a.p8lcx Theoph. Cont. De Them.C II BcipE(t)i;: Bcip'l)i; De Them. II 102 e1T6p-&'l)-
mxv: i~E1T6p&l)O'CXV Theoph. Cont. II 103 TI]v om. edd. II TI]v rri'iacxv (etiam
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his squadron, they quitted the city of Ragusa and took to flight and crossed
over into Lombardy and laid siege to the city of Bari and took it. Then
Soldan built a palace there and was for forty years master of all Lombardy
as far as Rome. On this account, therefore, the emperor sent to Lewis, king
of Francia, and to the pope of Rome, asking their cooperation with the
army which he, the emperor, had sent. The king and the pope acceded to
the emperor's request, and both of them came with a large force and joined
up with the army sent by the emperor and with the Croat and Serb and
Zachlumian chiefs and the Terbouniotes and Kanalites and the men of
Ragusa and all the cities of Dalmatia (for all these were present by imperial
mandate); and they crossed over into Lombardy, and laid siege to the
city of Bari and took it.
The Croats and the other chiefs of the Slavs were carried over into
Lombardy by the inhabitants of the city of Ragusa in their own vessels.
The city of Bari and the country and all the prisoners were taken by the
emperor of the Romans, but Soldan and the rest of the Saracens were taken
by Lewis, the king of Francia, who carried them off to the city of Capua
and the city of Beneventum. And no one saw Soldan laughing. And the king
said: If anybody truly reports to me or shows me Soldan laughing, I will
give him much money. Later, someone saw him laughing and reported it
to king Lewis. He summoned Soldan and asked him, how he had come to
laugh 1 And he said: I saw a cart and the wheels on it turning round and
therefore I laughed because I too was once at the top and am now lowest
of all, but God may raise me up again. And thereafter Lewis would summon
De Them.): TCiio-av 't"~v Theoph. Cont. II Aoyou~ap8(av edd. Aayo~ap8(av

Theoph. Cont. Aoyyt[jap8(av De Them. II lni n:cro-apiXxoV't"a deest in
Theoph. Cont. De Them. II 't"E:O"O"apiXxoV't"a V edd.: o-apiXxoV't"cx P 't"foo-apa coni.
Kyriakides II 104 Ao86"fJxov P Ao8otxov Theoph. Cont. Ao8ouxov De Them.
/1oJ...6cxov Theoph. Cont.V II 105 p'ijya Meursius Ba Be Theoph. Cont.
De Them. : 8ouxa P II 7t"cX7t"a (etiam De Them.): 7t"cX7t"av Theoph. Cont. II
auve:TI"a.uve:'t"m Me Ba auvma.uvaL De Them. auve:mx.oup'ijo-aL Theoph. Cont. II
107 GttTIJO"E:L: eV't"EU~e:L De Them. II p(~ p II 108 &a 't"C}i - 110
Xfo't"p(t)v: 't"cXc; o).(yci> 7t"p6o--9-e:v v"l)ove:u-9-e:Co-ac; xwpac; 't"WV ~X.At:t[j"l)VWV Theoph.
Cont. deest in De Them. II 108/9 't"oi:c; Xp(t)[jcX't"OLc; x.al l:ep[j).otc; x.at
Zax).ou.oLc; coni. Bury II 109 x.aP: Tcj) edd. I Te:p[jouv1w't"e:c; P II
Kava).i:'t"t:tLc; P II llO 'Paouo-a(oLc; Moravcsik: 'Paouo-lmc; P edd. 11 111/2
Aoyou[jap8(q.: edd. II 112 TCape:x.iX-9-Lo-cxv coni. Bekker 7t"t:tpe:xiX&1JO"Gtv P:
exiX&"IJO"GtV edd. exiX-9-LO"GtV Migne II BiXpe:(t)c;: Biip"l)c; De Them. II 114
'Paouo-lou V edd.: 'Paouo-a(ou P I otx-fi't"ope:c; V edd.: otX1J't"t:tl P I/ 115
Aoyou~ap8(q.: edd. II 116 't"Wv om. edd. II 117 l:o).8cxvov edd. De Them.:
~o).8cvov P Theoph. Cont. II Ao86cxoc; Be Ao8olxoc; Bury Ao8ouxoc; De
Them.: /1oA.o-fixoc; P /1o8ouxoc; De Them.C II pl~ P I/ 119 p!~ P II 120
~o).8cvov Theoph. Cont. II 121 whov V1 edd.: GtU't"W p v II 122 p1yl
p II Ao8otxcp Be: Llo).o-/ix(t) p 125 eye:v6."l)v: -ilfL1JV v edd. II 126
Ao86"Lxoc; Be: /10)..0-fixoc; P II
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him to his table and would eat with him. And the nobles of Capua and
Beneventum used to go to Soldan and ask him questions about the treatment
and care of cattle and other matters, because of his age and experience.
And Soldan, who was cunning and crooked, said to them: I would like to say
a thing to you, but I fear to be betrayed by you to the king and I shall lose
my life. But they swore to him, and he took heart and said to them: The
king is minded to banish all of you to great Francia, and if you disbelieve
it, wait a little, and I will satisfy you. And he went off and said to Lewis:
The nobles of this place are evil, and you cannot be master of this country
unless you destroy the powerful men who oppose you; but do you bind the
first men of the city and send them off to your country, and then the rest
will be submissive to you, as you desire. When he had won him to carrying
out his advice, and the king had instructed that chains of iron should be made
for their banishment, Soldan went off and said to the nobles: Do you still not
believe that the king is sending you into banishment, and that all remem-
brance of you will vanish from among men 1 Yet, if you will be perfectly
satisfied, go and see what all the smiths are making by order of the king.
And if you do not find them making the chains and fetters, know that all
I have told you is lies; but if I speak truth, look to your safety and reward me
for my valuable and salutary advice to you. The nobles obeyed the word
of Soldan, and when they had seen the chains and fetters, they were comple-
tely satisfied, and thereafter began to devise the destruction of king Lewis.
The king, in ignorance of all this, went out hunting. But when he came back,
his nobles had taken possession of the city and did not allow him to enter.
King Lewis, seeing himself thus opposed by the nobles, went back to his
own country. The nobles said to Soldan: What, then, would you have us
do for you, in return for the salvation wrought for us by you fo And he
requested them to dismiss him to his own country, which they did, and he
went off to Africa, to his own country. But, mindful of his ancient malice,
he made an expedition and came with a force to Capua and to Beneventum,
to lay siege to and subdue them. The rulers of these cities sent envoys to
king Lewis in Francia, asking him to come and help them fight against
Soldan and the Africans. But king Lewis, when he heard of it, having learnt
132 pljycx Meursius Ba Be: 8ouxcx P II 133 15.<<rcxv P II pl~ P !I 134 AfXe:t
V edd.: .&fklJ P II 136 Ao86'txov Be: LloX61Jxov P II T6TCou om. V Me II -i-ouTou
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&7tocyye:lc&, 7tA-Yjv opx(~c.u u<Xc; de; 't"ov utov 't"OU 0e:ou xoct di:; 't"~V aco't"YjpLocv
7tOCV't"Oc; 't"OU xoccr't"pou xoct IXU't"WV 't"WV l)iux&v u&v, tvoc ocv-rt &ou e:ue:pye:'t"fi-200
F 167 &v-rcxTt"d)wxcxTe: - 168 &ycx&wv: cf. I Reg. 25, 21; Prov. 17, 13.
V 164 Ao06'YJxoc;] litterM Ao in rM. scr. P 1 II 167 ETcxe:eA1JcxL Ba Be II
168 8tw;<.&7)V Meursius Ba Be: e8Lwx&71 p II 169 Ao8o~xou p II 172 cXTt"O
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how Soldan had acted in persuading the nobles that, the king purposes to
send you in chains to banishment in Francia, declared in answer to them:
I repent my former conduct towards you, when I saved you from your
enemies, and you returned me evil for good; and as I was cast out by you,
now I rejoice at your destruction. Then, having failed with king Lewis,
they sent envoys to the emperor of the Romans, asking that he should
give them aid and deliver them out of this danger. The emperor promised
to aid them. But when the diplomatic agent had left Constantinople on his
homeward way, bringing back to them who had sent him fair tidings of
the alliance with the emperor, he was still short of the city when he was
captured by the scouts of Soldan. For Soldan had obtained previous intel-
ligence of the sending of a mission of supplication to the emperor of the
Romans and had made efforts to capture their diplomatic agent, which
he did. From his captive he learnt of the service he had performed, and
that in a few days the succours of the emperor of the Romans would arrive.
So Soldan said to this same diplomatic agent: If you do what I tell you,
you shall be a warded freedom and very great gifts; but if not, you shall
lose your life and your death shall be cruel. The man promised to carry
out his orders, and Soldan said to him: I order you to stand close to the
wall and to summon those who sent you and say to them: 'For my part,
I have carried out the service laid upon me, and have importuned the
emperor of the Romans on your behalf; however, know that my journey
was vain, and that the emperor has altogether spurned the supplication
you made, and do not expect succour from the emperor'. When he had
promised to perform this gladly, they conducted him close to the city,
where, disregarding all that Soldan had said, neither fearing his threats
nor seduced by his promises, but setting the fear of God in his heart, he
communed thus with himself: It is expedient that I alone should die, and
not by my word entrap and betray so many souls to their death. So, when
he was near the wall and had summoned the nobles, he thus addressed
those who were in authority over that city: I, my lords, have discharged
my office and will announce to you what was declared by the emperor
of the Romans; but I adjure you by the Son of God and the salvation
of all the city and of your very souls, to reward, instead of me, my children
xptmixplou: "t"'ijc; &yye:).(ixc; 8tiXxovoc; Theoph. Cont. 7tpe:o-(je:uTI)c; Cedr. II 177

"t"OU TOV v Me Be: TOUTOV p II 180 [jo-fi.&e:tcx v edd.: [j(o]Tj-lh:tlX p II cxu-rii)
V edd.: ix(u]"t"O P II 181 7totT)o-e:tc; F edd.: 7totT)cnic; P II 8wpe:wv V edd.:
8[(t)]pe:wv P II 182 &rco).foe:tc; F edd.: &7to).[e]cnic; P &7toAecnic; V I 183
i!:X1tA"IJPWO"CXt v edd.: EXTCA("IJ]PWO"IXt p II e:!7te:v v edd.: e:(!]7te:V p II 184 on
V edd.: o"t"[t] P II nl;i::ouc; V edd.: ntx[ouc;] P II 185 &7too--rd).ixn&c; V edd.:
cX1tOO"T(e:l]A1XV"t"cXc; p v
II IXUTOUc; v edd.: cxu-rou(c;] p II 186 wqie:tAOV edd.:
6q:ie:t).o[v] P II 187 lht V edd.: 8-r[t] P II xe:vov F Meursius Ba Be: xcxtvav P II
188 7tcX-qicxu).ov Migne: 7tcxqicxti).ov P edd. 7tcxpcX q>cxti).ov coni. Bekker II
~.&e:-ro: ~1JXE: edd. II 193 CXIJTOU edd. II 196/7 i!:~oumcfocxv-rcxc; edd. II 199 uai;
v edd. Theoph. Cont.: utv p II
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lY , "I (.I, - , (.I, I
cnrre: 't"OC\ 'TEX\IOC I
ou xoct\ TI)\/ \ ....
E/\7tL<..,OUO"OC\I OC7t0A0Ct--EW e: crut--LOV ou we;
yocp TI:OL~O"YJ't"E e:-roc ocu-r&v, 7tocpoc 't"OU OLxoclou XIXL Lcr.&OC7to06-rou ocyoc.&ou
0e:ou, k/..."Aov-roc; xp'i:vocL ~&vTocc; xoct ve:xpoui:;, -rov tcr&ov &.7tol.~ljie:cr&e:.
76vP Ir\..CXL' -rcw-roc - , '
e:mwv n'
7tocpe:vocppuve:v ,
ocu-rouc; ' .../\eywv
' 'E< yw' e:v ' oc7to ' ' I -rou-
136Be I ~OAOIX\IOU OC7t0AOU(J.OCL XOCL m:pl 't"~\I ~W~\I XLVOU\IC.UW, ue:'i:c; SE: crTij't'e:205
~ - ~ ~
e:oplXLDL XOCL\ fl'Y\) oe:L/\OC\lop'Y)cr'Y)'t'E,
"I I '"l"I'
Cl.I\/\
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U7tO(J.C.WIX't"E: I
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XOCLI &Le; ' '"I I
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oclcov. Tcxu'TOC SE: IXU't"OU d7t6v-roc;, ot xoc-rexovnc; IXU'rO\I ob<.e:LoL 't"OU
~o/,01Y.vou 7tocpoc 7tpocroox(ocv 'TOC nocp' ocu-rou :Aocl.'Y)&ifv-roc &.xoucrocvTe:c;,
e~pu~ocv E7t' OCU'TO\I -rouc; o06v-roci:;, XOCL de; -rou h&pou 7tpoe-rpe:xov, 'rLc; &poc210
njc; crcpocyYjc; OCU't"OU yeyove:v IY.U't"OUpy6c;. Tou Se 7t1Xp' ocu-r&v OC\IOCLpe:&ev-
n' C "'"111' \ \ ~(.I, "II I ~ I
'TOc;, 7t'rO'Y)ve:Li:; 0 "'"'0/\00CVOc; 't"')'j\I 't"OU jJOCO"L/\C.Wc; xoc-repzoevriv OU\IOCO"'t"ELOCV,
'
U7tE:O"Tpe:'fC.\I I ,I, ,
e:Lc; \
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LoLOC\I XWpOCV. K' I ,,
IXL EX'rO'rE Y..IY.L\ e:xpL 'rOU VU\/ XOCL OL
I - - \ (
77rp Tijc; Koc7tUYJc; I xoct ot -r9jc; Beve~e:voou dcrtv U7to -r~v E:~oucrlocv -r&v'Pwoclwv
> "I I \l- l"I ~ \
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-rou- 'P IY.OUO'LI OU OU, XOC/\EL' "I -
t"OCL 'p OCOUO"L , "Tl- 'p wocLW\I I
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'Pocoucroclouc; -rou-rouc; E:xoc:Ae:cre:v. Ot oE: OCU'rOL 'Pocoucrocf:ot -ro 7t0CAIXLO\I
e:xp!Y.'TOU\I
' I
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I
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13 ., , , / C\ \ / '
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7Be , ,n , , _ , , , , , , , ~,
oc'TL, e:xpOCTI)'lTYJ XOCL 't"O 't"OLOU't"O\I xoccr-rpov, XIXL OL e:v e:crcpocYIJcrOCv, OL oe:225
, "I ~\ ~ > - ~ >
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c.p e:cr-rLv ocp-rtwc; I
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I '
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:mx TOU'TO noc),w 't"O -re'i:zoc; OCU't"OU ocu~~O"IY.\l't"C.c; &zpL t S' ~xe:w t 't"O
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7t1X't"'~p -rou 7tpC.U'T00"7tOC&ocpf.ou ~'t'e:cpocvou. 'Acp' oo SE: ocr.o ~ocA.&voc e:-rcl>x'Y)-
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vex<;> 't'OU ocy(ou ~-re:q;i&:vou, Tifi 6v-rL foov 'rOU OCU't'OU XOCO''t'pou.
F 203 e)J,onoc; - vEx.pouc;: II Timoth. 4, 1. 203 '!Ov ta-9-ov &.7toA1]-

ljle:a-9-E: cf. II loh. 8. 210 ~[jpu~cxv - 086ncxc;: cf. Acta 7, 54.
V 201 cro~t6v: croveuvov Theoph. Cont. 203 ante eUovToc; add. Toll V II
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and her who is hoping to receive me back, my wife; for as you deal with
them, so shall your reward be from God, the just and righteous rewarder,
who shall judge the quick and the dead.>} When he had so spoken, he fort-
ified them with these words: For my part I shall be destroyed by Soldan
and the threat of death is upon me; but do you stand fast and be not faint-
hearted, but endure a little while, and in a few days shall arrive the salva-
tion which has been sent to you by the emperor of the Romans. When
he had so spoken, the servants of Soldan who had charge of him, hearing
his unexpected message, gnashed with their teeth upon him, and each
outran the other to be the author of his murder. But after he was made
away by them, Soldan, dreading the powers of the emperor that were coming
upon him, withdrew to his own country. And from that time until this day
the men of Capua and the men of Beneventum have been under the authority
of the Romans in perfect servitude and subjection, for that great benefit
which was done to them.
The city of Ragusa is not called Ragusa in the tongue of the Romans
but, because it stands on cliffs, it is called in Roman speech 'the cliff, lau';
whence they are called 'Lausaioi', i. e. 'those who have their seat on the
cliff'. But vulgar usage, which frequently corrupts names by altering their
letters, has changed the denomination and called them Rausaioi. These
same Rausaioi used of old to possess the city that is called Pitaura; and
since, when the other cities were captured by the Slavs that were in the
province, this city too was captured, and some were slaughtered and others
taken prisoner, those who were able to escape and reach safety settled in
the almost precipitous spot where the city now is; they built it small to
begin with, and afterwards enlarged it, and later still extended its wall
until the city reached its present size, owing to their gradual spreading out
and increase in population. Among those who migrated to Ragusa are:
Gregory, Arsaphius, Victorin us, Vitalius, Valentine the archdeacon, Valentine
the father of Stephen the protospatharius. From their migration from
Salona to Ragusa, it is 500 years till this day, which is the 7th indiction,
the year 6457. In this same city lies St. Pancratius, in the church of St.
Stephen, which is in the middle of this same city.
206 o/..(yov Ba Be: o/..lycuv p II 207 cpMael edd. i!pxeTIXl Theoph. Cont. II
208 otxdot: U7t"tJpET1Xl Theoph. Cont. II 211 ixOTou acpcxy'ij~ edd. II yeyove:v: yev.:Le:v
V edd. II 212 xixnpxoE:v"t)v: tpxotv"t)v edd. II 217 'Pixouo-1) P II 218 7J0St
J..eye:TIXl add. oe Be II 219 AIXU: AIXOU Migne II oe om. Be II 222 'Pixouaix!ol
p II 223 IHTIXUplX: 'E7t!ocxupov coni. Bandurius II 226 oE: secl. Jenkins II 229 o'
E:xe:w: o' ~x.et Me o' ~xew Ba Be (Tou) wo' E:xe:w coni. Bekker TOU
'/f:ypv <To eye.&o.; o &pTlcu<; E:x_e:t) coni. Bury II 232 BlxTcup-ijvo<; P II
Bcx/..evTLvo.;2 Bandurius Be: BixvevTrvo<; P 711{/ P II 233/4 eTolX"fJOIXV P II 234 TO
om. edd. 11 cp': T' coni. Mikoczi 9iSi6 x' coni. Labuda II tvotxnwvoi:; edd. II
~: e~116"f)i:; edd. II 235 Tiji IXUTiji v edd.: TO IXUTO p II
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"O "C'L "C'O-U 'A 0'7t'OC/\0C'
., 'nIJ"OU XOCO''tpov,
' l!
u7te:p <7t'OC/\OC'
., ' t'LOV Lxpov
' , e:p"Y)ve:UE:'
< ' t'OCL,
0 ~occrL/,e:uc:; ALOXA"YJ't'LOCvoc:; "C'OU't'O ~X't'LO'e:v e:Ixe:v oE: cxtho Wt; toLOv o!xov,
1f. ~ n
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t;;VOO..:rE:V XOCL\ 7t'OCr,CX' "I I >t: T
t'tOC, E:<, WV 't'OC\ 7t'/"I\E:LOVOC I
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I \ ( \ ..., T I t ' \ tf
XOCO''t'pou XOCL 0 vococ:; 't'OU ocytou Ll vou, e:v cp XOC't'OCXE:L't'OCL 0 OCU'toc; 1XYLOc:;
A6voc:;, 57te:p ~v xot-rwv -rou OCU't'OU ~ocm"AE:wc:; AtoxA"Y)'t'LOCvou. '17toxoc-rw
7svp
138Be oe:~' OCU' ' t'O-U U1t'' O,CpX,OUO'LV e:Lr."Y)[J.OC' ,., t'LXOCL' xococpocL, , !I
ocvnve:c; I' - I .,
U7t'YJPX. ov Cj)UAOCXOCL, '
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ocyLOuc; ,
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E:X't'LO'e:vov, OU't'E: OC7t'O e:yx.op"Y)you, OC/\/\ OC7t'O AL'ITWV 't"&'t'pOC1t'E:oLXWV, EX,OV't'WV
de:; ljxoc:; ocvoc opyULocc; Locc;, 7t'OAAOCxLc:; xoct ocvoc Mo, xoct 't'O 7tAOC't'oc:; &voc
opyutocc:; tiic;, o('ttvE:c; ELO'LV O'UV"Y)pocrifvot xoct O'Uvoe:l>e:E:voL dc; &/,J....~/..ouc;
e:'toc' O'Lo"Y)pwv ~I
e:v
, "I I A~
o/\Ul"ocp E:YXU/\LOCO'Evwv.
, "I ' "I O''t'OCV't'OCL oe: ~' , 't"O' 't'OLOU't'OV
e:Lc:; - 250
I \ I I 11 > f I > '!" 11 "l"I
XOCO''t'pov XOCt XLOv&c:; 7t'UXVOL, e:xov-re:c; e:mx.vw xocr"Y)'t'OC<;, e:v OLc:; e:E:/\/\E:V
o' ocu-roc:; ' ' l"OCO'
A L"IAe:uc:; ' utc.XA"YJ't'Locvoc:;
A "I ' e:t"A"Y)oc-rtxocc:;
, ' e:ye:tpoct
' - xococpocc:;,
' xoct'
7"P
i1 GXE:7tOCO' ' OCt 't'O' XOCO''t'pov , U/\OV,
ll"I -1 ' ., '
xoct' 7tOLlJ O'OCt 't'OC 7t'OC/\OC't'LOC OCU't'OU XOCt 7t'IXV't'OC , - ' '
\ > I ..,. I ) I ..., > I > ( ~ f \
't'OC OLXl)OC't'OC 't"OU XOCO''t'pou E:7t'OCVW TC.UV &LA"Y)oc-rwv e:xe: vwv otwpoc:poc XOCt
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e:x ' t'OU. . XIX.cr't'pou
I
&O'XE:7tOCcre:v.
' ' T OU- oe:255 ~'
't"OLOU"C'OU XOCO''t'pou "C'O "C'e:i:x.oc:; OU't'e: 7te:pbtoc't'OV EX.Et, ou-re: 7tpoocxwvocc;,

.'."I "I '
fMIJ\.OC -rmx.ouc:;
I
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n.,,
EX,OV xoct 'tpOCX,l)AOV ~Wt; -njc:; yljc:; O''t'E:VW't'OC't'OV olx-riv ye:c:puplou, EV cl>
~ I
ote:px.ov't'OCL OL< XOC't'OtXOUV't'e:c:; - ,
ELc:; 't'O' OCU"C' ' \
O XOCO''t'pov.
I T e:-rpocyyouptv , ~'
OE "I -
XOC/\E:L-26 0
't'OCL OLOC 't'O e:t VOCL OCU't'O txpov otx-riv ocyyoup(ou. 'Ev oE: 'ti{l OCU't'i{l xcfo-rpcp
oc7t6xe:L-roct o &ytoc:; ocp-ruc; AocupE:v-rLoc:;, o &pxtotocxwv.
139Be "0-rt -ro xoccr-rpov "C'WV Ae:xoc-rE:pwv E:p"Y)ve:ue:-rocL 't-{i 'Pwoc(cuv
79vp l>LOCAEX't'<p 'fo-re: lvwevov xoct 1t'E:7t'Vtyevov', Ot6't't dcrepX,E't'OCL ~ .&oc/....OCO'O'IX
&cr7te:p y/..wcrcroc E:cr-re:vcuev-ri ifX,pL -rwv te:' (~) xoct x' t"A(wv, xocl dc; -ro -njc:;265
'nITOCAOCO'
., ' O'"Y)t:;; cru1t'/\l)pcuoc ., ' ' E:O', 't'LV 't'O ' XOCO''t'pov.
' "EXE:L oe: ~ 't'U l 't'OLOU't'OV - XOCO''t'pOV
'
, "I , - ,, " "I , "

xux,,cp OCU"C'OU op-ri U'j'l)AOC, wcr'te: vcp -rep XOCAOXOCtptcp l"/\E:7t'E:LV 't'OV l)ALOV 6 - "I I A"I
I \ ""I
~hoc -ro e:aoupocve:!v, 't'i{l 8: x.e:twvt oOl>ocwc:;. 'Ev oE: -ri{l ocu-ri{l x&a-rpcp
xe:i:-roct o &ywc; Tpurpcuv &xepoctoc; 7tiiaocv v6aov lwe:voc:;, ci:Atcr-roc 't'ouc;
U7t'O me:u&-rwv &xoc&ocp-rwv -rupocvvouevouc:; 0 oE: vococ; OCU't'OU fo-rw27.0
e:l:A"Y)oc-rtx6c:;.
"0-rt 't'o xcfo-rpov -rwv Atoc8wpwv xoc/..e:i:-rocL 'tij 'Pwoc(wv otoc"AexT<p
'loc Epoc', 67te:p E:p-rive:ue:-roct '&m~p-rt 1j-rov' o-ri:Aov6n on~ 'Pw-ri E:xTlcr&"YJ,
V 237 -rou: -ro Be (-ro) -rou Bury II 243 ljJ..~cmxcxt P dl..'Jlix-r~xcxt

Meursius Ba Be JI 245 post 8e a4d. xixt edd. II cxo-rij> V edd.: ixo-ro P II
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The city of Spalato, which means 'little palace', was founded by the
emperor Diocletian; he made it his own dwelling-place, and built within
it a court and a palace, most part of which has been destroyed. But a few
things remain to this day, e. g. the episcopal residence of the city and the
church of St. Domnus, in which lies St. Domnus himself, and which was
the resting-place of the same emperor Diocletian. Beneath it are arching
vaults, which used to be prisons, in which he cruelly confined the saints
whom he tormented. St. Anastasius also lies in this city.
The defence-wall of this city is constructed neither of bricks nor of
concrete, but of ashlar blocks, one and often two fathoms in length by a
fathom across, and these are fitted and joined to one another by iron cramps
puddled into molten lead. In this city also stand close rows of columns,
with entablatures above, on which this same emperor Diocletian proposed
to erect arching vaults and to cover over the city throughout, and to build
his palace and all the living-quarters of the city on the top of those vaults,
to a height of two and three stories, so that they covered little ground-space
in the same city. The defence-wall of this city has neither rampart nor
bulwarks, but only lofty walls and arrow-slits.
The city of Tetrangourin is a little island in the sea, with a very narrow
neck reaching to the land like a bridge, along which the inhabitants pass
to the same city; and it is called Tetrangourin because it is long-shaped like
a cucumber. In this same city lies the holy martyr Lawrence the
archdeacon.
The city of Decatera means in the language of the Romans 'contracted
and strangled', because the sea enters like a contracted tongue for 15 or 20
miles, and the city is on this marine appendix. This city has high mountains
in a circle about it, so that the sun can be seen only in summer, because
it is then in mid-heaven, and in winter it cannot be seen at all. In the same
city lies St. Tryphon entire, who heals every disease, especially those who
are tormented by unclean spirits; his church is domed.
The city of Diadora is called in the language of the Romans 'iam era',
which means, 'it was already': that is to say, when Rome was founded,
246 (3tcriX'Acuv P II 24 7 tYXwpijyou P: tYXwpuyou coni. Kukules II n:.-pome:ll(xwv:
Te-rpcxni:llcuv coni. Laskin II 248 opyuixc; p II tcic;; ix' v edd. II 249 opytiixc; p II 250
o'A((38w p II tYXUALIXcri:vwv edd.: tYXUALIXCJfLEVIX p II post oE: add. xcxt edd. II 251
xocrl-rcxc; P II 252 d'A'JjIX-rtxiXc; Meursius Ba Be II 254 d'A'1Jchwv V edd. 11 8t6pocpcx
p II 255 -rpt6pocpcx p II XIXt: -1) edd. II oJ.!yov edd. ; o'Alywv p ll 258 Te:-rpixyyouptv:
TE: Tpixyyoup(ov coni. Safarik TpixyouptoV mg. P 1 TpiXyouptc; mg. V 2 II txp6v
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ixthcj) V edd.: -ro ixo-ro P /I 269 iixi:pcxmc; corr. Kukules Kyriakides: iixe:pcx!cuc;
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'Pcucxlcuv V edd.: p&' P II 273 !iX ~po: V Me ~cxe:pif. P: tiX f!pix-r Meursius
Ba Be II
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this city had already been founded before it; it is a big city. Vulgar usage
gives it the name Diadora. In the same city lies in the flesh St. Anastasia,
the virgin, daughter of Eustathius, who was on the throne at that time;
and St. Chrysogonus, monk and martyr, and his holy chain. The church of
St. Anastasia is a basilica like the church of the Chalcopratia, with green and
white columns, and all decorated with encaustic pictures in the antique
style; its floor is of wonderful mosaic. Near it is another church, a domed
one, Holy Trinity, and above this church again is another church,
like a triforium, domed also, into which they mount by a spiral
staircase.
Under the control of Dalmatia is a close-set and very numerous archi-
pelago, extending as far as Beneventum, so that ships never fear to be
overwhelmed in those parts. One of these islands is the city of Vekla, and
on another island Arbe, and on another island Opsara, and on another
island Lumbricaton, and these are still inhabited. The rest are uninhabited
and have upon them deserted cities, of which the names are as follows:
Katautrebeno, Pizouch, Selbo, Skerda, Aloep, Skirdakissa, Pyrotima, Meleta,
Estiounez, and very many others of which the names are not intelligible.
The remaining cities, on the mainland of the province, which were captured
by the said Slavs, now stand uninhabited and deserted, and nobody lives
in them.
30. S t o r y o f t h e p r o v l n c e o f D a 1 m a t i a.
If knowledge be a good thing for all, then we too are approaching it
by arriving at the knowledge of events. For this reason we are giving, for
the benefit of all who come after us, a plain account both of these matters
and of certain others worthy of attention, so that the resulting good may
be twofold.
They, then, who are inquiring into the taking of Dalmatia also, how
it was taken by the nations of the Slavs, may learn of it from what follows;
but first of all its geographical position must be told. In olden times, there-
290 exov-rix v edd.: xcuv[ TIX] p ll 291 Kixw:u-rpe:~E:V(7i p Kcxwvype:~e:vw seu

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Raeki Grot 'Ea-rpouv+i~ coni. Skok.
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30
fore, Dalmatia used to start at the confines of Dyrrachium, or Antibari,
and used to extend as far as the mountains of Istria, and spread out as far
as the river Danube. All this area was under the rule of the Romans, and
this province was the most illustrious of all the provinces of the west;
however, it was taken by the nations of the Slavs in the following manner.
Near Spalato is a city called Salona, built by the emperor Diocletian; Spalato
itself was also built by Diocletian, and his palace was there, but at Salona
dwelt his nobles and large numbers of the common folk. This city was the
head of all Dalmatia. Now, every year a force of cavalry from the other
cities of Dalmatia used to collect at, and be despatched from Salona, to the
number of a thousand, and they would keep guard on the river Danube,
on account of the Avars. For the Avars had their haunts on the far side
of the river Danube, where now are the Turks, and led a nomad life. The
men of Dalmatia who went there every year would often see the beasts
and men on the far side of the river. On one occasion, therefore, they decided
to cross over and investigate who they were that had their abode there.
So they crossed, and found only the women and children of the Avars, the
men and youths being on a military expedition. Falling suddenly upon
them, therefore, they made them prisoner, and returned unmolested, car-
rying off this booty to Salona. Now when the Avars came back from their
military expedition and learnt from their losses what had happened, they
were confounded, but know not from what quarter this blow had come
upon them. They therefore decided to bide their time and in this
way to discover the whole. And so, when according to custom the
garrison was once more dispatched from Salona, not the same men as before
but others, they too decided to do what their predecessors had done. So
they crossed over against them, but finding them massed together, not
scattered abroad as on the previous occasion, not merely did they achieve
nothing but actually suffered the most frightful reverse. For some of them
were slain, and the remainder taken alive, and not one escaped the hand
of the enemy. The latter examined them as to who they were and whence
they came, and having learnt that it was from them that they had suffered
the blow aforesaid, and having moreover found out by enquiry the nature
of their homeland and taken a fancy to it as far as they might from hearsay,
they held the survivors captive and dressed themselves up in their clothes,
just as the others ha<l worn them, and then, mounting the horses and taking
TI]v Me add. njc; Ba Be 11 I:a:Awvix V Me II ;(LAlwv V edd.: ,a. P 11

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in their hands the standards and the rest of the insignia which the others
had brought with them, they all started off in military array and made
for Salona. And since they had learnt by enquiry also the time at which
the garrison was wont to return from the Danube (which was the Great
and Holy Saturday), they themselves arrived on that same day. When
they got near, the bulk of the army was placed in concealment, but up to
a thousand of them, those who, to play the trick, had acquired the horses
and uniforms of the Dalmatians, rode out in front. Those in the city, recogni-
zing their insignia and dress, and also the day, for upon this day it was
customary for them to return, opened the gates and received them with
delight. But they, as soon as they were inside, seized the gates and, signal-
ling their exploit to the army, gave it the cue to run in and enter with them.
And so they put to the sword all in the city and thereafter made them-
selves masters of all the country of Dalmatia and settled down in it. Only
the townships on the coast held out against them, and continued to be in
the hands of the Romans, because they obtained their livelihood from the
sea. The Avars, then, seeing this land to be most fair, settled down in it.
But the Croats at that time were dwelling beyond Bavaria, where the Belo-
croats are now. From them split off a family of five brothers, Kloukas and
Lobelos and Kosentzis and Mouchlo and Chrobatos, and two sisters, Touga
and Bouga, who came with their folk to Dalmatia and found the Avars in
possession of that land. After they had fought one another for some years,
the Croats prevailed and killed some of the Avars and the remainder they
compelled to be subject to them. And so from that time this land was pos-
sessed by the Croats, and there are still in Croatia some who are of Avar
descent and are recognized as Avars. The rest of the Croats stayed over
against Francia, and are now called Belocroats, that is, white Croats, and
have their own prince; they are subject to Otto, the great king of Francia,
or Saxony, and are unbaptized, and intermarry and are friendly with the
Turks. From the Croats who came to Dalmatia a part split off and possessed
themselves of Illyricum and Pannonia; they too had an independent prince,
who used to maintain friendly contact, though through envoys only, with
the prince of Croatia. For a number of years the Croats of Dalmatia also
TO cpocrcrcho P 11 60 "A[3cxpe:L<; V Me Ba: "A[3cxpric; P 'A(ja:pe:Lc; Be Migne II

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d:J..A~J..oLc; V edd. II 68 xix-rfocpot!;ixv] litteras xix-r in ras. scr. P 1 II 70 l:x: (nve:c;) l:x
coni. Bury II -roui; secl. Migne Bury: Tou-rwv coni. Dujcev Kyriakides II 71
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were subject to the Franks, as they had formerly been in their own country;
but the Franks treated them with such brutality that they used to murder
Croat infants at the breast and cast them to the dogs. The Croats, unable
to endure such treatment from the Franks, revolted from them, and slew
those of them whom they had for princes. On this, a large army from Francia
marched against them, and after they had fought one another for seven
years, at last the Croats managed to prevail and destroyed all the Franks
with their leader, who was called Kotzilis. From that time they remained
independent and autonomous, and they requested the holy baptism from
the bishop of Rome, and bishops were sent who baptized them in the time
of Porinos their prince. Their country was divided into 11 'zupanias',
viz., Chlebiana, Tzenzina, Imota, Pleba, Pesenta, Parathalassia, Breberi,
Nona, Tnina, Sidraga, Nina; and their ban possesses Kribasa, Litza and
Goutziska. Now, the said Croatia and the rest of the Slavonic regions are
situated thus: Diocleia is neighbour to the forts of Dyrrachium, I mean,
to Elissus and to Helcynium and Antibari, and comes up as far as Decatera,
and on the side of the mountain country it is neighbour to Serbia. From
the city of Decatera begins the domain of Terbounia and stretches along
as far as Ragusa, and on the side of its mountain country it is neighbour
to Serbia. From Ragusa begins the domain of the Zachlumi and stretches
along as far as the river Orontius; and on the side of the coast it is neigh-
bour to the Pagani, but on the side of the mountain country it is neighbour
to the Croats on the north and to Serbia at the front. From the river Orontius
begins Pagania and stretches along as far as the river Zentina; it has three
'zupanias', Rhastotza and Mokros and that of Dalen. Two of these 'zupanias',
viz., Rhastotza and that of Mokros, lie on the sea, and possess galleys; but
that of Dalenos lies distant from the sea, and they live by agriculture. Neigh-
bour to them are four islands, Meleta, Kourkoura, Bratza and Pharos, most
fair and fertile, with deserted cities upon them and many olive-yards; on
these they dwell and keep their flocks, from which they live. From the
river Zentina begins the country of Croatia and stretches along, on the
side of the coast as far as the frontiers of !stria, that is, to the city of Albu-
num, and on the side of the mountain country it encroaches some way upon
edd. II 93 Nva:: Lva: coni. Racki II Kpl~a:aocv: KpE~a:uocv coni. Racki
Kp(~a:~a:v coni. ~i.Bic Skok II 94 I'ouT~'Yjm<&: (etiam Bandurius Bury): rwt'~'YJXOC
edd. II 94/5 a:! /.oma:t LxAa:~tva:t coni. Bury o[ J..omot LxAa:~vtot Ba Be II
LxAoc~tvla:t P 11 95 Dot6xJ..11a: P Ba Be II 96 'E/.taaov Be II TO: Tov edd. I\
'E!.xuvtov P II 97 'Av-rl~a:pw V edd.: 'Avrt~ocp11v P II 98 Ee:pf'/.doc P II 103
ev 7t'A1Jcn&:~e:t - 105 f!xouaa: ordinem versuum permutavit Be II 103/4 tjj
1:e:p~/.[qi: edd.: -ri)v Ee:p~'Ala:v P 11 106 TOv: TO V edd. II Tou: TO edd. II D.ocMv:
D.a:/.ev coni. Novakovic Racki II 107 'PocO"t'wT?:a: (littera a: 2 erasa) PY Be:
'ApocaTwT~a: P V 11 Moxpou edd.: M6xpou P II 108 a:fovec; edd.: ohtvec; P II
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~cxTla:c; add. Tijc; V edd. II
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the province of !stria, and at Tzentina and Chlebena becomes neighbour
to the country of Serbia. For the country of Serbia is at the front of all the
rest of the countries, but on the north is neighbour to Croatia, and on the
south to Bulgaria. Now, after the said Slavs had settled down, they took
possession of all the surrounding territory of Dalmatia; but the cities of
the Romani took to cultivating the islands and living off them; since, how-
ever, they were daily enslaved and destroyed by the Pagani, they deserted
these islands and resolved to cultivate the mainland. But they were stopped
by the Croats; for they were not yet tributary to the Croats, and used
to pay to the military governor all that they now pay to the Slavs. Finding
it impossible to live, they approached the glorious emperor Basil and told
him all the above. And so that glorious emperor Basil ordered that all that
was then paid to the military governor they should pay to the Slavs, and
live at peace with them, and that some slight payment should be made
to the military governor, as a simple token of submission and servitude to
the emperors of the Romans and their military governor. And from that
time all these cities became tributary to the Slavs, and they pay them fixed
sums: the city of Spalato, 200 nomismata; the city of Tetrangourin, 100
nomismata; the city of Diadora, llO nomismata; the city of Opsara, 100
nomismata; the city of Ar be, 100 nomismata; the city of Vekla, 100 nomis-
mata; so that the total amounts to 710 nomismata, exclusive of wine and
various other commodities, which are in excess of the payments in cash.
The city of Ragusa is situated between the two countries of the Zachlumi
and of Terbounia; they have their vineyards in both countries, and pay to
the prince of the Zachlumi 36 nomismata, and to the prince of Terbounia
36 nomismata.
31. 0 f t h e C r o a t s a n d o f t h e c o u n t r y t h e y n o w
d we 11 in.
The Croats who now live in the region of Dalmatia are descended from
the unbaptized Croats, also called 'white', who live beyond Turkey and
next to Francia, and have for Slav neighbours the unbaptized Serbs. 'Croats'
in the Slav tongue means 'those who occupy much territory'. These same
Croats arrived to claim the protection of the emperor of the Romans Heraclius
136 voaocTa: 1 add. Moravcsik II voaa:Ta: 2 add. Moravcsik II 137 vo(aoc't"a:

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31
before the Serbs claimed the protection of the same emperor Heraclius,
at that time when the Avars had fought and expelled from those parts the
Romani whom the emperor Diocletian had brought from Rome and settled
there, and who were therefore called 'Romani' from their having been
translated from Rome to those countries, I mean, to those now called
Croatia and Serbia. These same Romani having been expelled by the Avars
in the days of this same emperor of the Romans Heraclius, their countries
were made desolate. And so, by command of the emperor Heraclius these
same Croats defeated and expelled the Avars from those parts, and by
mandate of Heraclius the emperor they settled down in that same country
of the Avars, where they now dwell. These same Croats had at that time
for prince the father of Porgas. The emperor Heraclius sent and brought
priests from Rome, and made of them an archbishop and a bishop and
elders and deacons, and baptized the Croats; and at that time these Croats
had Porgas for their prince.
This country in which the Croats settled themselves was originally
under the dominion of the emperor of the Romans, and hence in the country
of these same Croats the palace and hippodromes of the emperor Diocletian
are still preserved, at the city of Salona, near the city of Spalato.
These baptized Croats will not fight foreign countries outside the
borders of their own; for they received a kind of oracular response and
injunction from the pope of Rome who in the time of Heraclius, emperor of
the Romans, sent priests and baptized them. For after their baptism the
Croats made a covenant, confirmed with their own hands and by oaths
sure and binding in the name of St. Peter the apostle, that never would
they go upon a foreign country and make war on it, but rather would live
at peace with all who were willing to do so; and they received from the
same pope of Rome a benediction to this effect, that if any other foreigners
should come against the country of these same Croats and bring war upon
it, then might God fight for the Croats and protect them, and Peter the
disciple of Christ give them victories. And many years after, in the days
of prince Terpimer, father of prince Krasimer, there came from Fran-
cia that lies between Croatia and Venice a man called Martin, of the
utmost piety though clad in the garb of a layman, whom these same Croats
V 9 Touc; :Ep~A.ouc; edd.: To!c; :Eep~A.mc; P II 11 'A~&pe:tc; Be II rroA.e:(aixVTe:c; P II

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Meursius II
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31
declare to have wrought abundant miracles; this pious man, who was sick
and had had his feet amputated, so that he was carried by four bearers and
taken about wherever he wanted to go, confirmed upon these same Croats
this injunction of the most holy pope, that they should keep it so long as
their life should last; and he himself also pronounced on their behalf a bene-
diction similar to that which the pope had made. For this reason neither
the galleys nor the cutters of these Croats ever go against anyone to
make war, unless of course he has come upon them. But in these vessels
go those of the Croats who wish to engage in commerce, travelling round
from city to city, in Pagania and the gulf of Dalmatia and as far as Venice.
The prince of Croatia has from the beginning, that is, ever since the
reign of Heraclius the emperor, been in servitude and submission to the
emperor of the Romans, and was never made subject to the prince of
Bulgaria. Nor has the Bulgarian ever gone to war with the Croats, except
when Michael Boris, prince of Bulgaria, went and fought them and, unable
to make any headway, concluded peace with them, and made presents
to the Croats and received presents from the Croats. But never yet have
these Croats paid tribute to the Bulgarians, although the two have often
made presents to one another in the way of friendship.
In baptized Croatia are the inhabited cities of Nona, Belgrade, Belitzin,
Skordona, Chlebena, Stolpon, Tenin, Kori, Klaboka.
Baptized Croatia musters as many as 60 thousand horse and 100
thousand foot, and galleys up to 80 and cutters up to 100. The galleys carry
40 men each, the cutters 20 each, and the smaller cutters 10 each.
This great power and multitude of men Croatia possessed until the
tim8 of prince Krasimer. But when he was dead and his son Miroslav, after
ruling four years, was made away with by the ban Pribounias, and quarrels
and numerous dissensions broke out in the country, the horse and foot
and galleys and cutters of the Croat dominion were diminished. And now
it has 30 galleys and *** cutters, large and small, and *** horse
and *** foot.
55 erropdcx p II xcfo-rpov1 (etiam Bury): x1fo-rpou edd. II 62 Boplcnic; coni. Meursius

Bandurius Bury: Bopw<TI)c; P edd. II rroAe:[acxc; P II 66 Q:)J..-YjA.ouc; V edd.: ti)..A~A.otc; P II
68 ev tjj ~CXrrTLCJflEVfl Xpwf3oc-rl~ coni. Bury: ~ f3cxrrTLCJeV1) Xpwf3cx-r[cx p edd. II 69
N6vcx V edd. 11 Be:A.6ypcx8ov edd. Be:A.&ypcx8ov V mg. P& II Be:A.l.-~E:LV V edd. II
70 K6pL V edd.: Kopl) P K6pt-vLOv coni. Racki I\ 71 -rwv om. V edd. II 72
~' XLA.t&8wv scr. Moravcsik: ~ q. q. P Ba Be II XLALoc8wv 2 corr. Mors.vcsik:
XLA.Loc8cxc; P edd. II mxy7jvcxc; P 11 73 xov8oupcxc; (littera Tin 8 correcta) PY: xov-roupcxc;
P V edd. xov8-roupcxc; mg. P 8 I\ 74 xov8oupcxL (littera T erasa et s. v. littera
8 addita) P 1 mg. ps V edd.: xov-roupcxL P II 77 -rfoacxpcx edd.: 8' P II 78
Ilpt(3ouv(cx (etiam Bandurius Be): Ilpt(3ouvou V Me Ba II 80 xov8oupcxL V edd.:
xouv8oupcxL P II 81 xov8oupcxc; P I\ post xov8oopm; addendum ' coni. Bury II '[>OSt
Lxpocc; lac. ind. P numerum condurarum excidisse coni. Meursius Ban-
durius II 82 post xcx~cx)..Acxptxov et post rre:~txov numerum equitatus ]Jeditatusque
excidisse coni. Meursius Bandurius II
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7Ji::pw11 A.' edd.
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Great Croatia, also called 'white', is still unbaptized to this day, as
are also the Serbs who are its neighbours. They muster fewer horse and
fewer foot than does baptized Croatia, because they are more constantly
plundered, by the Franks and Turks and Pechenegs. Nor have they either
galleys or cutters or merchant-ships, for the sea is far away; for from
those parts to the sea it is a journey of 30 days. And the sea to which they
come down after the 30 days is that which is called 'dark'.
32. 0 f t he Ser bs an d of t he count ry t hey now

d we 11 in.
The Serbs are descended from the unbaptized Serbs, also called 'white',
who live beyond Turkey in a place called by them Boi:ki, where their neigh-
bour is Francia, as is also Great Croatia, the unbaptized, also called 'white';
in this place, then, these Serbs also originally dwelt. But when two brothers
succeeded their father in the rule of Serbia, one of them, taking one half
of the folk, claimed the protection of Heraclius, the emperor of the Romans,
and the same emperor Heraclius received him and gave him a place in the
province of Thessalonica to settle in, namely Serbia, which from that time
has acquired this denomination. 'Serbs' in the tongue of the Romans
is the word for 'slaves', whence the colloquial 'serbula' for menial shoes,
and 'tzerboulianoi' for those who wear cheap, shoddy footgear. This name
the Serbs acquired from their being slaves of the emperor of the Romans.
Now, after some time these same Serbs decided to depart to their own
homes, and the emperor sent them off. But when they had crossed the river
Danube, they changed their minds and sent a request to the emperor Hera-
clius, through the military governor then holding Belgrade, that he would
grant them other land to settle in. And since what is now Serbia and Pagania
and the so-called country of the Zachlumi and Terbounia and the country
of the Kanalites were under the dominion of the emperor of the Romans,
and since these countries had been made desolate by the Avars (for they
had expelled from those parts the Romani who now live in Dalmatia and
32. 2 1;e;p~A.wv P II 4 B6,>u edd. Botcrxt coni. Marquart Bofot coni.

Skok B6",t coni. Gregoire II 6 -rolvuv: oi'.iv V edd. 11 12 oc7tE:LA1Jq:ie:v: mxpe:lA.1Jq:ie:
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(exov-rii) coni. Bury II 18 .M:vou(3tv edd. II 20 Be:Mypcx8ov scr. Moravcsik:
Be:A.iiypcx8ov p Be:A6ypcx8ov Be II 21 ovoa:cr.&e:focx: 6vocx~ov1) v edd. II 23
p1)ott Ba Be II 25 &.rrfiA.ocacxv Be II xcxt omittendum coni. Bury Kukules II
154
32
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V 27 rrpe:o-(3{,.rcxc;: rrpe:a(3u-rtpouc; coni. Bury
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Dyrrachium), therefore the emperor settled these same SerbR in these
countries, and they were subject to the emperor of the Romans; and the
emperor brought elders from Rome and baptized them and taught them
fairly to perform the works of piety and expounded to them the faith of the
Christians. And since Bulgaria was beneath the dominion of the Romans
*** when, therefore, that same Serbian prince died who had claimed the
emperor's protection, his son ruled in succession, and thereafter his grandson,
and in like manner the succeeding princes from his family. And after some
years was begotten of them Boiseslav, and of him Rodoslav, and of him
Prosigois, and of him Blastimer; and up to the time of this Blastimer the
Bulgarians lived at peace with the Serbs, whose neighbours they were and
with whom they had a common frontier, and they were friendly one toward
another, and were in servitude and submission to the emperors of the Ro-
mans and kindly entreated by them. But, during the rule of this same
Blastimer, Presiam, prince of Bulgaria, came with war against the Serbs,
with intent to reduce them to submission; but though he fought them three
years he not merely achieved nothing but also lost very many of his men.
Mter the death of prince Blastimer his three sons, Muntimer and Stroimer
and Goinikos, succeeded to the rule of Serbia and divided up the country.
In their time came up the prince of Bulgaria, Michael Boris, wishing to avenge
the defeat of his father Presiam, and made war, and the Serbs discomfited
him to such an extent that they even held prisoner his son Vladimer,
together with twelve great boyars. Then, out of grief for his son, Boris
perforce made peace with the Serbs. But, being about to return to Bulgaria
and afraid lest the Serbs might ambush him on the way, he begged for his
escort the sons of prince Muntimer, Borenas and Stephen, who escorted him
safely as far as the frontier at Rasi. For this favour Michael Boris gave
them handsome presents, and they in return gave him, as presents in the
way of friendship, two slaves, two falcons, two dogs and eighty furs, which
the Bulgarians describe as tribute. A short while after, the same three
brothers, the princes of Serbia, fell out, and one of them, Muntimer, gained
the upper hand and, wishing to be sole ruler, seized the other two and
handed them over to Bulgaria, keeping by him and caring for only the son
!:i!:p~AOU: 't"'iji; !:e:p~/.lc.:i; coni. Bekker Bury II 32 eyywv v edd. f:yyov p:

eyyovoi; PY II 33 f;ye:vv-fi.&"I) edd.: l:ye:vv-fi.&"l)V p II 35 Bt.c.:atje:poc; edd. II 35/6
Bt.c.:m'Y)i!:pou edd. II 39 Bt.c.:aTI)i!:pou edd. II 41 7tol.e:ac.:c; P II 42 ci7t6/.e:ae:v
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47 btT61)CJOtV edd.: E7t'Twac.:v P E7t't'cttaocv coni. Kyriakides II BJ.c.:37]pov scr.
Moravcsik: BJ.c.:ml'Y)pov V Bt.c.:mt-fipwv P BJ.c.:aT~e:pov edd. BJ.a.8-fio:pov coni.
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Me l:vve:vljxoVTct Ba Be II 57 c.:uTol om. edd. II 58 ye:v6e:voi; edd. II 59 MouVTl7]poc;
edd. 11
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1

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of the one brother Goinikos, Peter by name, who fled and came to Croatia,
and of whom we shall speak in a moment. The aforesaid brother Stroi:mer,
who was in Bulgaria, had a son Klonimer, to whom Boris gave a Bulgarian
wife. Of him was begotten Tzeeslav, in Bulgaria. Muntimer, who had expel-
led his two brothers and taken the rule, begat three sons, Pribeslav and
Branos and Stephen, and after he died his eldest son Pribeslav succeeded
him. Now, after one year the aforesaid Peter, son of Goin'ikos, came out
of Croatia and expelled from the rule his cousin Pribeslav and his two bro-
thers, and himself succeeded to the rule, and they fled away and entered
Croatia. Three years later Branos came to fight Peter and was defeated
and captured by him, and blinded. Two years after that, Klonimer, the
father of Tzeeslav, escaped from Bulgaria and he too came and with an army
entered one of the cities of Serbia, Dostinika, with intent to take over
the rule. Peter attacked and slew him, and continued to govern for another 20
years, and his rule began during the reign of Leo, the holy emperor, of most
blessed memory, to whom he was in submission and servitude. He also made
peace with Symeon, prince of Bulgaria, and even made him god-father
to his child. Now, after the time that this lord Leo had reigned, the then
military governor at Dyrrachium, the protospatharius Leo Rhabduchus,
who was afterwards honoured with the rank of magister and office of foreign
minister, arrived in Pagania, which was at that time under the control of the
prince of Serbia, in order to advise and confer with this same prince Peter
upon some service and affair. Michael, prince of the Zachlumi, his jealousy
aroused by this, sent information to Symeon, prince of Bulgaria, that the
emperor of the Romans was bribing prince Peter to take the Turks with
him and go upon Bulgaria. It was at that time when the battle of Achelo
had taken place between the Romans and the Bulgarians. Symeon, mad
with rage at this, sent against prince Peter of Serbia Sigritzis Theodore and
the late Marma'is with an army, and they took with them also the young
prince Paul, son of Branos whom Peter, prince of Serbia, had blinded.
The Bulgarians proceeded against the prince of Serbia by treachery, and,
by binding him with the relationship of god-father and giving a sworn
undertaking that he should suffer nothing untoward at their hands, they
tricked him into coming out to them, and then on the instant bound him
om. edd. II edd. II Mouvn-fipwc; P: Mounl'Y)poc; edd. II o3

T~e:e:a.&t.&~oc; P
om. edd. II 67 Bp&vov] litteram ~ in ras. scr. P 1 mg. iter. ps II 68
IlpL~fo.&J.c.:~oc; mg. ps V edd.: Ilpt8fo.&Ac.:~oc; P II 73 7tol.e:e:i:ac.:t P II 74 o
om. edd. II 74/5 Bou/.yc.:plc.:c; V edd. II 76 -rwv om. V edd. 11 x&a-rpwv: x&mpov
V edd. II ante !:e:p~A(c.:c; add. 't"'i)c; V edd. II Aoa-rw(xc.:v: Apomw[xc.:v coni.
Skok II 77 l't"OAe:(ac.:c; p II 80 &me:: OCJTe: edd. /Sc; ye: an wme:? coni. Bek-
ker II 81 xup'Y)c;; P II 83 'Pc.:u8ouxoc; P II 86 8ou/.dc.:c;: 8ou/.wae:wc;; edd. II 90 f>OSt
8& add. xc.:l edd. II 92 TOUT<j> v edd.: 't"OUTO p II ye:v6e:voc;; ev TOUT<:p v edd. II
ante !:ue:wv add. o V edd. II 94 cpwaa&-rou P II 98 7tctpc.:u-ra Be I/
158
32
ev Bou/....yocpl~, xocl. OC7to&v~cnm ev cpu"Aocx1j. EtcrYj"A&e:v OE OCVT' OCU't'OU Ilocu"Aoc;,
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159
32
and carried him off to Bulgaria, and he died in prison. Paul, son of Branos,
took his place and governed three years. The emperor, the lord Romanus,
who had in Constantinople the young prince Zacharias, son of Pribes-
lav, prince of Serbia, sent him off to be prince in Serbia, and he went and
fought, but was defeated by Paul; who took him prisoner and handed
him over to the Bulgarians and he was kept in prison. Then, three years
later, when Paul had put himself in opposition to the Bulgarians, they sent
this Zacharias, who had previously been sent by the lord Romanus the
emperor, and he expelled Paul and himself took possession of the rule over
the Serbs; and thereupon, being mindful of the benefits of the emperor
of the Romans, he broke with the Bulgarians, being not at all wishful to
be subjected to them, but rather that the emperor of the Romans should
be his master. And so, when Symeon sent against him an army under Mar-
maim and Sigritzis Theodore, he sent their heads and their armour from
the battle to the emperor of the Romans as tokens of his victory (for the
war was still going on between the Romans and the Bulgarians); nor did
he ever cease, like the princes also that were before him, to send missions
to the emperors of the Romans, and to be in subjection and servitude
to them. Again, Symeon sent another army against prince Zacharias,
under Kninos and Himnikos and Itzboklias, and together with them he
sent also Tzeeslav. Then Zacharias took fright and fled to Croatia, and
the Bulgarians sent a message to the 'zupans' that they should come to
them and should receive Tzeeslav for their prince; and, having tricked
them by an oath and brought them out as far as the first village, they in-
stantly bound them, and entered Serbia and took away with them the entire
folk, both old and young, and carried them into Bulgaria, though a few
escaped away and entered Croatia; and the country was left deserted.
Now, at that time these same Bulgarians under Alogobotour entered Croatia
to make war, and there they were all slain by the Croats. Seven years after-
wards Tzeeslav escaped from the Bulgarians with four others, and entered
Serbia from Preslav, and found in the country no more than fifty men only,
without wives or children, who supported themselves by hunting. With
these he took possession of the country and sent a message to the emperor
of the Romans asking for his support and succour, and promising to serve
him and be obedient to his command, as had been the princes before him.
edd. lJ 115 3E: per comp. inser. P 1 in textum receperunt V edd.: omittendum
coni. Kukules II a1tOCJTEMW\I coni. Kyriakides: &rreme:MO\I p edd. II 117 qiocr-
acb:o\I P II 118 'H~P6xl.Lar:: 'H-r~PouJ..Lar: coni. Hilferding 1J~(pyou) Poul.Lei coni.
Besevliev II 122 i:c/> om. edd. secl. Moravcsik II 123 7tar:par:uTa Be II 127 'Al.oyo-
P6Toup: 'AAoPoy6Toup coni. Ilovajskij Tornaschek l\farquart Feher II 128
el't"Ta edd.: ~' p II 129 -re:cracipwv edd.: 3' p II 130 llpe:a{}t.cipou edd. II 131 'lte:vri)-
KO\l't"Or: edd.: v' P II
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32, 33
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161
32, 33
And thenceforward the emperor of the Romans continually benefited him,
so that the Serbs living in Croatia and Bulgaria and the rest of the countries,
whom Symeon had scattered, rallied to him when they heard of it. Moreover,
many had escaped from Bulgaria and entered Constantinople, and these
the emperor of the Romans clad and comforted and sent to Tzeeslav. And
from the rich gifts of the emperor of the Romans he organized and populated
the country, and is, as before, in servitude and subjection to the emperor
of the Romans; and through the co-operation and many benefits of the
emperor he has united this country and is confirmed in the rule of it.
The prince of Serbia has from the beginning, that is, ever since the
reign of Heraclius the emperor, been in servitude and submission to the
emperor of the Romans, and was never subject to the prince of Bulgaria.
In baptized Serbia are the inhabited cities ofDestinikon, Tzernabouskei,
Megyretous, Dresnei:k, Lesnik, Salines; and in the territory of Bosona,
Katera and Desnik.
33. 0 f t h e Z a c h 1 u m i a n d o f t h e c o u n t r y t h e y n o w
d we 11 in.
The country of the Zachlumi was previously possessed by the Romans,
I mean, by those Romani whom Diocletian the emperor translated from
Rome, as has been told of them in the story of the Croats. This land of the
Zachlumi was beneath the emperor of the Romans, but when it and its
folk were enslaved by the Avars, it was rendered wholly desolate. Those who
live there now, the Zachlumi, are Serbs from the time of that prince who
claimed the protection of the emperor Heraclius. They were called Zach-
lumi from a so-called mount Chlumos, and indeed in the tongue of the
Slavs 'Zachlumi' means 'behind the mountain', since in that territory is
a great mountain with two cities on the top of it, Bona and Chlum, and
behind this mountain runs a river called Bona, which means <good'.
The family of the proconsul and patrician Michael, son of Bouse-
boutzis, prince of the Zachlumi, came from the unbaptized who dwell on
coni. Si.Si6 II Meyuphoui;: Meyephoui; mg. P 8 Meyuph~ui; coni. Skok I/

Apecrvdpt: \pecrvel) x' (=xoccnpov} coni. Skok II Aecrv1p<: AecrvYj x' (=xoco--rpov)
coni. Skok II 151 Boo-rover: V edd. Boo--0-var: coni. Safarik II -ro3 : -riX coni.
Bury 11 AeO"Vfix: Aeo-v-fix coni. Racki Aecrvl) x' (=xocmpov} coni. Skok.
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'Pro&vwv V add. 'Pwar:lrov edd. II 10 Zar:xAouot P II 6vo&o-.frl)0"1Xv P II 12
Zar:X:>..ooot P II
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33, 34, 35
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TOv btovoix~6p.e:vov Meursius Ba Be II 19 AtT~lx11 coni. Gregoire AtT~tx-fi coni.
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163
33, 34, 35
the river Visla and are called Litziki; and it settled on the river called
Zachluma.
In the territory of the Zachlumi are the inhabited cities of Stagnon,
Mokriskik, Iosli, Galoumainik, Dobriskik.
34. 0 f t h e T e r b o u n i o t e s a n d K a n a I i t e s a n d o f t h e
c o u n t r y t h e y n o w d w e 11 i n.
The country of the Terbouniotes and the Kanalites is one. The inhabi-
tants are descended from the unbaptized Serbs, from the time of that prince
who came out of unbaptized Serbia and claimed the protection of the emperor
Heraclius until the time of Blastimer, prince of Serbia. This prince Blastimer
married his daughter to Krainas, son of Belaes, 'zupan' of Terbounia. And,
desiring to ennoble his son-in-law, he gave him the title of prince and made
him independent. Of him was begotten Phalimer, and of him Tzouzimer. The
princes of Terbounia have always been at the command of the prince of
Serbia. Terbounia in the tongue of the Slavs means 'strong place'; for this
country has many strong defences.
Subordinate to this country of Terbounia is another country called
Kanali. Kanali means in the tongue of the Slavs 'waggon-load', because,
the place being level, they carry on all their labours by the use of waggons.
In the territory of Terbounia and Kanali are the inhabited cities of
Terbounia, Ormos, Rhisena, Loukabetai, Zetlibi.
35. 0 f t h e D i o c 1 e t i a n s a n d o f t h e c o u n t r y t h e y n o w
d we 11 in.
The country of Diocleia was also previously possessed by the Romani

whom the emperor Diocletian translated from Rome, as has been said in
the story about the Croats, and was under the emperor of the Romans.
84. 1 Te:p[3ouvLcu't'wv corr. Moravcsik: Te:p!3ouvLor:'t'wv P edd. /I 3

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XWPtf xoccr"Cpou, OU7te:p EK"CLO"e:v o t"OCO'LAe:Uc; uLOXA'Yj't'LOCvoc;, vuvt oe: e:crnv IO
104rp epl)6xoccr"Cpov EXPL I 't'OU vuv ovooc~6e:vov ~t6x/....e:Lcx.
''O"CL ev 'iii XWPtf ~wx/....e:lac; dcrl. e:yoc/....oc KOCO''t'pcx olx.oue:voc. "CO
rpocOE't'CXL, "CO Nouypoc8e:, 't'O Aov't'oMx/....oc.
163Be 36. n e: p l. "C (t) v n oc y oc v & v, 't' & v Koc 1 ,A p e: v 't' oc v wv

x oc J... o u e. v c.u v, x oc & ~ c; v ;:; v o i x o u a L x wp oc c;.
''0"CL ~ xwpoc, de; ~v vuv OLXOUO'LV oi. Ilocyocvo(, xoct OCU't'~ 7tp6npov
7tOCpoc 't'WV 'Pwocvwv expoc"Ce:i:'t'o, one; OC7t0 'Pwl)c; 0 {3occrt/-e:uc; ~WX.Al)'t'LOCvoc;
, , " ., , ,, o
e:"COLKLO'OCc; e:v ilE/\OC't'L~ EV<J>KLO'e:V. Loe: OCU't'OL II ocyocvoL, omo
~, , , , , 't'WV - 0Ct"OC7t"CL-
'A I
5
O''t'WV "-'EPtJAWV
""'' (J.">
KOC't'OICYOV't'OCL Ee., '!:' EKELVOU
' , 't'OU- cxpxov't'oc;,
.,_ 't'OU- e:Lc;
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't'OV A
t"OCO' .... I
LAEOC
'H pocx/\e:tov
, .. ,
7tpocr<.puyov't'Oc;. 11 ' ~'
ocpoc oe: 't'<.t>V - 'AA , ' ,
t"ocpcuv xaL OCUTIJ 'YI x_cupoc ' ' ,
octxoc/....cu't'tcr&e:f:croc fip~c.u't'ocL, x.ocl. 7tOCALv e7tl. 'Hpocx/....dou 't'ou {3ocm/....ec.uc;
104 vp EVCJ>X.LO'&l). I Ilcxyocvol ae:
KOCAOUV't'OCL atoc 't'O ~ KOC't'OC8e~occr&oct OCU't'ouc;
-re;> 't'6-re: KOCLpii} {30C7t't'LO'&YjvocL, O't'E xocl 1t1fV't'ec; oi. ~ep{3/....oL e{3oc1t't'LO'&'Yj<rOCV. 10
Kocl yocp Ilocyocvol. 'iii 't'WV ~xM{3cuv 8LOCAEK't'CJ> (&{30C7t't'L<r't'OL' epl)VEUOV't'OCL,
'iii 't'WV 'Pwoc(cuv ae:
OLOCAEx"CCJ> ~ x.wpoc OCU't'WV "Ape:v-roc XOCAEL't'OCL, e~
ou x&xe:i:voL 1t1xpoc 't'WV ocu't'wv 'Pcuoc(cuv 'Apev't'ocvol xoci..ouvT11<L.
"O't'L e:v' II ocyocvL~ ' e:LO' ' L' V :x.occr't'poc
' ' '
oL:x.oue:voc 't'O' M'o:x.pov, -ro' B e:pou/\- -.
-./\LOC, "CO' "O O''t'pcux XOCL' 'Yj' ..:..AOCtJLVE"C1.,0C.
. . . . . A' "/" KpOC't'OUO' - LV oe:~\ :X.OCL' 't'OCU'
, t'OC<; 't'O'Cc; Vl)O'OUc;'
, 15
vrjcroc; e:yOCAl) ~ Koupxpcx, ~'t'OL 't'O Ktxe:p, ev fl fo't'LV xocl KOCO''t'pov v~croc;
' ' e:yOC/\l)
E't'e:poc ,., 't'O'C M'"' "
E/\E"COC, 'tJ't'OL 't'O' M0CA01.,EOC'
-. " ' t'OCL, ~j" e:v ' 't'OCLc;
- II poc-,e:crL
'i: 't'C-UV
lOsrP OC7t00'"C6'Ac.uv 0 &yLoc; Aouxiic; ev'Yj't'OCL Me:ALTIJV 't'OCUTIJV 7tpocrocyope:uwv, ev I
i64Be Yi xocl. I
E:xLc; 't'OV &ytov Ilau"Aov OC7tO 't'OU aocx..UJ...ou 7tpocr~~OC't'O, ~v xoct
't'Cj> 7tUpl b &yLoc; Ilocu/....oc; xoc't'eq:i/....e:~e:v vY)croc; hepoc e:yoc/...."1) 't'o <l>ocpoc 20
v9jcroc; e't'tpoc e:y&"Al) b Bp1h~l)c;. Elcrl. ae xocl. ~'t'EpOCL VlJO'OL, oci. lj KpOC't'OU-
e:vOCL m~pa 't'Wv ocu't'&v Ilocyocvwv v9jcroc; 't'OC Xwocpoc, v9jcroc; ''l'Yjc;, v9jcroc;
-ro A&:cr't'o {3ov.
F 36, 18 MeALTIJV - 20 xcxTecp/.e~ev: Acta. 28, 1-5.
V 6 c.:uni Be II 9 ante Tou1 addendum Yi coni. Bury II AtOxA"IJIX P Ba Be II 10

o\i7tep: o7tep V edd. II 11 LltOxA"IJC.: P Ba Be II 12 'tjj x.wp~] litteras 7j etc.:
in ras. scr. P 1 II Lltox!.-fiixi; P II 13 I'piioe:-rc.:t: I'pii8emc.:t coni. Racki I'pci-
oe:-r~t coni. Skok II Nouypocoe:: NouLypcioe: seu NouLyp&3e coni. Racki JI
165
35, 36
But this country also was enslaved by the Avars and made desolate, and
repopulated in the time of Heraclius the emperor, just as were Croatia and
Serbia and the country of the Zachlumi and Terbounia and the country
of Kanali. Diocleia gets its name from the city in this country that the
emperor Diocletian founded, but now it is a deserted city, though still
called Diocleia.
In the country of Diocleia are the large inhabited cities of Gradetai,
Nougrade, Lontodokla.
36. 0 f t h e P a g a n i, a 1 s o c a 11 e d A r e n t a n i, a n d o f t h e
c o u n t r y t h e y n o w d w e 11 i n.
The country in which the Pagani now dwell was also previously pos-
sessed by the Romani whom the emperor Diocletian translated from Rome
and settled in Dalmatia. These same Pagani are descended from the un-
baptized Serbs, of the time of that prince who claimed the protection of
the emperor Heraclius. This country also was enslaved by the A vars and
made desolate and repopulated in the time of Heraclius the emperor. The
Pagani are so called because they did not accept baptism at the time when
all the Serbs were baptized. For 'Pagani' in the tongue of the Slavs means
'unbaptized', but in the tongue of the Romans their country is called Arenta,
and so they themselves are called Arentani by these same Romans.
In Pagania are the inhabited cities of Mokron, Beroullia, Ostrok and
Slavinetza. Also, they possess these islands: the large island of Kourkra,
or Kiker, on which there is a city; another large island, Meleta, or Malo-
zeatai, which St. Luke mentions in the 'Acts of the Apostles' by the name
of Melite, in which a viper fastened upon St. Paul by his finger, and St.
Paul burnt it up in the fire; another large island, Phara; another large
island, Bratzis. There are other islands not in the possession of these same
Pagani: the island of Choara, the island of Jes, the island of Lastobon.
Aono86xl.oi:: A6v-ro, -ro D.6x).oi: coni. Safarik A6VTo, -ro D.e:6><Aoi: coni. Racki
Aou-ro86x).oi: coni. Skok.
36, 1 'Ape:v-roi:vwv: Noi:pe:v-roi:vwv coni. Safarik II 3 oi:lJTIJ edd. II 4 'Pw&vv
coni. Jenkins: 'P(l)oi:((l)v P edd. II 5 e:-roix-ficroi:c; P II i:vwK1)cre:v P II 6 di:;: rrpac;
edd. II 7 oi:lJTIJ Be II 12 'Apev-roi: V edd. II 13 'Ape:v-roi:vot scr. Moravcsik:
'Ape:v-r&vot P edd. II 15 7j I;).oi:~ve:T1;oi: scr. Moravcsik e:lcr).oi:~(ve:T1;oi: P: fi Aoi:~(
ve:-r1;oi: V edd. Aoi:(3ve:-r1;oi: mg. P 3 Aoi:~p(ve:T~oi: coni. Novakovic Aoi:~v1;()(ve: se'U
Aoi:(3-r1;Clve: coni. Skok II 18 Aouxcic; P: Aouxoi:c; edd. II 21 hepoi:t P /I 22 X6Clp()(
V edd. X6oi:1;Cl coni. Safarik Dummler Racki Si.Sic.
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37. 11e:p1 't'OU ~&vouc; 't'WV Iloc-r~tVIXXL't'WV.
'I cr-re:ov, O't't OL II OC't'y1.,LVOCX.L'

I " ( - t'IXL 't'O
\ OC7t
' ' ocpx.YJc;
' - e:Lc;
' 't'OV
' 7tO't'OC(J.OV
' 'ATYJA'
, ,
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TY)V OCU't'CUV e:~xov X.IXTO X.Y)crtv, ooLwc; oe: X.OCL e:tc; 't'OV 7t0't'OC(J.OV E:YJX., e:x.ov-re:c;
,,
, -re: xoc1.,ocpouc;
Touc; .,., -
cruvopouvTocc; xocL' -rouc;
\ e:7tovoocc.,oe:vouc;
' y , 0"1"u1.,ouc;.
\ , - ~' , ( 6 O"'Y
"'l ' - x y
11 po E:T(J)V oe: 7tE:VTY)X.OV't'OC OL l\E:Y e:vot Uc.,Ot e:-roc TCUV oc1.,ocpwv O(J.OVOYJ- I ( ,
5
105vp crocv-re:c; xocl 7tbA.e:ov cru~ocMv-re:c; 7tpoc; Touc; Iloc-r~wocx[-rocc;, Itme:plcrx.ucrocv,
!:
XOCL\ OC7t'
> \
O TY)<; - J ~I
Lototc; I
x.wpocc; >
ocu-rouc; \ > !: ~I
e:c.,e:otw-.ixv, XOCL\ XIX't'EI:CJXOV OCUTY)V > \ I
e:x.pt
tjc; crfie:pov O~ Ae:y6e:voL 0(.i~ot. Qt Oe Iloc't'~LVOCX~'t'OCL cpuy6v-re:c; 7tE:pt~p-
' ,f, "'l - I > \ > - I "'l
XOV't'O, OCVOC' l'YJAOC<pWV' t'E:t;; 't'07t'OV E:Lc; TY)V OCU' t'WV XOCTIXCJXY)VWCJLV, XOC't'OCAIX-
~6VTE:c; oe -rfiv cr~e:pov 7t1Xp' OCU't'WV OLIXXpot't'OU(J.EVYJV YiJv xoc1 e:up6v-re:c; IO
TOUc; Toupxouc; oixouv-rocc; &v ocutjj, 7t'OAEou -rpomp 't'OU't'Ouc; VLX~crocv-re:c;
> !: !:
XOCt\ e:xt-'
> (.I. "'l I
OC/\.OVTE:t;; IXU' >
t'OUt;;I ~I
e:-.e:oLWc.,OCV, X.IXL\ X.OC't'E:O'XYJVWCJIXV I >
e:v > -
OCU'tfl, XOCL\
~ f)" \ I I ( '1 I \ I ''
oe:cr7t'01.,oucrtv niv 't'OLIXU't"t)V zwpoc.v, we; e:LpYJ't'OCt, e:x_pL 't'Y)V crY)e:pov E:'t'Y)
I I
7tE:VTY)XOV't'OC 7tE:V't'E:.
'I cr-re:ov,
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otiXLpe:t't'OCL,
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B e:x.oucroc x.oct e:yoc/\.ouc; ocpx_ov-rocc; -roO'ou-rouc;. oc oe: .:re:oc-roc e:tcrLV 't'OCUTOC' T I 'I
' ~ n. ' ' ' -
6 e ovooc
" -rou- 7tpw-rou ' n.'
.:re:oc-roc; 'H p't'Y), , -rou- oe:u-re:pou ~ ' TY..,oup, , -rou- -rpt-rou '
ruJ..oc, 't'OU 't'E:T<Xp-rou KouA7tEYJ, 't'OU 7te(J.7t't'OU Xocpoc~OYJ, 't'OU ~X.'t'OU TocJ..-
,
oc-r, '(.I.~ ,
-rou- e:t-'ooou xortov, I
-rou- oyooou
' ~I TY1.,07tov. I K OC't'O'C oe:~' \ xoctpov,
-rov I ~
uv
&7to njc; tolocc; x.wpocc; ot IIoc-r~tvlXX~'t'OCL e~e:OLWX.3-YJCJOCV, dx.ov &px_ov-rocc; 20
de; ev -ro &E:oc 'Hp't'1J -rov BiXX-r~ocv, de; oe -ro T~oup -rov Kooe:J..., de; oe
't'O' f U/\.OC
''> 't'OV
' Koupxou't'OCL, - ' oc;
e:Lc; ~l. 't'O ' KOUl\7tE:YJ "'l I 't'OV
' 'I7t'IXOV,
I e:tc;
' ~' 't'O
oe: ' x ocpoc-
~OYJ 't'OV Koc'Coou, e:tc; oe 't'O &eoc TocJ...<h 't'OV Kwcrnv, de; (0) TO
Xo7toV 't'OV rtoc~~. de; oe 't'O &eoc T~07t0V 't'OV Boc-riXv. Me:-roc o& &ocVIX't'OV
OCU't'WV Ote:oe~OCV't'O -rocc; &px_occ; ot 't'OU't'(t)V &~&oe:Acpot. N6oc; yocp tv ()(U't'o~c; 25
106VP XIXL TU7t'ot;; ex.p&'t'Y)cre:v 7tlXAOCtoc; 1) g,x_e:LV &~oucr[ocv 7tpoc; 7t'IX~ [oocc; ~ &oe:)..-
cpouc; ocuTwv e:-roc7tE(J.7te:LV TOC &~Lwoc-roc, &A.A.' &pxe:fo3-ocL 6vov -ro~c;
x.e:x.'t'Y)evotc; -ro xocl expL ~w1jc; &px_e:tv ocu-rouc;, e:-r<X oe &ocvoc-rov 7tpox_e:ip[-
~e:cr&oct ~ e~&oe:J...cpov OCU't'WV ~ &~ocoe/.cpwv 7t0C~Oocc; 7tpoc; 'rO ~ x.oc&6J..ou
de; ev poc; tjc; ye:ve:iXc; OLIX't'pex.e:tv 't'O &#woc, &AA.oc XIXL {de;} 't'OUt;; &x. 30
7t'Aocytou x.ocl X.AYJpOvodv xocl OC7te:x.oex.e:cr&oct ~v 't'L(J.~v &7to ~EVY)t;; oe
ye:ve:occ; oux. tnmcrE:px.e:-roc[ Ttc; x.oc.l ytve:'t'OCL &px_wv. T oc oe OX.'t'W 3-eix-roc
OW.:tpOUV't'OCL de; Te:crcrocp&x.oV't'OC epYJ, X.OCL ~xoucrt X.OCL eJ...ocnovocc; OCpX,OV't'OCt;;.
v 37. 2 ol om. Be II Iloi:-r1;woi:xhoi:t p II 3 re:~xl litteram e: in ra.s. scr. P 1

mg. iter. P II 4 Xoi:1;&:pouc; coni. Bandurius Dankovszky Zeuss Cassel Grot
Thury Marquart Manojlovic SchOnebaum aliique; Moi:t;&:pouc; P mg. P edd.
Boi:~O:pouc; coni. Bury II OiSt;ouc; per comp. ( ?) P: Out; V edd. Out;(l) mg.
P II 5 7te:VT1Jxov-roi: edd.: v' P post 7te:vtjxov-roi: excidisse 7tev-re: coni. Pauler
Bury aliique II OiS1;ot per comp. { ?) P: 0!}1; V edd. II Xoi:1;&:p(l)v: Moi:1;&:pwv
167
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37. 0 f t h e n a t i o n o f t h e P e c h e n e g s.
Originally, the Pechenegs had their dwelling on the river Atil,
and likewise on the river Gefoh, having common frontiers with the Chazars
and the so-called Uzes. But fifty years ago the so-called Uzes made common
cause with the Chazars and joined battle with the Pechenegs and prevailed
over them and expelled them from their country, which the so-called
Uzes have occupied till this day. The Pechenegs fled and wandered round,
casting about for a place for their settlement; and when they reached the
land which they now possess and found the Turks living in it, they defeated
them in battle and expelled and cast them out, and settled in it, and have
been masters of this country, as has been said, for fifty-five years to this day.
The whole of Patzinacia is divided into eight provinces with the same
number of great princes. The provinces are these: the name of the first
province is lrtim; of the second, Tzour; of the third, Gyla; of the fourth,
Koulpei; of the fifth, Charaboi; of the sixth, Talmat; of the seventh, Chopon;
of the eighth, Tzopon. At the time at which the Pechenegs were expelled
from their country, their princes were, in the province of lrtim, Baitzas;
in Tzour, Kouel; in Gyla, Kourkoutai; in Koulpe1, Ipaos; in Charaboi,
Kaidoum; in the province of Talmat, Kostas; in Chopon, Giazis; in the
province of Tzopon, Batas. After their deaths their cousins succeeded to
their rule. For law and ancient principle have prevailed among them, depri-
ving them of authority to transmit their ranks to their sons or their brothers,
it being sufficient for those in power to rule for their own life-time only, and
when they die, either their cousin or sons of their cousins must be appointed,
so that the rank may not run exclusively in one branch of the family, but
the collaterals also inherit and succeed to the honour; but no one from a
stranger family intrudes and becomes a prince. The eight provinces are
divided into forty districts, and these have minor princelings over them.
coni. Bayer II 8 Out;m P II IloC'r1;woo<h()(L P II 9 &v()(lji'Y)A()(cp&v-re:c; edd. &v'tj>7JA()(-

cp6v-re:c; P: &v'tj>7JA'cpotiv-re:c; V II 10 8L()(Xp()(-roueV'Y)v: xp()(-rouv7Jv V edd. II 12
t~e:8(w~'v ()(U-rouc; edd. 11 13 TI)v TOL()(OT'Y)V xwp'v: Tijc; TOL()(OT'Y)c; xwp'c; V edd. II
-rljv 2 : Tijc; V edd. II 14 7te:v't"fixov-r' 7tev-re: edd. : ve:' P post ~'t"'Y) numerum anni
excidisse, N autem per comp. pro tv8Lx-rLwv seu lv8t><TLwvoc; scriptum fuisse susp.
Moravcsik II 17 7tpw-rou V edd.: '' P II 8e:uttpou edd.: ~' P II -rp-rou edd.:
y' P II 18 -re:-rcip-rou edd.: 8' P II 7te7t-rou edd.: e:' P I/ X'P'~61) corr. Morav-
csik: X'po(161) P edd. II E:x-rou edd.: c;' P II 19 t~86ou edd.: 1;' P II
oy86ou edd.: 1)' p II 20 Tijc; l8(()(c; x wp()(c; (etiam Bandurius): TWV t8(rov -r61tWV
edd. II II'-rt;Lv'x(-r()(t P II 21 B't..t;'v coni. Rasonyi Mci,,.r;'v V M't..?;'v edd. II
22 KoupXOU't"()(V edd. II 22/3 X()(p()(~67) corr. Moravcsik: X()(po~67j edd. x()(~67j
P JI 23 8e add. Moravcsik II 24 B'-r<Xv P 11 27 &pxe:fo.&()(t: &pxe:"tv coni. Bekker II
28 'u-rooc; edd.: ()(U-rou P II 30 Tijc; om. edd. II de; secl. Moravcsik 11 30/l
tx7tA()(y(ou P: tX7tA()(yCouc; edd. JI 32 ox-rw edd. : r/ P II 33 Te:crcr()(pcixoll"t"()(
etld.: ' P 11
168
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'I cr-re:ov,
' U'
!l t'L IXL' "C'Ecrmxpe:c;
' 't'WV
- IT OC't'y1.,LVIXXL't'C-UV ye:ve:IXL, "YJYOUV 't'O I ,, '
166Be &eoc Kou()(p't'~L'r~oup xocl -ro &eoc ~upouxiif..Tt"e:"YJ xocl -ro &eoc Bopo-rocJ....iX-r 35 I
107rp xoct -ro &e()( Bou/...oc" l~o7t6v, xe:'i:v-rocL 7tepocv -rou L\ocvocJtpe:(t){; 7tO'r1XfJ.OU
7tpoc; ' 't'OC' OCVIX'
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' e:p"YJ,
' E:VOCTt'
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t-'/\E:7tOV't'OC 7tpoc; ' -re:
X 'A., (
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'Y' ' Y ' ' ' ' X - ' ' ., ' ., '
oc-roc. A 'L oe: ~ CX/\/\OCL
1h., 't'E':O"O'IXpe:c; ye:ve:ocL' Xe:tv't'OCL - e;v.,;e;v
'' n 't'OU- L.lOCV1X7tpe:wc;
A ' 7tO't'OC-
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ou 7tpoc; 't'()( OU't'LXW't'e:poc XIU OCpX't'LXW't'e:poc e:pfJ, 't'OU't'E:CJ"C'LV 't'O ..re:oc 40
rLoc~LX07tOV Tt'A"YJO'LOC~E:L -r7) Bou/...yocp(~, 't'O OE &eoc 't'OU XOC't'(l) ruJ..oc 7tAY)CJLOC-
~E:L tj Toupx(q:, 't'O oE: &eoc 't'OU Xocpoc~6"YJ 7tA"YJCJLcX~E:L tj 'Pcucrf.q:, 't'O oE:
&&oc 'loc~oLe:p-rl Tt'A"YJcrLOC~e;L -ro'Lc; tmocp6poLc; xwpf.oLc; xwpocc; 't' Yjc; 'Pwcrf.occ;,
- 't'E: O'"I
't'OLc; '
U/\'t'LVoLc; XOCL\ ue:pt-'/\EVLVOLc;
A (.l"I I
'X.OCL A e:v1.,E:VLVOLc;
\ y ' XOCL\ 't'OLc; - .,
/\OLTt'OLc; -
107vp ~xM~oLc;. 'A7t<}>XLO''t'OCL oE: ~ Iloc-r~LVIXXLIX &x E:v I Ou~f.occ; xocl Xoc~ocpf.occ; 45
ooov ~e:pwv 7t'ev-re:, EX oE: 'AJ....ocvf.occ; ooov ~e:pwv ~~. OC7t0 oE: Mopo(cxc;
ooov ~e:pwv oexoc, oc7to oE 'Pwcrf.occ; ooov ~e:pocc; Locc;, OC7to oE: Toupxlocc;
ooov ~e:pwv -re:crcr&pwv, &7to oE: Bou/...yocp(occ; ooov ~epocc; 't'O ~Lcru, xocl
' X e:pcrcuvoc
e:Lc; - e:v ' e:cr-rw' "
e:yyLcr-roc, ' oe:
e:Lc; ~ 't'"YJV ' B'00'7topov 7tA"YJO'Le:O'-re:pov. ., '
'I cr-re:ov,
' " t'L XIX't'OC' 't'OV
O' ' XIXLpov, I ov
" OL' I1 OC't'1y.,LVOCXL'- t'OCL IX7t0 ' \ 't"'ljc;
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LoLocc; 50
xwpocc; E~e:OLwx.&TJcrv, &e:J....~cre:L 't'LVEc; &~ IXU't'WV xocl OLXe:l~ yvw:n EVOC7tee:L-
vocv E:xe:'i:cre:, xocl -ro'Lc; /...e:yoevoLc; Qt)~oLc; cruvcJ>x"YJO"IXV, xocl expL -rou vuv
e:lcrLV EV ocu-ro'Lc;, ~xov-re:c; 't'OLOCU't'OC yvwpf.croc-roc, &cr-re: OLocxcupf.~e:cr.&ocL
ocu-rouc; XIXL voe:fo.ltocL, -r(ve:c; 't'E: ~crocv, xocl 7tWc; ocu-rouc; &7tocr7toccr&'YjvocL 't'WV
167Be ,~,
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'I O''t'E':OV, O' t'L E:V'nfl'E:V 't'Ol)- uocvoccr-rpe:wc;
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xoccr-rpoc xoccr-rpov 7tpW't'OV 't'O ovooccr&E:v 7t1XpOC 't'WV Iloc-r~LVOCXL't'WV "Acr7tpov 60
OLOC 't'O "C'OUc; J..f.&ouc;; IXU't'OU cpocf.ve:cr&ocL XIX't'OCAe:uxouc;;, x&.cr-rpov oe:u-re:pov 't'O
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7twplvouc;, 6&e:v xocf. "C'Lve:c; 7tocpocoocrLV exoucrw, we; 'Pwoci:of. 7tO't'e: -rocc;
XOC't'OLXLOCc; e:lxov E:xe:i:cre:.
V 35 l:upouxClJ..rce7j edd. LupouxouJ..rce'Y) coni. Bandurius ~upoxou).rce7l coni. Nemeth

~ClpuxouJ..rc7j coni. Marquart II Bopo-rciJ..ClT edd. 11 36 BouJ..oc-r1;orc6v P coni.
Marquart Nemeth: BouJ..oi:-r1;ocrrc6v px edd. Tt;orco'I scr. quo deleto BouJ..oc-r1;ocrrc6v
iter. V1 II rcepoi: Ba Be II 38/9 xJ..-fioi:-roi: p II 39 -rfocroi:pe:c; edd.: 8' p II
l'l-&e:v (littera o erasa et e:v in ras. scripto) PY Ba Be: o&e:v P o&e:v
V II 41 -rou xchcu fu).oi:: Xoi:~ou~tyyuA&: coni. Lehrberg Koup:i<w-roi: I'uJ..oi: coni.
169
37
Four clans of the Pechenegs, that is to say, the province of Kouartz-
itzour and the province of Syroukalpe1 and the province of Borotalmat and
the province of Boulatzopon, lie beyond the Dnieper river towards the
eastern and northern parts that face Uzia and Chazaria and Alania and
Cherson and the rest of the Regions. The other four clans lie on this side of
the Dnieper river, towards the western and northern parts, that is to say
that the province of Giazichopon is neighbour to Bulgaria, the province of
Kato Gyla is neighbour to Turkey, the province of Charaboi: is neighbour
to Russia, and the province of Iabdiertim is neighbour to the tributary
territories of the country of Russia, to the Oultines and Dervlenines and
Lenzenines and the rest of the Slavs. Patzinacia is distant a five days journey
from Uzia and Chazaria, a six days journey from Alania, a ten days journey
from Mordia, one day's journey from Russia, a four days journey from
Turkey, half a day's journey from Bulgaria; to Cherson it is very near,
and to Bosporus closer still.
At the time when the Pechenegs were expelled from their country,
some of them of their own will and personal decision stayed behind there
and united with the so-called Uzes, and even to this day they live among
them, and wear such distinguishing marks as separate them off and betray
their origin and how it came about that they were split off from their own
folk: for their tunics are short, reaching to the knee, and their sleeves are
cut off at the shoulder, whereby, you see, they indicate that they have
been cut off from their own folk and those of their race.
On this side of the Dniester river, towards the part that faces Bulgaria,
at the crossings of this same river, are deserted cities: the first city is that
called by the Pechenegs Aspron, because its stones look very white; the
second city is Toungatai; the third city is Kraknakatai; the fourth city
is Salmakatai; the :fifth city is Sakakatai; the sixth city is Giaioukatai.
Among these buildings of the ancient cities are found some distinctive
traces of churches, and crosses hewn out of porous stone, whence some
preserve a tradition that once on a time Romans had settlements there.
Marquart II xocTw V edd.: incertum scripseritne ><ocTc.> an xocTCl P II 42 -rou

om. edd. II Xocpof167j edd. II 43 't"Otc; U7toqi6polc; xwptolc; xwpClc; (prima litte:ra Cl ex
dimidia parte, quinta littera l penitus erasa accentuque correcto) PY Ba Be: TCltc;
u7tocp6polc; x(l)pLolc; xwpCllc; P 't"Cltc; u7tocp6potc; x(l)p(Cllc;, xwpCllc; V 't"Cltc; urrocp6potc;
xwpmc; Me II 44 't"Otc; 1 edd.: Touc; p II OuJ..Tlvotc;: OuAl't"(vmc; coni. Sachmatov II 46
rrev..e: edd.: e:' p II 68ov 2 om. v edd. II ~~ edd.: c;' p II l\1op8tClc;: Mo8locc; v
Me M7j8lClc; coni. Meursius II 4 7 8exCl edd.: l' P II lixc; P II 48 TE:crcrocpwv edd.:
8' P II -ro om. V edd. II 50 IIoi:.. ~woi:xt-roi:l P II 54 Clu-rouc;1 coni. Moravcsik:
oi:u-roi:c; P oi:u-rwv coni. Kukules II oi:ui:ouc; edd.: Clu-rwv P II 55 x6v..oupCl (corr.
etiam Gregoire Psaltes) x6vn:upoc Be II 58 D.oi:voccr-rpe:wc; coni. Westberg Laskin
Latysev Sachmatov: D.oi:vocrrpe:(l)c; P edd. II 60 rrpwi:ov V edd.: Cl' P II 61
8e:{mpov edd.: W P II 62 TouyyiiToi:t P II -rplTov edd.: y' P II Thoi:pTov edd.: 8' P II
63 rre7tTOV edd.: e:' p II EKTOV edd.: c;' p II TO add. Moravcsik II 64 noi:wuxiX:i-a.1
P JI 66 iC(l)p(vouc; coni. Bekker: 7toplvouc; P Ba Be rruphClc; coni. Meursius II
170
37, 38
'fodov, 5-rt xocl K&.yyocp ovo&.~OV't'IXt ol Iloc-r~tvocx'i:-roct, &J...f,' 01'.ix.t
o
Tt'OCv-re:c;, Tt'A~v -rwv 't'ptwv &e:&:rcuv A.oc6c;, 't'ou 'Ioc~3tl'Jp't'l xocl 't'OU Kouocp't'~t
-r~oup xocl 't'OU Xoc~ou~tyyuM, we; &v3pe:t6-re:pot xocl euye:vfo't'e:pot -r&v 70
t..omwv wu-ro yocp O'Y)Ao'i: ~ -rou K&.yyocp 7tpoITT)yoploc.
168Be 38. II e: p L 't' ~ c; y e; v e: oc A o y oc c; 't' o u ~ & v o u c; -r w v T o u p-

x W v, Y.. OC l I) & e: V X CX 't' OC y 0 V 't" OC L.
''O't't To -rwv Toupxwv ~&voe; Tt'A"IJO"Lov tjc; Xoc~ocplocc; -ro 7tocAoctov

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"&v, -r&v 't'"1)Vtxocu-rcx Kocyyocp E7tovooc~oE:vwv, -ro -r&v Toupxwv Cf>OO'O"iX- 25
I
ll()l'P 't'OV ~-rTij&'l xoct de; Mo ~knpe&"IJ E:pYj. Kor.l 't'O ev ~v E:poc; 7tpoc; OCVOC't'OA~V
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V 68 xod om. V edd. II K&:yyClp F 1 : K&:yxClp P V F edd. B&yx.'p hie et infra

coni. Gregoire II IfoT1;tvClKh()(t P II 69 "t"pt&v edd.: y' P II 'fo[j8t'1)p"t"t Ba Be:
'fou8t7)pTl P II 69/70 Kou()(pT1;tT~oup PY Ba Be: Kou'p-r1;tT1;oG P V Me.
171
37, 38
The Pechenegs are also called 'Kangar', though not all of them, but
only the folk of the three provinces of Iabdierti and Kouartzitzour and
Chabouxingyla, for they are more valiant and noble than the rest: and
that is what the title 'Kangar' signifies.
38. 0 f t h e g e n e a 1 o g y o f t h e n a t i o n o f t h e T u r k s,
a n d w h e n c e t h e y a r e d e s c e n d e d.
The nation of the Turks had of old their dwelling next to Chazaria,
in the place called Lebedia after the name of their first voivode, which
voivode was called by the personal name of Lebedias, but in virtue of his
rank was entitled voivode, as have been the rest after him. Now in this
place, the aforesaid Lebedia, there runs a river Chidmas, also called Chingilous.
They were not called Turks at that time, but had the name <Sabartoi asphaloi',
for some reason or other. The Turks were seven clans, and they had never
had over them a prince either native or foreign, but there were among
them 'voivodes', of whom first voivode was the aforesaid Lebedias. They
lived together with the Chazars for three years, and fought in alliance with
the Chazars in all their wars. Because of their courage and their alliance,
the chagan-prince of Chazaria gave in marriage to the first voivode of the
Turks, called Lebedias, a noble Chazar lady, because of the fame of his
valour and the illustriousness of his race, so that she might have children
by him; but, as it fell out, this Lebedias had no children by this same
Chazar lady. Now, the Pechenegs who were previously called 'Kangar'
(for this 'Kangar' was a name signifiying nobility and valour among them),
these, then, stirred up war against the Chazars and, being defeated, were
forced to quit their own land and to settle in that of the Turks. And when
battle was joined between the Turks and the Pechenegs who were at that
time called 'Kangar', the army of the Turks was defeated and split into two
parts. One part went eastwards and settled in the region of Persia, and
they to this day are called by the ancient denomination of the Turks 'Sabartoi
38. 4 ~axe:v: 1hcote:ho V edd. II 6 Ae:(3e:8loi:c:;: Aoi:(3oi:8oi:c:; hie et infra coni.

Iljinskij II 7tpocroi:yope:ue:-ro edd. II 8 Xt8&c:;: Xou&c:; coni. Cassel Xi)..cic;
coni. Hammer-Purgstall II o V edd.: o P II Xiyyi)..ouc:; P V1: XiyyuJ.ouc:; V F
edd. II 9 Toupxot P II 9/10 I:ci(3oi:p-rot &mpoi:Aot scr. Moravcsik: LCl{3oi:p-roloi:mpoi:Aot
P V I:oi:(3oi:p-rotcicrqioi:Aot V1 F edd. I:&(3oi:p -rou-rfo-rt &crqiClAOt corii. Fessler
I:ci(3oi:p 'l\'t"ot mpciJ.Ae:t et I:&(3oi:p lJ't"Ot &mpoi:Aat coni. Dankovszky Hilferding II
IO btovo&1;ov-ro P II Toupxot P II 11 E:7t-rci edd.: 1;' P II 13 I:uvci>Kricroi:v
edd.: ouvwxlcroi:c:; P ouvotKfjcrClc:; susp. Moravcsik \I 14 -rpe:~c;: cry' coni.
Thunmann Schlozer Btidinger aliique 't"' coni. Dankovszky Marczali
Zichy Gregoire aliique cr' coni. Moravcsik )..' seu J.y' coni. Westberg II
ou.oi:xouv-re:c:;: ouoi:xwv -re: susp. Moravcsik II 19 Xoi:~cipoi:c; coni. Moravcsik:
XCl1:&pou P edd. II 20 IIoi:-rt:tvClxE't"oi:t P II 20 't"OU't"O - 21 whore:; in parenthesi
posuit Be II 25/6 qioacrci't"ov P II 27 xoi:-rwxtcre:v P II 28 I:cx(3cxp't"otcicrqioi:Aot edd. 11
172
38
E't'e:pov epoc; de; "o ou't'txov xoc't'crx'YJcH: epoc; &oc xocl 't'CJl ~oe:~68cp ocuTwv
xoct' o::px"tJY<p,
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~oe~ooov. '0 Ae:~e:of.occ; 't'o(vuv 7tpov 't'Ov xocyocvov Xoc~ocpf.occ; evocqnxoe:voc;
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111 vp ye:ve:iXc; ocpx.c.uv Toupxf.occ; xoc&f.O"'t'OC't'IXL. Me:'t'd: J oe 't'WOCc; x.p6vouc; 't'O'i:c; Toup- 55
xotc; tm7te:cr6ne:c; ot lloc'r~LVOCXi't'oct, XOC"C'e:8f.c.u~ocJ OCU't'OUt:; e:'t'OC 't'OU ocpx.ov't'oc;
ocu't'i:Jv 'Ap7tocolj. Ot oi'.iv Toupxot Tpoc7ttv't'e:c;; xcxl. 7tpoc;; xoc't'of.x"f)O"tV ytjv
em~"IJ't'Ouv't'e:c;, E:J.&6v't'e:c; &.m:of.c.u~ocv o0't'ot Touc; 't'-~v e:yoc'f.;i)v Mopoc~f.ocv
olxouv't'occ;, xocl. de; 't'~v y/jv ocu't'wv xoc't'e:O"X-fivc.ucrocv, de; ~v vuv ot Toupxot
I 71Be ezpt T/jc; ~e:pov xoc'rotxoucrtv. Kocl. ex't'o't'e: 7t6 lf..e:ov ot Toupxot 7tocpoc 60
-rwv Iloc't'~tvocxt'ri:Jv oux eoe~o::v't'o. Etc; oe 't'O xoc-ro::O"X'YJv&crocv 't'O 7tpoppY)&ev
e:&voc; 't'wv Toupxc.uv 7tpoc; &voc'rof..Y.,v de;; "oc T'ljc; Ile:pcr0oc; tp'YJ expt 't'ou
vuv 7tpocyoc't'eu'rocc; oc7tocr't'tf..:Aoucrw oiho~ ot 7tpoc; 't'O ou't'txov epoc; olxouv-
V 30 'ATe:Axou~ou: 'ATe:Ax Ou~ou (sine acc.) coni. Thunmann 'ATe:"J... xod Ou~ou
(sine acc.) coni. Lehrberg Hammer-Purgstall 'ATe:"J...ou1;ou (sine acc.) coni.
Roesler 11 31 T&:: TO edd. 11 TO om. edd. II 33 Ae:f1e:8(Cl coni. Moravcsik Ae:~e:8(Clv
173
38
asphaloi'; but the other part, together with their voivode and chief Lebedias,
settled in the western region, in places called Atelkouzou, in which places
the nation of the Pechenegs now lives. A short while afterwards, the then
chagan-prince of Chazaria sent a message to the Turks, requiring that Lebe-
dias, their first voivode, should be sent to him. Lebedias, therefore, came to
the chagan of Chazaria and asked the reason why he had sent for him to
come to him. The chagan said to him: We have invited you upon this
account, in order that, since you are noble and wise and valorous and first
among the Turks, we may appoint you prince of your nation, and you may
be obedient to our word and our command. But he, in reply, made answer
to the chagan: Your regard and purpose for me I highly esteem and
express to you suitable thanks, but since I am not strong enough for this
rule, I cannot obey you; on the other hand, however, there is a voivode
other than me, called Almoutzis, and he has a son called Arpad; let one
of these, rather, either that Almoutzis or his son Arpad, be made prince,
and be obedient to your word. That chagan was pleased at this saying,
and gave some of his men to go with him, and sent them to the Turks,
and after they had talked the matter over with the Turks, the Turks pre-
ferred that Arpad should be prince rather than Almoutzis his father, for
he was of superior parts and greatly admired for wisdom and counsel and
valour, and capable of this rule; and so they made him prince according
to the custom, or 'zakanon', of the Chazars, by lifting him upon a shield.
Before this Arpad the Turks had never at any time had any other prince,
and so even to this day the prince of Turkey is from his family. Some years
later, the Pechenegs fell upon the Turks and drove them out with their
prince Arpad. The Turks, in flight and seeking a land to dwell in, came
and in their turn expelled the inhabitants of great Moravia and settled
in their land, in which the Turks now live to this day. And since that time
the Turks have not sustained any attack from the Pechenegs. To the afore-
said nation of the Turks that settled in the east, in the regions of Persia,
these Turks aforesaid who live toward the western region still send mer-
coni. Manojlovic: xe:MvllLoi: p edd. II 34 i1:voi:qmc6e:voc:;: &qmc6e:voc:; edd. II 35

oi:u-rov 2 om. edd. II 36 rrpocre:xoi:Ae:crcie:&oi: edd.: rrpocre:xoi:Ae:crws:.&oi: P II 37
urrcipxe:Lc:; Ba Be: urrcipx"tjc:; p II 38 rrpo~oi:Awe:.&oi: v edd.: rrpo~oi:A)..we:.&oi:
(incertum sitne w an o) p II urrdxnc:; edd.: urrljxe:Lc:; p II 41 e:ux_a.pLcrTt()(V]
e:uxocptcr-rdo:v (prima littera oc s. v. addita) P 1 II 43 'AAmh1;7)c:; coni. Meursius Thun-
mann Roesler Grot : LocAou-rt; YJc:; P edd. II 44 6 'A)..ou-rt; '1)c:; P V Me: .Soi:Aou-rt; l)c:;
(spiritibus erasis et littera 6 in rJ correcta) PY Ba Be II 45 fonv: fo-rocL coni.
Bekker Marczali II -rov Myov (coni. etiam Bekker): -rou Myou V edd. II 48
ToupxoL P /I 49 'At.ou-r1;'1) P V Me: Loi:).ou-r1;'1) (spiritu eraso et littera cr addita)
PY Ba Be II ~oi:u-rou: oi:u-rou edd. II 52 crux6croi:v-re:c:; P JI 53 'Aprroi:lllj P II ToupxoL
P II 56 Iloi:-r1;tvoi:xhoi:L P /I 57 'Aprrocll-Yj P II Toupxot P II 59 otxouv-roi:c:;: xa.-rotxouv-
-roi:c:; V edd. II Toupxot P /I 60 Toupxot P II rrocpc1 (etiam Bandurius): e:-roc V edd. II
61 i1:1l~oi:VTo (etiam Bandurius): i1:rro(7Jcroi:v V edd. !! 62 post rrpoi:; add. -r1)v V edd. II
174
38, 39, 40
112rp 't'E:~ 7tp0pp'Y)&ev't'e:c; Toupxot, XIXL ~Ae7tOUO'LV cxu-rouc;, XIXL &.7toxp(Gw; I 7tocpoc
OCU'
,
t'W- V 7tpoc;
'
IXU'
'
t'Ouc;
'
7tO/V\OCKtc;
.... I
OC7tOXo
' (Y
1.,oucnv. 65
''0-rt o -rwv IIoc-r~tvocxt-rwv -r6noc;, ev cj) -r<j> 't'6-re: xoctp<j> xom\>x'Y)aocv
ot Toupxot, xoc/.e:i:'t'IXL XOC't'OC rljv 7twvu(ocv 't'WV exe:'icre 6v-rcuv 7tO't'ocwv.
m 3e 7t0't'OC(J.O( dow oihot 7tO't'ococ; 7tpw-roc; 0 xixA.oue:voc; Bcxpoux.,
7to-rococ; oe:u-re:poc; o. .
,~, ..
xoc,..oue:voc; KR- 1,
out"ou, 7to-rococ; 't'pt-roc; o. . . ,
xoc,..oue:voc;
TpoufJ..oc;, rro't'ococ; -re-rocp-roc; o
xoc/.oue:voc; Bpoi:i-roc;, 7to-rococ; 7t'efl.7t't'oc; 70
a xcx/.ouevoc; l:epe:'t'oc;.
39. II e: p I. 't' 0 ti ~ .a. v 0 u c; 't' wv K IX ~ cf p (I) v.
'fo-rfov, 8-rt ot /.e:y6evot Koc~cxpot &7to -njc; -rwv Xoc~cfpwv ye:ve:iic;

umjpxov. Koct 3~ O'Ufl.~OCV 't'LVOC mx.piX OCU't'WV OC7tOCJ't'OCcr(ocv ye:vfo&OLt 7tpoc;
' OCPX'
112vP 't"Y)V ' Y'JV IXU'
' t'W
- V, KIXt' 7to,..e:ou
"'' ' -. XOC17t
e:<pu,..tou I ' , ' ' '-
n G't'<XV't'oc;, "f) 7tpW't"'f) OCPX'Yl OLU't'(l)V
U7tE:ptCJXUO'e:v,
' ' ' ~
xoct Ot ev e:1., IXU't'<UV OL1tE:cr<plXY'Y)O'IXV, OL oe:
' - ' ' '~'
'(\\ e"'e:cpuyov, KOCt' J.">
,,,...,.ocv
n 5
xoct xoc-re:crx~v(l)crocv e:-roc 't'wv Toupxwv de; ~v -rwv II oc-r~tvocxt-rwv yYjv,
xcxt &IJ..~/.otc; cruve:cptAtw&'Y)O'OCv, xixt Kcf~ocpo( -rtve:c; 6>vocfo&'Y)crocv. ''O&e:v
l 72Be xocl. -ri)v 't'WV Xoc~&pwv y/.wcrcrocv OCU't'oi:c;; I-roi:c; Toupxotc; e3rnix~ixv, xoc1
ex.pt -rou vi:iv rljv ixurljv ~tcfl.ex-rov ~x.ouO"tv" ~xoucrw ~e xocl. ~v -rwv
T oupK(l)V e:-re:pocv
I t f "I -
y,..wcrcrocv A \
. .utoc 11''
oe: 't'O\ e:tc;
' '
-rouc; "11.
7to,..i:;ouc; '
tcrxupo-repouc;
I
10
xoct &v3pe:LOttpouc; 3dxvucr&oct 't'Wv ox-rw ye:v&wv xix 7tpoe:~&:pxew 't'OU
7to/.eou 7tpoe:xp(&'Y)crixv 7tpw't'OCL ye:ve:oct. E!c; ~e fo-rtv lJ.px(J)v ev ocu't'oi:c;,
~youv ev -roci:c; 't'ptGI. ye:ve:oci:c; -rwv Kix~ocpwv, oG-rtc; xoct ex.pt ~v crfiepov
,,
e:cr-rtv.
1131"P 40. II e: p t 't' wv y E v e: w v 't' wv K IX ~ oc p w v )( IX I. 't' w v

To up x w v.
II pwTIJ ~ 7tocpiX 't'&v Xoc~ocpwv &7to0'7tocG&ei:crix oc.il'"l ii 7tpoppYJ&e:fooc

-rwv Kix~ocpwv ye:ve:oc, 3e:u-repcx 't'oi:i Nex'YJ, -rplTIJ 't'ou Me:yep"IJ, Te:-rcfpT"tJ
<'t'OU) Koup't'ouye:poc't'OU, 7tE7t't"Y) 't'OU Tixpt&vou, gXT"IJ revocx., k~M'Y) 5
Kocp:;j, oyM'YJ KoccrYj. Koci. ofJ't'(l)c; &tJ..~/.otc; cruvoccp&evnc;, e-r<X -rwv Toop-
xwv ot K&~ocpot e:lc; 'Jv 't'Wv Iloc-r~wocxt't'wv xoc-r<f>x'YJcrocv yYjv. Me:-roc ~e
V 64 rcpopp'Y).&evre:c;: rcpoe:Lp'Y)evoL V edd. II Toupxo' P II &rcoicp(cre:Lc; Ba Be:

&rcoxplo-e:mv P II 67 ToupxoL P I 69 8e:u-re:poc; edd.: W P II Kou~o\i: Kof1oi3 mg.
P Kou~o\i coni. Roesler II -rpt-roc; edd.: y' P II 70 Tpoulloc;: Toup)..oc; coni.
Roesler II -rhoi:p-roc; edd.: 8' P 11 rrerr-roc; edd.: e:' P.
175
38, 39, 40
chants who look them up, and often bring them back official messages
from them.
The place of the Pechenegs, in which at that time the Turks lived,
is called after the name of the local rivers. The rivers are these: the first
river is that called Barouch, the second river that called Koubou, the third
river that called Troullos, the fourth river that called Broutos, the fifth
river that called Seretos.
39. 0 f t h e n a t i o n o f t h e K a b a r o i.
The so-called Kabaroi were of the race of the Chazars. Now, it fell
out that a secession was made by them to their government, and when
a civil war broke out their first government prevailed, and some of them
were slain, but others escaped and came and settled with the Turks in the
land of the Pechenegs, and they made friends with one another, and were
called 'Kabaroi'. And so to these Turks they taught also the tongue of
the Chazars, and to this day they have this same language, but they have
also the other tongue of the Turks. And because in wars they show themselves
strongest and most valorous of the eight clans, and are leaders in war,
they have been promoted to be first clans. There is one prince among them,
I mean, among the three clans of the Kabaroi, who is even to this day.
40. 0 f the c 1a n s o f t h e K a b a r o i a n d t h e T u r k s.
The first is this aforesaid clan of the Kabaroi which split off from
the Chazars; the second, of Nekis; the third, of Megeris; the fourth, of
Kourtougermatos; the fifth, of Tarianos; the sixth, Genach; the seventh,
Kari; the eighth, Kasi. Having thus combined with one another, the Kabaroi
dwelt with the Turks in the land of the Pechenegs. After this, at the invitation
39. 2 K&[jt'tpot edd.: KC'l[j&pot P ubique sine x scribendum coni. Meur-

sius B&xt'tpot hie et infra coni. Gregoire II 3 aufl&v corr. Momvcsik: au~iicrt'lv
P edd. II 4 XC'llhcr-r&Vt'oi;: XCX't'C'lcr-r&Vt'oi; coni. Bekker II 5 i))..-ltov edd. II 7 KcX.~cxpo(:
~&pflt'tpo( V Me II 6vocX.cr-lt7jcrC'lV P II 8 y)..i'},nt'lv edd. II 11 &v8pe:m-repouc; edd.:
~v8p1m.u-repoui; P II ox-rw edd.: r/ P II 13 -rptal edd.: Tpe:i:c; P II Tiiv: Tijc; V edd.
40. 1 -rwvs om. edd. II 3 &rrocrrrC'lcr-lte:tcrC'l V edd.: &rrocr7tC'l-lt&foC'l P I/ 4
8e:u-rept't edd.: [j' P II -rp('t"rj edd. : y' P II -re:-r&p't"rj edd. : 8' P /I 5 Tou add.
v edd. II Koupwye:p&Tou edd. II rre7t't'1) edd.: e:' p !I EX't"rj edd.: c;' p II
~[jM7l edd.: 1;;' p II 6 Kt'tpl) P II oy867l edd.: 7l' P II KC'lali P II B&xC'lpot VF II
li6
40
-rocuTa 1t'<Xpa AE:ovToc;, Tou qn/..ox_plcnou x.a.1. &OLo(ou ~IXcrtMCt.>c;, npocrx./..."f)-
> \
'\CI' "'
TC:VTC:c; 0Le:7te:p1Xcr1Xv,I "'l.
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\ \
XIX.TIX xpa.Toc; <XUTOv
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~T't'"f)O"<Xv, XIXL C:~e:/...foocvTe:c; EX.PL T~c; Ilpe:cr&M~ou OL~/...&ov, &nox/...dcrav- IO

Te:c; auTov de; To x.occrTpov TO /...e:y6e:vov Mouvopocyix, xa.1. de; T~v lOlav
113vp x~p1Xv U7tEcrTpe:~av. T ct> OE T6Te: X.IXLp<f> TOV ALDUVTLX.IX, 't'Ov ulov TOU I
'A p7t'1XO)j "'- e:Lxov
... "
apzovTIX. MET<X' oe:"'' TO' 7t'IX/\LV'" TOV ' ..:..ue:Ct.>v
"" ' e:TIX' TOU- jJ<XO"l-R
/...ifwc; Tillv 'Pwalwv dp1)ve:ucr1XL x.1Xl AIX~e:i:v &.oe:LIXv OLE7t'E~a.To npoc;
!
l 73Be Touc; Ila.T~Lvax.LTIXc;, x.a.1. e:Toc IXUT&v ~ocp~YYJO"Ev Tau X.IXTIX7t'o/...e:~cra.L 15
X.<XL\ acpctvLO"<XL
' I
Touc;
I T oupxouc;.
I K OCL\ OTE:
,, OL' T oupxoL - \ TIXc;,LoLOV
7t'poc; ~'"' , - . . Cl.
IX1t.fJ/\'1fOV,
ot Ila.T~wax.'i:Ta.L e:Td: ~ue:wv ~/...&av x.IXTOC Tillv Toupx.wv, x1Xl. Td:c; IXUTwv
cpocL/,(ac; 1t'1XvTe:/...&c; C:~ YJcpocvLcrlXv, xal Tout; e:c; cpu/...a~w T~c; x. ~p1Xc; auTwv
T oupxouc; <X1t' e:xe:Lcre: X.IXX.L"(XIXX.Ct.>c; IX1t'EOLU>c;,1Xv.
I , , ' - ~ O'L oe: "'' T oupxoL
I - ' , '.!.
U7t'OO"TPE'f'<Xv-
"''
' \ f ti C 'f ti
,,... \ I 2
Te:c; Y..OCL TYJV x.wpocv OCUTWV OUTWc; e:upovTe:c; e:p"f)ov X.IXL XIXT"f)cp!XvLcre:v'Y)v, 0
' \ I
114rP X<XTC:O"X"f)VWO"<XV e:Lc; T"f)V Y"f)v, e:Lc; "f)V X.IXL O""f) e:pov X.IXTOLXOUO"Lv, T'Y)V E1t'OVO-
I - , - " ' ,' I
,, I \ \ ti ) ,.,. I ) C ~ I
a<.,,oe:v'Y)V X<XTOC T'Y)V IXVCt.>TEpCt.>, Ct.>c; e:Lp"f)TOCL, TU>V 7t'OTIXc.>v E7t'WvuL1Xv.
o OE -r6noc;, Ev 4> 1t'p6Te:pov at ToupxoL D~p:x,ov, ovooc~ETIXL X.<XTOC T~V
hwvutav Tau he:foe: OLe:px_oifvou 7t'OT1Xou 'ETEA x.al Kou~ou, Ev cl>
&.pTtwc; ot Il1XT~wax'i:TixL XIXTOLx.oucrLv. Ot OE Toupx.oL 7t1Xpd: Tillv Ila.T~L- 25
vax.LTWv OLU>X&EvTe:c; ~/...&ov xa.1. x.ixTe:crx~vCt.>crlXv de; -c-Yjv y~v, de; 1Jv vuv olxou-
crLv. 'Ev <XUT<f> oil: Tcj> T6mp 'ltOCAOCLOC TLVIX foTLV yvCt.>plcrIXTIX. XIXL 7t'pWTOV
ifv foTLV ~ Tau ~occrtMwc; T pQ'favou yEcpupiX XIXTOC T~v T~c; Toupx.lac;
&.px_~v, ~1t'ELToc xocl ~ Be:Mypa.01X oc1t'o TpL&v ~e:p&v T~c; IXUT~c; ye:cpupac;,
114vPEv fJ xocl. b 1t'upyoc; foTlv Tau &yl01) x.al. e:yiX./,ou KCt.>vcrTIXvTlvou, Tau 30 !
'<'
(.). ">'
t-'<XCJ"L/\Ewc;, X<XL\ 1t'VJ.'\
J1.LV X.<XT<X\ TYJV
\
TOU- 1t'OTIXou- IXV<XopoYjv
> >
E:O"TLV TO\ ..:..e:pLov
""' I
Exdvo /...e:y6e:vov, &.1t'o tjc; Be:t..e:ypoco1Xc; ooov ~x.ov ~e:p&v Mo, x.1Xl. &1t'o
Twv E:x.e:foe: ~ e:y&./...YJ Mopa~llX, ~ &~a1t'TLcrToc;, -?iv x.1Xl. E~Yj/...e:Lt)ilXv at Toup-
l 74Be 1X.OL, "f)c;
7 't
"IJPXE TO\ 7tpOTEpov 0< ..:..cpe:vo01t'/\OX.Oc;.
"" "'I "'l. I
TIXuTa E:v Ta x.ocTOC TOv ''lcrTpov 7tOT1Xov yvCt.>p(crIXTOC TE xocl 35

E1t'wvuta.L, TOC OE &.vwTe:poc TOuTwv, ev cf> EcrTLV ~ 7tiicr1X T'Yjc; Toupx.lac;
x.a.Toccrx.~vWcrLc;, &.pTLCt.>c; E1t'ovo&.~oucrLv x.IXTOC Tac; {Tau} Tillv Ex.e:foe: pe:6vTWv
'ltOTa&v E7t'WVUlocc;. 01 oil: 1t'OTocol dcrw oihoL. 7t'OTIXoc; 7tp&Toc; 0
TL:ficrf)c;, 7t'OTaoc; OEUTe:poc; 0 Tou't"Yjc;, 1t'OTIXOc; TPLToc; 0 Mop-ficr"f)c;, <>
115rp (1t'oT1Xoc;) TETocpToc; b Kptcroc;, x.ocl. 7toc1'w E-re:poc; 1t'OT1Xoc; ~ Tl jT~oc. 40
F 7 Me:TIX 8& - 13 &pxovn': cf. Georg. Mon. (cont.), ed. Bonn. p.

853, 20-855, 7; Georg. Mon. (cont.), ed. Istrin II. p. 27, 20-28, 11; Leo
Gramm., ed. Bonn. p. 267, 15-269, 4; Theod. Melit., ed. Tafel p. 186,
30-188, 2; Theoph. Cont., ed. Bonn. p. 358, 7-359, 16; Cedr., ed. Bonn. II.
p. 254, 24-256, l; Zon. XVI. 12., ed. Bonn. III. p. 442, 17---443, 16; Leo,
Tact. XVIII. 42., ed. Migne, P. G. 107. c. 956 C-D.
177
40
of Leo, the Christ-loving and glorious emperor, they crossed over and fought
Symeon and totally defeated him, and drove on and penetrated as far as
Preslav, having shut him up in the city called Moundraga; and they went
back to their own country. At that time they had Liountikas, son of Arpad,
for their prince. But after Symeon was once more at peace with the emperor
of the Romans and was free to act, he sent to the Pechenegs and made
an agreement with them to attack and destroy the Turks. And when
the Turks had gone off on a military expedition, the Pechenegs with
Symeon came against the Turks and completely destroyed their families
and miserably expelled thence the Turks who were guarding their
country. When the Turks came back and found their country thus desolate
and utterly ruined, they settled in the land where they live to-day, which is
called after the above name of the rivers, as has been said. The place in
which the Turks used formerly to be is called after the name of the river
that runs through it, Etel and Kouzou, and in it the Pechenegs live now.
But the Turks, expelled by the Pechenegs, came and settled in the land
which they now dwell in. In this place are various landmarks of the olden
days: first, there is the bridge of the emperor Trajan, where Turkey begins;
then, a three days journey from this same bridge, there is Belgrade, in
which is the tower of the holy and great Constantine, the emperor; then,
again, at the running back of the river, is the renowned Sirmium by name,
a journey of two days from Belgrade; and beyond lies great Moravia, the
unbaptized, which the Turks have blotted out, but over which in former
days Sphendoplokos used to rule.
Such are the landmarks and names along the Danube river; but the
regions above these, which comprehend the whole settlement of Turkey,
they now call after the names of the rivers that flow there. The rivers are
these: the first river is the Timisis, the second river the Toutis, the third
river the Morisis, the fourth river the Krisos, and again another river, the
V 9 7toAe:lmxvm; P II 12 Amuvnv' Ba Be II 13 'Ap7t'8-i] P II 14 dp7Jve:ucr'L P

V 1 F: dp7JVe:U-ltO(L v dp7)ve:6e:cr-3-0(L edd. II 15 ooq>WV7Jcre:v p II 16 Tolipx.ot p II
17 Ifo,~tVO(X.L'mt P II post e:TIX add. Toti edd. II 18 q>'7JAl'c; P II 19 Tolipxot
p II 21 ~v e7tOVOO(~OE:v7JV - 22 E:7twvutO(V post X.O(T7)(j>O(VLCJev7)V (20) trans-
ponenda coni. Marquart II 23 Toupx.ot P II 24 Toti E:x.s:i:cre: 8Le:pxo~vou 1t'OTO(
ou: To'i:v E:x.e:l:cre: 8te:pxoE:vow 7tOTO(oi:v coni. Hammer-Purgstall Twv e:x.w;e:
8te:pxoE:vwv 1t'OTO(wv coni. Marquart II 'E,l:A x'l Kou~o\i: 'E,l:A x.'l Ou~ou
coni. Lehrberg x.'l omittendum coni. Thunmann Marquart Westberg
post 'E,l:A et post Kou~ou punctum posuit P 'E,l:A 1t'OTO(oc; x.'l Kou~ou
m,g. P 3 11 Kou~oli edd. !I 25 Ifo,~tVO()dTO(t P II Toupx.ot P 11 29 x.'l Yi: 81: x.cxl
edd. II Be:Myp'8' mg. P 6 edd. II yE:q>up'c; P II 31 &V0(8poYiv scr. Moravcsik
&v0(8poe:tv p: x.8poe:Lv v E:x.8po'ijv V 1 E:x.8poYiv F edd. II 32 post E:xe:i:vo add.
To V edd. II Be:}.e:yp&8'c; edd.: Be:Aityp'8'c; P Be:Myp'8cxc; my. P 6 II 33/4
'l'oupx.ot p II 37 E1t'Ovo&~oucrtv: ovoci~oucrt edd. II TOU om. Bekker sed.
Moravcsik 't'OU't'Wv Me Ba II 38 7tpWToc; edd.: '' P II 39 8e:uTe:poc; edd.: (3' P /I
b add. Moravcsik II ,phoc; Be: y' P II 40 7toTO(oc; add. V 11 Te't'O(pwc; Be: 8' P II
li8
40
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I \ 'I -\ I rJ_ I < 11 y - I '<'I \ '<' f
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&px.onoc; xocl xoc.px.iX. Toupxlocc;. 65
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., ,.. - 0' xoc.pxoc.c; - E:O''t'tV
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xocpx.OC, xocl 8't't "CO E:v Ket.A~ Ecr't't.V Ovooc xUpr.ov, 'r0 ae xocpx.OC<; Ecr't'tV
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V 43 IIcx,~wcxx.l't'cxt P II 44 Xpwf3cxTm edd. II ox.Tw edd.: r/ P V II 45 oux

dflendum coni. Jenkins II um:tx.oucnv F: UTt"~x.oucnv p v U1't"7JXOUOU<nv Ba Be II
46 1tOTcxour;: Tt"OAC[J.our; coni. Marczali Jenkins 11 npo(3&1-Ae:t: 7tpocr(3&1.Ae:t
coni. Bekker II 48 'Ap7tcx8~ P II 49 Mo edd.: (3' P 11 yuA&v P II xcxpxoc'J
p II 51 yuMr; p II x.cxpx&c; p: x.cxpxiiv Be II ov6ct't'CX xuptcx edd. II 53/4
't'focrcxpcxc; Be: 8' P II 54 7tp w't'ov edd. : ex' P II 8e:uTe:pov edd. : f3' P II Tphov
edd.: y' p II 55 'lou't'OTl;;ocv Ba Be: 'louT6T1;;cxv p II TETCXpTOV edd.: a' p II ZcxA't'li'J
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40
Titza. Neighbours of the Turks are, on the eastern side the Bulgarians,
where the river Istros, also called Danube, runs between them; on the
northern, the Pechenegs; on the western, the Franks; and on the southern,
the Croats. These eight clans of the Turks do not obey their own particular
princes, but have a joint agreement to fight together with all earnestness
and zeal upon the rivers, wheresoever war breaks out. They have for their
first chief the prince who comes by succession of Arpad's family, and two
others, the gylas and the karchas, who have the rank of judge; and each
clan has a prince.
Gylas and karchas are not proper names, but dignities.
Arpad, the great prince of Turkey, had four sons: first, Tarkatzous;
second, Ielech; third, Ioutotzas; fourth, Zaltas.
The eldest son of Arpad, Tarkatzous, had a son Tebelis, and the
second son Ielech had a son Ezelech, and the third son Ioutotzas had a son
Phalitzis, the present prince, and the fourth son Zaltas had a son Taxis.
All the sons of Arpad are dead, but his grandsons Phalis and Tasis
and their cousin Taxis are living.
Tebelis is dead, and it is his son Termatzous who came here recently
as 'friend' with Boultzous, third prince and karchas of Turkey.
The karchas Boultzous is the son of the karchas Kalis, and Kalis
is a proper name, but karchas is a dignity, like gylas, which is superior to
karchas.
P II 56 npw-roc; edd.: r1..' P II 'Apnr1..81) P II Tr1..pxr1..-r1;;ouc; P II 57 lku-re:poc; edd.: f3' P II

58 -rpl'tOc; edd.: y' P II 'lou-roTl;;lic; P 11 59 TET<XpToc; edd.: 8' P II 6 add.
Moravcsik II Z<XAT&:c; P II TOV om. edd. II 60 ol add. edd. II 'Ap7t<XO~ P:
'Ap7tr1..8& edd. II 61 62 om. edd. II T&:~tc; edd. 11 63 62 om. F II 64 Te:pr1..Tl:ou<; P II
65 X<Xpx&: p II 66 Bouhl;;our; p II xr1..px&:c; p II ectnv 0 u!oc;: ecrTLv u!oc; v u!6c; fon
edd. II 67 xr1..p:x,&: P II Kr1..A~ P II xr1..px&:c; P II 68 yuMc; P II a add. edd. II xr1..px<i P.
180
41
41.n e: P i 't' 'Yi c; x. wP oc i; 't' 'Yi c; M o P oc ~ i ix c;.
'Icntov, o-rL o Mopoc~(occ; &px_cuv,

6 Lcpe:voo7tA6xoc;, &.vope:'foc; xocl
cpo~e:poc; de; 't'OC 7tA1)CJ'L(X~OV't'OC OCU't'c'i) &v1) yeyovev. ''Ecrze: oe 0 whoc;
l 76Be Lcpe:vOo7t"6xoc; 't'pe:~c; ufooc;, xocl 't'E:AE:U't'WV oie:'i:/...e:v I de; 't'p(oc p1) ...-Yjv
E<XU't'OU xwpocv, xocl 't'o'i:c; 't'pLcrlv uio'i:c; OCU't'OU &.voc iocc; e:p(ooc; XOC't'e"Ame:v, 5
l! '
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1,1,
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116 vp aw XOCL X<X l't'' &.M~"A<i.>v ye:vfo&ocL, 7tOCpocoe:Lyoc OCU't'O 'i:c; 't'OLOU't'OV U7tood~ac;
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TE:V't'e:c; 't'OCU'I t'OCc; XA<X- "'l. I
O"OCL, e:u&ec.uc; ocu't'occ; xoc-rx"Aoccrocv. Kocl otoc 't'otou't'ou u7toodyocToc; 7tocpnve:-

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15
e:t o~ EV u'i:v yVY)'t'<XL E!pLc; xocl CflLAOVLXLOC, xocl OLocx_cupicr&=/j't'e: de; 't'pdc;
117rp ocpxac;, Yi U7toxe:Le:voL 't'cjl 7tpC:)'t'lp &.oe:'Acp<i), xocl u7t' OCAA~A(i)V &cpocvLcr&~ I
cre:cr&e:, X!XL U7t0 't'WV 7tA'Y)O"LOC~6v't'UlV u!:v x_&p&v 7tOCV't'E:AWc; E:~o"Ao&pe:u&-1j
cre:cr&e:. Me:'t'OC OE 't'YJV 't'e:Ae:u't'-fiv 't'OU OCU't'OU Lcpe:voo7tA6xou ~VOC xp6vov EV
dpfivn 3La.Te:McrocvTe:c;, pLooc; xocl cr't'occre:cuc; v EOCU't'o'i:c; 7te:croucrflc;, xal 20
7tpoc; &AA.~/,ouc; &cpu"ALov 7to"Ae:ov 7toL~crocv't'e:c;, t..&6v't'e:c; ot ToupxoL
> ~"'J. 1(1.
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I
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cr&ticrav, 7tpocrcpuy6vTe:c; de; 't'OC 7tocpocxe:Le:voc &v1), de; n 't'ouc; Bou"Ayapouc;
I ' x ().
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25
F 41. 7 IfopfJvEaEv - 19 E:!;oAo-frpEu-0-ljaEa-ll-E: cf. Aesopus, fab. 103., ed.

Halm; Babrius, fab. 47., ed. Schneidewin; Plutarchus, De garrulitate c.
18., ed. Bernardakis III. p. 325; Plutarchus, Regum et imperatorum
apophthegmata 174., ed. c. II. p. 8-9.
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41
41. 0 f t he cou n t r y of M o r a v i a.
The prince of Moravia, Sphendoplokos, was valiant and terrible to

the nations that were his neighbours. This same Sphendoplokos had three
sons, and when he was dying he divided his country into three parts and
left a share apiece to his three sons, leaving the eldest to be great prince
and the other two to be under the command of the eldest son. He exhorted
them not to fall out with one another, giving them this example by way
of illustration: he brought three wands and bound them together and gave
them to the first son to break them, and when he was not strong enough,
handed them on to the second, and in like manner to the third, and then
separated the three wands and gave one each to the three of them; when
they had taken them and were bidden to break them, they broke them
through at once. By means of this illustration he exhorted them and said:
<df you remain undivided in concord and love, you shall be unconquered
by your adversaries and invincible; but if strife and rivalry come among
you and you divide yourselves into three governments, not subject to the
eldest brother, you shall be both destroyed by one another and brought
to utter ruin by the enemies who are your neighbours. After the death of
this same Sphendoplokos they remained at peace for a year, and then strife
and rebellion fell upon them and they made a civil war against one another
and the Turks came and utterly ruined them and possessed their country,
in which even now they live. And those of the folk who were left were scat-
tered and fled for refuge to the adjacent nations, to the Bulgarians and
Turks and Croats and to the rest of the nations.
V 41. 2 Mwp'~('c; P II 4 -rp(' edd.: y' P II 6 ey'v edd.: ey' P II 8 x.cx!

om. F delendum coni. Bandurius II 10 "''u"''c;] litteram a inser. P 1 II 8Eu-ripcp
Moravcsik w P: hep<p v edd. II 14 O(U"t"OL<; v II wc; om. v edd. II 16 -rpEi:c;
edd.: y' p II 17 7tpW"t<j) edd.: 0( p II 20 EO(U"t"OL<:;: cxu-ro'Lc; v edd. II 21 Toupx.ot
1
p II 22 e~oAw-ltpEUCIO(V p II EO(U"t'WV: CXU"t"WV edd.

182
42
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117vp y p rX. () oc c;, T 0 u p :doc c; 't' e: x oc l IT oc 't' ~ t v oc x ( oc c; exp L
't' Q u x Ct. ~ oc p L x 0 u x rX. (J 't' p Q u ~ ti p x e: A x oc t 't' Yj c; 'p (1)-
(J t oc c; x oc l e x p t -r wv N e: x p o 1t' o "A w v, 't' wv v" wv 5 o
de; -r~v -rou II6v't'ou &rf"Aoccrcrocv 1t'AYJcrlov 't'OU
t-.. oc v rX. 7t p e: (1) c; 7t 0 't' oc 0 u, x oc l x e: p (J (;) v Q c; 0 0 u x oc t
B o er 7t 6 p o u, v o t c; -r d: x rX. er -r p oc 't' & v x. "A t oc 't' w v
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'fo-rfov, 8-rt oc7to 0e:craoc"Aov(xYJc; expt -rou 7toTocou ~ocvoo~e:wc;, 15

, <p.,. 't'O\ I XOCC1't'p0V
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de; 't"Yjv 't'Yjc; Mopoc~(occ; iflv, &AA&. xoct ~v&e:v foov -rou ~ocvoo~e:(J)c; xoct
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11svp 1t'ocpoc 0"7toc.&ocpoxocvotM't'oU Ile:Tpcuvoc, 't'OU e7tOVO lcx~oevou Koctx't'"t)pou, 25
l 78Be 't'OV ~cx.mAE:oc 0e:6q>tAOV 1tpOc; \ 't'O wncr~voct OCU'C'o~c; 't'O xoccr-rpov TOU't'Q 't'WV
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de; -rov ocu-rov ~ocm)..eoc 0e:6q>t"Aov 7tpfo~e:tc; voc7tocrn("Aocvnc;, x-rta&Yjvoct

ocu't'otc; -ro XIXG't'pov 't'O ~I
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~ocpxe:/\ TI't'"t)cr1Xv-ro, o~c;
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octTI)cre:t 7te:tcr&e:Lc;, -rov 7tpoppYJ.&evToc cr7t1X&ocpoxocvotooc-rov Ile:Tpc.>voc e:'t'oc 30

xi;:t..ocvotwv ~occrtfi.tx&v 7tAwtwv &.7tfo-re:t)..e:v xocl x.e:t..ocv8toc Tou x1X-re:7tocv(J)
Ilocq>),ocyovtocc;. Kocl o~ o
ocu't'oc; Ile:-rpwvocc; ~v Xe:prrwvoc xoc-rocAoc~wv -roc
b X.EM.votlX EAme:v ev Xe:pcrwvt, 't'OV 3e AOCOV dcrocrocywv de; xococnpoc
F 42. 20 'A7to 8e - 55 >trL&fonixe'ol: cf. Theoph. Cont. p. 122, 19-124:,

5; Cedr., ed. Bonn. II. p. 129, 21-130, 13.
V 42, 4 :Ecipxe:).. x<Xl scr. Moravcsik: :Ecipxe:).. xE: P :E'pxe:)..x V Me :Ecipxe:)..

(luteri.s xE: erasiB) PY Ba Be I\ 5 Ne:xporcu)..wv V edd.: Ne:xpoITTj)..wv P I\ 8
xl,7)<hwv P \I 10/1 btovo'~otV'Yjt;: xO()..outV'Yjt; V edd. II 11 T'a:''PX' scr.
183
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42. G e o g r a p h i c a 1 d e s c r i p t i o n f r o m T h e s s a 1 o n i c a t o
the Danube river and the city of Belgrade; of
Turkey and Patzinacia to the Chazar city of
S a r k e 1 a n d R u s s i a a n d t o t h e N e k r o p y 1 a, t h a t a re
1n t h e s e a o f P o n t u s, n e a r t h e D n i e p e r r I v e r;
a n d t o C h e r s o n t o g e t h e r w i t h B o s p o r u s, b e t-
ween which are the cities of the Regions; then
to the lake of Maeotis, which for its size is also
c a 11 e d a s e a, a n d t o t h e c i t y c a 11 e d T a m a t a r c h a;
a n d o f Z i c hi a, m o r e o v er, a n d o f P a p a g i a an d of
Kasachia and of Alania and of Abasgia and to the
c i t y o f S o t i r i o u p o 1i s.
From Thessalonica to the river Danube where stands the city called
Belgrade, is a journey of eight days, if one is not travelling in haste but
by easy stages. The Turks live beyond the Danube river, in the land of
Moravia, but also on this side of it, between the Danube and the Save river.
From the lower reaches of the Danube river, opposite to Distra, Patzinacia
stretches along, and its inhabitants control the territory as far as Sarkel,
the city of the Chazars, in which garrisons of 300 men are posted and annu-
ally relieved. Sarkel among them means 'white house', and it was built by
the spatharocandidate Petronas, surnamed Camaterus, when the Chazars
requested the emperor Theophilus that this city should be built for them.
For the then chagan and the pech of Chazaria sent envoys to this same
emperor Theophilus and begged that the city of Sarkel might be built for
them, and the emperor acceded to their request and sent to them the afore-
said spatharocandidate Petronas with ships of war of the imperial navy, and
sent also ships of war of the captain-general of Paphlagonia. This same
Petronas arrived at Cherson and left the ships of war at Cherson, and,
Moravcsik TIX Mlh1Xp:;(1X P: Tou Mlh1Xp:;(<X edd. II 12/3 Ila.mxy(cu; (secunda syllaha
7t1X s. v. ruhro atramento addita) P1 V edd.: 1l1Xy(ixc; P II 13 K1X~1Xxlcec; edd. II
16 Be:Atyprt81X: Be:M.yp1X8ov mg. P ll 17 OXTW edd.: 71' P t71' coni. Marquart I\
17 /8 7tope:tr1)T<Xt Ba. Be II 18 Toupxm P II 19 Moop1Xf3(1Xc; P I! de; rljv Tijc; Mopce[3l1Xc;
yijv post ~v-1)-e:v tranaponendum coni. Marquart I\ 22 xliaTpou V edd.:
x1fo-rpoov P II 23 TpL1Xx6atot Theoph. Cont. -r' coni. Migne Bury: TIX P edd. 11
24 &.a7tpOV oa7tlTLOV: AE:UKOV otx711X Theoph. Cont. II 25 K1X1XTe:pou Theoph. Cont. ll
27 XIXL 6 Theoph. Cont. coni. Bayer Lehrberg Marque.rt Bury: 6 x1Xt P
edd. II 28 f3ocatAtlX: a.u-roxpihopoc Theoph. Cont. I\ ev1X7toaTe:lA<XVTe:c;: &7toaTe:l-
AIXVTe:c; edd. II 30 cmoc&1Xpox1Xv8t8&.Tov P II IIe:TpoovlX P: Ile:Tpooviiv Theoph.
Cont. !! 31 f3ocatALXWv 7tAoottJ.<UV: f31XatALXo7tAootoov Theoph. Cont. \I 33
xe:Mv8tct: fLIXXpocc; vi)IXc; Theoph. Cont. II nme:v coni. Moravcsik: e:upe:v p
e:upe:v edd. &ptae:v coni. Bury 7tpoaop(a1Xc; .. XIXTtA.me:v Theoph. Cont. II
33/4 e:lc; XIXtJ.IXTe:piX xap&(3toc: ev CfTpG'Y"(UAIXt<; . . VIXUm Theoph. Cont. II
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xoc't'ocxpoc't'e:i: xoct x_pi Xe:po-&voc; xocl. &uic; -ro Locpoc-r, Boup1X-r xocl -r&v
12Qvp I! e:pc7)\I. To I 3E: Tijc; 7tocpocJ..(occ; Tijc; &ocM.crG'fjc; &.7to -rou Aocvou~e:wc;
7to-rocou otoca't'YJoc x_pL -rou Aocv1fo-rpe:wc; 7to-rocou dmv (J..toc px'. 65
'A7to oE: 'tOU Aocv&.cr-rpe:wc; 7tO'tOCou ex_pL <-rou) 7t0't'OCou Aocvoc7tpe:ci>c;
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bm8~: m:l 8& Theoph. Cont. II 36 [3lmtlov P Theoph. Cont. II 38 x.oxAt8(wv:
x.cxx:At8lwv PY Ba Be: x.cxxA~x.wv Theoph. Cont. xcxxJ.7lx.(wv coni. Bek-
ker II 39 cmcx&cxpox.cxv8t8cho.;; P II 43 7tpo[3<XA'-ou V edd.: 7tpo[3aAou P 7tpof3cx:Aou
coni. Bekker II 46 x.cxt (etiam Theoph. Cont.): om. V edd. II 48 &:7toaTcx:Aljvcxt:
cX7tOCfTELACXL V edd. \I 49 arccx&cxpox.cxv8~MTov P II IlETpwvii edd. 11 t7tdpcx:
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having embarked his men on ships of burden, went off to that place on the
Tanais river where he was to build the city. And since the place had no
stones suitable for the building of the city, he made some ovens and baked
bricks in them and with these he carried out the building of the city, making
mortar out of tiny shells from the river. Now this aforesaid spatharocandidate
Petronas, after building the city of Sarkel, went to the emperor Theophilus
and said to him: If you wish complete mastery and dominion over the
city of Cherson and of the places in Cherson, and not that they should slip
out of your hand, appoint your own military governor and do not trust to
their primates and nobles. For up till the time of Theophilus the emperor,
there was no military governor sent from here, but all administration was
in the hands of the so-called primate, with those who were called the fathers
of the city. The emperor Theophilus took counsel in this matter, whether
to send as military governor so-and-so or such-an-one, and at last made
up his mind that the aforesaid spatharocandidate Petronas should be sent,
as one who had acquired local experience and was not unskilled in affairs,
and so he promoted him to be protospatharius and appointed him military
governor and sent him out to Cherson, with orders that the then primate
and everyone else were to obey him; and from that time until this day it
has been the rule for military governors in Cherson to be appointed from
here. So much, then, for the building of the city of Sarkel. From the Danube
river to the aforesaid city of Sarkel is a journey of 60 days. In this land
between are many rivers: the two biggest of them are the Dniester and the
Dnieper. But there are other rivers, that which is called the Syngoul and
the Hybyl and the Almatai and the Kouphis and the Bogou and many
others. On the higher reaches of the Dnieper river live the Russians, and
down this river they sail and arrive at the Romans. Patzinacia possesses
all the land as far as Russia and Bosporus and as far as Cherson and up to
Sarat, Bourat and the 30 places. The distance along the sea-coast from
the Danube river to the Dniester river is 120 miles. From the Dniester
river to the river Dnieper is 80 miles, the so-called 'gold-coast'. After the
~.7te:tpocv Theoph. Cont.V ~.7te:tpov V edd. Theoph. Cont. ev 7tdpq. coni. Kukules
Kyriakides II 50 yqov6Toc: ye:v6.e:vov V edd. II xoct2 om. edd. II 51 xoct s. v. add. P1
v
in textum receperunt edd. II 52 oplcrocc;: &e:crl't"(crocc; Theoph. Cont. 8tocTocy.ocTOC
m.ljiocc; Cedr. II TO\I -r6Te: 7tptuTE:UO\ITO( edd.: -r6v TE: 1t'ptuTE:UO\ITOC Theoph. Cont.
v
't'W T6Te: 7tptuTE:UO\ITL p II 53 TI)v: Tijc; edd. II 54 TOU :Eocpxe:).. TOU XOCO'Tpou: xoccr-rpou
:Eocpxe).. edd. II 55 xTlcrtc;: otxooo.1} Theoph. Cont. II 58 :EuyyouA: "YyyouA.
coni. Thunmann Brun II 59 'T(3uA Be JI xoct add. Moravcsik II Kouqnc; P II
xoct o3 : o xoct coni. Marquart II 62 .sxpt addendum coni. Bayer Lehrberg
e:Toc~u addendum coni. Makai II 63/4 wv J.omwv .e:pwv coni. Lehrberg:
foTL\I o8oc; -ij.e:pwv ... coni. Sestakov Latysev II 65 dOC\IOCO"t'PE:Ws coni. Westberg
Laskin Latysev: Ao:vocrtpe:wc; p edd. II 66 TOU add. v edd. II 67 o~ om. v edd. II
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I81Be e:Lcrepxonoct 7tot..Aol '!t lve:c; 7tO'!ixot, o n T &:vixi:c; rro-rix6c;, o &:7to -.o x&.-
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F 80 i!v cli - 83 -rtvwv: cf. Herod. IV. 3, 20; Ptolem. Geogr. III. 6, 5;
Steph. Byz. s. v. T&qiptXt, etc.
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mouth of the river Dnieper comes Adara, and there is a great gulf, called
Nekropyla, where it is utterly impossible for a man to pass through. From
the Dnieper river to Cherson is 300 miles, and between are marshes and
harbours, in which the Chersonites work the salt. Between Cherson and
Bosporus are the cities of the Regions, and the distance is 300 miles.
After Bosporus comes the mouth of the Maeotic lake, which for its size
everybody calls a sea. Into this same Maeotic sea run rivers many and great;
on its northern side runs the Dnieper river, from which the Russians come
through to Black Bulgaria and Chazaria and Syria. This same gulf of Maeotis
comes opposite to, and within about four miles of, the Nekropyla that are
near the Dnieper river, and joins them where the ancients dug a ditch and
carried the sea through, enclosing within all the land of Cherson and of the
Regions and the land of Bosporus, which cover up to 1,000 miles or even
rather more. In the course of many years this same ditch has silted up and
become a great forest, and there are in it but two roads, along which the
Pechenegs pass through to Cherson and Bosporus and the Regions. Into the
eastern side of the Maeotic lake debouch many rivers, the Tanais river that
comes down from the city of Sarkel, and the Charakoul, in which they fish
for sturgeon, and there are other rivers, the Bal and the Bourlik, the Chadir
and other rivers very numerous. From the Maeotic lake debouches a mouth
called Bourlik and flows down into the sea of Pontus where Bosporus is,
and opposite to Bosporus is the city called Tamatarcha; the width of the
strait of this mouth is 18 miles. In the middle of these 18 miles is a large,
low island, called Atech. After Tamatarcha, some 18 or 20 miles from it,
is a river called Oukrouch, which divides Zichia and Tamatarcha, and from
the Oukrouch to the Nikopsis river, on which stands a city with the same
name as the river, is the country of Zichia; the distance is 300 miles. Beyond
Zichia is the country called Papagia, and beyond the country of Papagia
is the country called Kasachia, and beyond Kasachia are the Caucasian
mountains, and beyond the mountains is the country of Alania. Off the sea-
board of Zichia lie islands, the great island and the three islands; and, closer
to shore than these, are yet other islands, which have been used for pasturage
v 68 't'tX , A80(pci: T&v80(p()( coni. Latysev II xc.d exe:i:cre: edd. II 69 Ne:xp6miAO(

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and built upon by the Zichians, Tourganirch and Tzarbaganin and another
island; and in the harbour of Spalaton another island; and at Pteleai another,
where the Zichians take refuge during Alan incursions. The coastal area from
the limit of Zichia, that is, from the Nikopsis river, is the country of Abasgia,
as far as the city of Sotirioupolis; it is 300 miles.
43. 0 f t h e c o u n t r y o f T a r o n.
But concerning the northern Scyths sufficient has been made plain
to you, beloved child, knowledge of which shall be all ways advantageous
and useful to you in time of need; but also it is right that you should not
be ignorant of the parts towards the rising sun, for what reasons they became
once more subject to the Romans, after they had first fallen away from
their control.
The late Krikorikios, then, prince of Taron, at first bent and sub-
mitted himself before the emperor of the Romans, but from the first
he seemed double-faced, and while in word he pretended to esteem the
friendship of the emperor, in fact he acted at the pleasure of the chief prince
of the Saracens, and on various occasions led armies that came out of Syria
against provinces subject to the emperor of the Romans, and everything
that the Romans were planning in secret against their Saracen adversaries
he would divulge to Syria, and would always keep the commander of the
faithful informed secretly through his letters of what was going on among us;
and while he wished to appear a partisan of the Roman cause, he was found,
on the contrary, to prefer and favour the cause of the Saracens. However,
he continually sent presents, such as appear valuable to the barbarians
of those parts, to Leo, the glorious among emperors, and got in return more
and better from the pious emperor, who also frequently urged him by letter
to visit the imperial city and behold the emperor and partake of the bounties
and honours bestowed by him. But he, fearing lest this might vex and
offend the commander of the faithful, would trump up excuses, and falsely
allege that it was impossible for him to leave his own country deprived of
his assistance, lest it might be plundered by the Saracens.
Now, this same prince of Taron one day captured in battle the sons
of Arka1kas, that is to say, the cousins of the patrician Krikorikios, father
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of the protospatharius Asotios, and he held them by him as prisoners.
On their behalf the then prince of princes Symbatios sent letters to the same
emperor, of most blessed memory, begging him to send to the Taronite and
make efforts to recover these nephews of his, the sons of the said Arkaikas, so
that they might not be sent to the commander of the faithful; for the patrician
Grigorios was a relative of Symbatios, the prince of princes. The emperor Leo,
of most blessed memory, acceded to this request of Symbatios, and sent the
late Sinoutis, the eunuch, who was then chief clerk to the foreign ministry, to
the prince of Taron upon this business, and also to Adranasir, the curopalate
of Iberia, on some other matters of business; and he furnished him with
presents suitable to both. But when a calumnious charge was laid before
the said glorious emperor against the said Sinoutis by Theodore, the Arme-
nian interpreter, there was sent out as imperial agent in his stead the proto-
spatharius Constantine Lips, keeper of the imperial plate, - he who
is now patrician proconsul and commander of the great company, - with
orders instructing him to take over the presents dispatched to the prince
of Taron, Krikorikios, and himself to proceed to Taron, and to order Sinoutis
to go on to Adranasir, the curopalate oflberia, as he had been instructed to do.
The said protospatharius arrived at Taron and gave to Krikorikios the
gifts and letters of the emperor which had been sent to him, and took up
the bastard son of the Taronite, who was called Asotios, and brought him
to the imperial city; and the emperor honoured him with the rank of proto-
spatharius and richly entertained him, and then sent him back to his father
in the conduct of the same protospatharius. The same Constantine took
thence Apoganem, brother of Krikorikios, prince of Taron, and brought him
to the emperor, of blessed memory, together with the two sons of Arkaikas;
and him too the emperor honoured with the rank ofprotospatharius and many
times bounteously entertained him, and sent him back again, in conduct
of the same Constantine, to his country and his brother.
After this the said Constantine spent some time in Chaldia, and was
then commissioned by imperial mandate to go to Taron and take Krikorikios,
prince of Taron, and come to the imperial city; and this he did. When this
same Krikorikios had entered the city protected of God, and had been
honoured with the rank of magister and military governor of Taron, he
was also given for his residence a house called the house of Barbaros, now
the house of Basil the chamberlain. He was, moreover, honoured with an
annual stipend of ten pounds in gold and a further ten pounds in miliaresia,
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186Be mxAL'I dcre:/,&e:~v xocl. Toc -rou yocou &7to:p-rlcroccr.&ocL, &oc SE: -r<;> de; T~v
'
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(l- -.I OCc; Y)e:pocc; I
t'LOU e::x_pl)O' OC't"O.
'O oE: Tou-rou &8e:J...rp6c;, Kptxop(x.Loc; oLoc ypococ-rc.uv cx.u't'ou s~nTI)aocTo so
l27rp duE:px_e:u&o::t de; 't"~V ~OCO'L IAEUOUO'OCV XOCL 7tOCpoc -r&v XELpWV 't"OU tiy(ou
~OCO'LAEWc; /..oc~&.ve:w 't"~V OLOOEVY)V p6yocv OCU't"OU xocl. E7tL xp6vov 't"LVOC EV -rfi
v-e:orpu
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oclouc; U7t0TO::j'~c; exx.oc:Afooccr&ocL. E:yypocrpov SE: xpucro~oUAALOV owpe:<Xv
TOU 't"OLOl)'t"OU OLXOU 7tpoc; IXU't"OV oux E:7tOL'1)cre:v.
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Me:-roc oE: x_p6'1ouc; txocvouc;, 'Pwocvou -rou ocxocp(ou ~occnAE:c.uc; 't"W'I

crx~7t-rpwv TI)c; ~occnA.docc; 'Pc.uo:l(J)v e7t'e:LAY)vou, &vfiyrt.ye:v o ocu-roc; 90
i27vp KpL ixoptx.Loc; ~ lcrx_oe:w xpoc-re:Lv -rov TOU Bocp~ocpou oixov, &:At..' 1);Lou
A.oc~e:Lv &v-r' o:u-rou 7tpoocme:wv tv Ke:A't"~'1J"TI e:'l't'e: 't'OU Toc-r~oc-rou, e:'l't"e:
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VELOCV xocl U7t00''t"O::O'L'J. 'O oE: ~rt.O'LAE:Ut:; TI]v &xpL~lj j"IWO'LV 't'W'J rcpo:yiX-rc.uv 95
~ XEX't"'Y)evoc;, EA7tL~(J)'J oE: &7to ~O:O'LALXOU xpucro~oul..A(ou 't"OU ocxo::plou
AfovToc; E:x_e:Lv -rov To::pc.uvt-r~v -rov TOU Bocp~ocpou olxov, 88wxe:v o:uT0
187Be 't"O 7tp00C<'.r't"ELOV TOU rpl)yopoc E:v Ke/...'t"~'YJV~, X.rt.L 't"OV o!xov o-Yj&e:v &v-rE:J...oc~e:v, I
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making twenty pounds in all. Mter some sojourn in the imperial city, he
was escorted back again to his country by this same protospatharius
Constantine.
After this, Apoganem came once more to the emperor, of blessed memo-
ry, and was advanced by him to the rank of patrician; and he was also per-
mitted to take to wife the daughter of the said Constantine, and on this ground
he asked for a house as well and he too received the house of Barbaros,
without a golden bull. Mter receiving the emperor's bounty, he then returned
to his country, with intent to come again and complete the celebration
of his marriage; but no sooner was he escorted back to his country than he
ended his life, a few days afterwards. His brother Krikorikios sent letters
asking that he might come to the imperial city and receive from the hands
of the holy emperor the stipend granted to him and sojourn for some while
in the city protected of God. Thereupon he proceeded to demand for his
residence the house which had been set aside for his brother, and the emperor,
of blessed memory, handed it over to him, both because he had lately sub-
mitted himself and in order to excite in other princes of the east a similar eager-
ness for submission to the Romans; but he issued no golden bull making a
deed of gift of this house to him.
Several years later, when the emperor Romanus, of blessed memory, had
laid hold upon the sceptre of the empire of the Romans, this same Krikorikios
reported that he had not the means to keep the house of Barbaros, but deman-
ded that he should receive in its stead a suburban estate in Keltzini, either that
of Tatzates or some other, whichever the emperor directed, in order that,
when the Agarenes should make an incursion into his country, he might
be able to send thither his personal relatives and substance. The emperor,
who did not possess an accurate knowledge of the facts, and supposed that
the Taronite held the house of Barbaros in virtue of an imperial golden bull
of Leo, of blessed memory, gave him the suburban estate of Grigoras in
Keltzini and, of course, took back the house; but he too issued no golden
bull in his favour in respect of the suburban estate.
Thereupon Tornikis, nephew of the Taronite and son of the late Apoga-
nem, wrote to this same emperor: The house of Barbaros was presented to
my father by the emperor Leo, of most blessed memory, but after my father's
death, because I was under age and an orphan, my uncle, in virtue of his
authority, took possession of his house, always promising me that when I
should come of age, I should take over the paternal house; and now, as I have
v 69 8E:xix edd.: t' p II we;: &cn:E edd. II 72 0 om. edd. II 73 '[JOSt de; add. TI]v
edd. II 84 7tpoxttptcr.&E:nix F: rtpo xwplcr.&E:nix P rtpoxwptcrlttVTIX V edd. rtpo -
;(IXplcr~tVTIX coni. Bekker II 82 TIX't'l:a:rou (etiam V1 F Bandurius): IfaT~thou V
edd. 11 93 IJ.)J...ov V edd. II xt:Adot edd. II 94 ~X7l edd. 11 99 ouToc;: ixuoc;
V edd. II 104 o om. edd. II 't'OU't'OU: 't'OU't'OV Me Ba 't'OLOUTOV Be 11
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poye:ue:cr.&oct, ~ "118' exe:'Lvov ev..bc; njc; 't'otocu't'"flc; ..uyxocve:tv 8cupe:iic;.
'O oe: ~\ ocxocptoc; I 1-'occrtAe:uc;
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129rp ocu-rou rijv E7tL 't'i{l Tc:xpc.uVL'tfl ye:vfo.&oct I p6yocv, tvoc Err' I ocu't'i{l xe:'L't'oct
188Be , ,
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cr&oct. ''Eypocljie: 8' oc.uc; 7tpoc; 't'OIJ OCU'rOV Ttxpc.uvkriv, 3"1jA07tot&v OCU't'OV
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t'OC, 125
expt ..&v Mxoc At't'p&v cruntwe:voc, & xoct 88cuxe:v expt 't'pt&v ~
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ou-rov rrcixTov, ~" oE: p6yocv ~ 7tpo'Lxoc A.oc~ocve:tv ~;tou, xoc&wc; e7tl 't'ou
I
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de; crxocvoa.'Aov e:!voct Tou Kocxtx(ou xocl 't'Ou xoupor.oc/...oc-rou xoct -r&v /...omwv 130
'!:' , 't'OCU', t"Y)V o, e:tp"t)e:voc;
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e:voc; ae: &cr7te:p OCU't'6v, e:Toc 't'OCU't'OC 't'OIJ TOOTOU ut6v, 'Aaw't'WIJ, EV 'tfl
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EO''t'EL/\EIJ.
Tou oE: ocy(cr-rpou Kptxoptxlou 't'OV [1(0'\I &rroA.m6v't'oc;, &v1Jyocye:v 135
Topvb1.toc;, 6 't'Ou 'A7toyocve: ut6c;, epc.u't'oc ~xe:tv E:yxocp8tov e:tae:A.&e:'Lv xocl
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learned, my uncle has given this house to your imperial majesty, and has
received in exchange for it the suburban estate of Grigoras in Keltzini.
And because of these imperial gifts bestowed on the prince of Taron,
envy towards him was implanted and grew up in Kakikios, prince of Baspa-
raka, and Adranasir, the curopalate of Iberia, and Asotikios, the prince of
princes, who wrote to the emperor grumbling at the cause whereby the Taronite
alone enjoyed an imperial stipend, while all of them got nothing. For what
service - they said - is he performing more than we, or in what does he
help the Romans more than we do~ Either, therefore, we too should be
stipendiary as he is, or else he too should be excluded from this largess. The
emperor Roman us, of blessed memory, wrote back to them, that the stipend
in favour of the Taronite had not been granted by him, that it should
now lie with him to cut it off, but by the emperor, of most blessed memory;
nor was it right that what had been done by former emperors should be
undone by their successors. However, he wrote to this same Taronite inform-
ing him that the said parties were vexed and offended. He replied that he
could provide neither gold nor silver, but promised to give, over and above
the gifts regularly sent, tunics and bronze vessels up to ten pounds in total
value, and these he did give for three or four years. But thereafter he reported
that he could not provide this tribute, and demanded either that he should
receive the stipend gratis as in the time of the emperor Leo, of most blessed
memory, or else that it should be cut off. And so, that it might not cause
offence to Kakikios and the curopalate and the rest, the said emperor Roma-
nus, of blessed memory, cut it off. But to console him, as it were, he after-
wards honoured his son Asotios, when he came to Constantinople, with
patrician rank and entertained him munificently before sending him home.
On the death of the magister Krikorikios, Tornikios, son of Apoganem,
reported that he heartily desired to come and behold the emperor; whereupon
the emperor sent the protospatharius Krinitis, the interpreter, who brought
the said Tornikios to Constantinople, and the emperor advanced the same
Tornikios to the honour of patrician rank. He put forward his claims to the
house of Barbaros, and, having heard that his uncle had resigned his
ownership of it on receipt of a suburban estate in Keltzini, declared that
his uncle had no power to effect an exchange in respect of his paternal
inheritance, and demanded that he should be given either the house or the
suburban estate, failing which, he was for resigning both to the emperor,
so that his cousins might not have them. Therefore the emperor, since
V 110 &ve:[3'Afo't'l'J<n:V: ~[3Mcr't'l'jcre: edd. II 111 Kaxtxlou (litteris Xt s. v. additis)

P 1 Ba Be: Ktxlou V Me II Ba<=apaxaxii edd. II 113 Stayovyyli~ov-re:c; P II 116
~wv edd. : uwv P 11 11s f3am"Ae:uc; om. v edd. 11 120 axaptw-r<hou: axaptou
V edd. II post [3acrtAtwc; excidisse Afov-roc; susp. JenkinB II 122 au-rov2 : al.rr
V edd. II 123 -ro om. edd. II 126 Sexa edd.: t' P II 131 O!Xciptoc;: axaptw't'aTo<;
edd. II 134 auT<ipxwc; Ber. Moravcsik: auTapxwc; P edd. II 135 ante. Krnxoptxlou
add. -rou edd. II 140 -rij> Tou V edd.: Toli Tw P II 145 7<ape:x,wpe:t: 7tpocrexwpe:t edd. II
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E:xe:'i:voc;, o npc'tl't'oc; utoc; 't'ou ocy(cr't'pou E:xdvou KpLxopix(ou 't'OU Tocpc.uv(-
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't'"fiv 't'ou ocy(cr,.pou 0e:ocpu"A0Cx't'ou &oe:"Acp-1)v e:lc:; yuvoc'Lxoc. Kocl. e:'t'oc 't'Ov 155
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190Be yuvoc'i:xoc xoc&E~e:cr&oct, e:'t'oc oE: ~v ocuTfic; OC7tO~LCil icrLV e:!vocL 7tOCALV 't'O 160
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VYJV 't'cJl f'ocm"Ae:i: 'Pc.uoc(wv, TI)v oE: yuvoc'l:xoc xocl. 't'O 7tOCLO(ov OCU't'OU dcre:/..&e:L'v
o
7tpoc; -rov ~occn"AE:oc, fi xocl. Uocuxe:v f'occrL"Ae:uc:; de:; xocTo(xYJcrw, dcre:"A&oucr'Y)c;, 175
't'ou 7tpw't'Ocr7toc&ocp(ou MLx.oc~A, 't'ou 7tO't'e: ye:yov6't'oc; xo..e:pxLocplau Xoc"Aolocc;
xocl. TI]v 't'ou 'P'c.u.oc&ec.uc; ov~v. Kocl. 7toc'Atv &7te:O"'t'OCA'YJ dpYJE:voc; KpLvL't'"f)c; o
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~'t"GL 't'O epoc; 't'OU 7tOC't'pLKLOU TopvLKLOU. 'Av't'OC7tfo't'e:LAOCV oE: xe'l:&e:v 't'OU
19 IBe Tocpc.uv[ l't'GU utot, ot 't'OU OC7to&ocv6v't'oc; E:~ocoe:Acpot, &!;wuvnc; oouvoct 't'O 180
Ou/..vGU't'tV xocl. EX.E:LV 't'"fiv xwpocv 't'OU ~oco/..cpou OCU't'WV, [L~ yocp Mvoccr&oct
oAwc; OCU't'OUc; qv, e:t ~v '!OU E:~ocU),cpou OCU't'WV x.wpocv we; otxdocv XOC't'OCcrX.7J
0 f3ocm/,e:uc;. 0tKELCf OE ocyoc&O'r'Y)'t'L \md~occ; 0 f'occrLAe:Uc:; TIJV och'Y)O"LV (f,/;'t'WV
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197
43
the old Taronite was now dead, resumed the suburban estate but did not
give the house in exchange for it, because, as has already been stated above,
no golden bull had been issued in respect of any of these transactions.
After this, the late Pankratios, eldest son of that magister Krikorikios
the Taronite, came to the imperial city and was advanced by the
emperor to the dignity of patrician and was also made military
governor of Taron. He asked that he might also be given a wife from
among the ladies related to the imperial family, and the emperor gave
him to wife the sister of the magister Theophylact. And after his marriage
he made a will, in which he stated: If children are born to me of this woman,
they are to have all my country for their ancestral inheritance. Thereupon
he asked the emperor that he might be given the suburban estate of Grigoras
for the patrician lady, his wife, to reside there, and after her death this
suburban estate should revert to his imperial majesty. The emperor
sanctioned this too, and after presenting him with many gifts, sent him
with his wife away to his country. Now, the sons of the magister Krikorikios,
this same patrician Pankratios and the patrician Asotios, greatly vexed
and oppressed their cousin, the patrician Tornikios, who, finding their
aggressiveness unendurable, wrote to the emperor to send a trustworthy
servant and take over his country, and conduct himself and his wife and
their child to the emperor. The emperor sent the protospatharius Krinitis,
the interpreter, to take him and conduct him to the city protected of God,
in accordance with his demand. But when Krinitis arrived in that country,
he found that Tornikios had already departed this life, having devised
before his end that all his country should be subject to the emperor of the
Romans, and that his wife and his child should go to the emperor; and
to her, on her arrival, the emperor gave for her residence the monastery
in Psomathia of the protospatharius Michael, formerly collector of Chaldia.
The said Krinitis was sent back again by the emperor to take over the
country of Apoganem, that is, the portion of the patrician Tornikios. But
the sons of the Taronite, the cousins of the deceased, sent back thence a
demand that they should give up Oulnoutin and retain the country of their
cousin, for they were quite unable to live if the emperor were to occupy
their cousin's country as his own. The emperor, yielding to his own goodness
of heart, fulfilled their request and gave them the country of Apoganem,
their cousin, and himself took Oulnoutin with all its surrounding territory.
V 153 xixt3 om. edd. 155/6 -.av y<iov P 1 V edd.: -.wv y&wv ( ?) P II
157 ~xouow (littera o in ras. scripta) P 1 ~oucn V: ~xwcn edd. II 158
'!'OV om. edd. II 159 rp'Y)yopii edd.: I'p'l)yop!ou p II 160 IXUT"ij<;: TOLIXUT'I)<; edd.
-.{at )ixu"'IJ<; Migne II 165 ixu-.wv] litteram w in ras. scr. P1 II 169/70 rcpwo-
arcix-!t&pt0v Kptv!T'l)v] per comp. litteras ix xpwt" in ras. scr. P 1 II 176 Xo:J..o!ix<;
(o!xov) coni. Kyriakides II 177 Tijv Tau 'Yw.ixWw<; ov1Jv: -.au 'Yw.o:&ew<; TI)v
ov1Jv V Me Ba 'Ycu.ix&tcu<; T1)v .ov1Jv Be II &rce:aTtXA'I) V edd.: &.rce:aTtXA'l)V P II
181 OuA.vouT'l)v P edd. II 185 OuJ..vou"'IJv P edd. II
198
43, 44
TCe:pLxwpou OCUTOU. 'H oE: OAYJ TOU Tocp6>v x.wpoc de; Mo ~Locve:Yj&e:Lo-oc
132vP l::rurxocve:v, -ijc; -ro E:v ~Lau ot -rou ocyla-rpou I
KpLxopLx(ou e:lx.ov u[o(,
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-rou Xt.LOCT xocl. Tou Xocl.Loc't' xocl. -rou 'Ap~E:c; x oc l.

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T ~ e: p oc -r ~ o u. 5
'lcrTE:ov, OTL 7t'p0 TOU , AcrwT(ou, 't'OU &pxov-roc; TWV ocpx6v-rwv, 't'OU
TCocTpoc; Tou l:u~ocT(ou, -rou &px.ov-roc; Twv &pz6v-rwv, 8v oc1t'e:xe:cpoc'ALcre:v
0 &Yjpocc; ITe:pcr(ooc;, 0 'ATCocr<XTocL, oc; xocl. E7t'OLYJC1E:V Mo utouc;, T6v 't'E:
, AcrwTLOV, TOV e:T' OCU't'OV ye:v6e:vov &px.ov-roc TWV ocpx.6v-rwv, xocl. , ATCoc-
crocXLOV, TOV e:-roc 't'OCU't'OC .ocyLcr-rpov TL'Y)&ev-roc, TOC -rp(oc 't'OCU't'OC xoccr't'poc 10
13:VP To Te: ITe:px.pl. xocl. TO Xoc'ALocT xocl. -ro 'Ap i~E:c;, {mo rljv tjc; Ile:pcrlooc; em-
XpOC'' t'e:LOCV e:'t'Uyx.ocvov.
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XOCL' TO' 'Ap-,e:c; (.).' XOCL' 15
To XE:pT xocl. -ro l:oc/,ococc;.
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Tcj> ~occrLl.e:I. .e:Toc Twv hE:pwv Mo &.~e:l.cp&v oc1hou, Tou n 'A7to'Ae:crcpooe:-r 30

xocl. 't'OU 'A7tOO'EA(J.YJ, ~LOC 't'O ~Locq>6pwt; XOC't'OC7t"Of,E:fJ-YJ&~VOCL TOC 't'e: xoccr-rpoc
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V 187 ~c;: xixt Be \I 188 al add. Be.

199
43, 44
The whole country of Taran was divided in two, one half of it being held
by the sons of the magister Krikorikios, the other half by their cousins,
the sons of the patrician Apoganem.
44. 0 f t h e c o u n t r y o f Apachounis and of the city

of Manzikiert and Perkri and Chliat and
Chaliat and Arzes and Tibi and Chert and
S a 1 a m a s a n d T z e r m a t z o u.
Before the time of Asotios, prince of princes, father of Symbatios,

prince of princes, whom the emir of Persia Aposatai beheaded and who had
two sons, Asotios, who was prince of princes after him, and Apasakios,
who was afterwards honoured with the rank of magister, these three cities,
Perkri and Chaliat and Arzes, were under the control of Persia.
The prince of princes had his seat in great Armenia, at the city of
Kars, and held both these three cities aforementioned, Perkri and Chaliat
and Arzes, and also Tibi and Chert and Salamas.
Apelbart possessed Manzikiert and was beneath the dominion of
Asotios, the prince of princes, the father of Symbatios, the prince of princes.
The same Asotios, prince of princes, gave to this same Apelbart also the
city of Chliat and Arzes and Perkri: for the aforesaid Asotios, prince of
princes, father of Symbatios, prince of princes, held all the countries of the
east. On the death of Apelbart his son Abelchamit possessed his domain,
and on the death of Abelchamit his eldest son Aposebatas possessed his
domain. He, after the murder of Symbatios, prince of princes, by Aposatai,
the emir of Persia, took possession, in absolute sovereignty, as an independent
potentate, both of the city of Manzikiert and of the rest of the cities and
the countries; and he submitted himself to the emperor together with his
other two brothers, Apolesphouet and Aposelmis, after their cities and their
countries had on various occasions been over-run and ravaged and
destroyed by the commander-in-chief, and they paid the emperor of the
Romans tribute in respect of their cities and their territories. But from the
44. 1 -.ou1 : njc; edd. II 2 Mixvr~txle:p-. V edd. 11 Ile:pxp~ P II 3 XJ.tth:

Xix/..~-. Me coni. J,askin II 'Ap~tc; scr. Moravcsik: "Ap~e:c; P edd. II 4
Tt(3'ij P 11 7 -.ou 2 edd.: xixl P 11 8 &"f)piXc; P \I 'Aitomhixc; F edd. 11 11
'Ap~ec; scr. Moravcsik: "Ap~e:c; P "Apo-e:c; edd. II 14 Kixpc; (sine acc.) P II
15 Ile:pxp~ P II xixl add. Moravcsik II "Ap~e:c; edd. 11 Tt(3~ P II 16 I:ixJ.ix&i; P II
17 'A7te:/..xiXp't" edd. 11 Mixv-r~txle:p't" Ba Be II 18 'Acml"rlou add. Jenkins II 19
-.Cj> add. Moravcsik II 20 X:>..tiX-.: XixJ.tth coni. Lask.in II 21 'Ap~ei; scr.
Moravcsik: "Ap~e:c; P edd. II Ile:pxp~ P II 25 7tpw-.oc; edd.: ix' P I/ 26 b om.
edd. II 'A7toO'e:(3ix-.&.c; P II 27 'A7too-&-.ix edd. II &YjpiX P II 29 Mixvr~txle:p-.
Ba. Be II 30 -.e: om. edd. II 33 7t1XpExovre:c;: 7t1XpEXO>JToc; Be II
200
44
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7t0C7t7t'
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't'ou Kap~ xocl 't'ou Xocpxoc u7to TI]v ~oua(ocv xocl. mxpocnLocv 't'ou IX.U't'Ou
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134vp Mocv~Lx(e:p't', e:'t'oc 't'wv Mo &oi::'Acpwv oc1hou, Tau 't'i:: 'ATCo \'Ae:crcpoue:'t' xocl
't'OU- 'ATt'OCJE:AfL',., Y), U7te:' t'OCY'YJCJOCV 't'P 1-'
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oou"Aoc; 't'OU ~ocaLAEWc; 't'WV 'P(J)oc(wv 't'U"(X,OCVe:L, we; 7tocp' OCUTOU 7tpo~oc'A"A6-
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c.uv 't'uyx.ocvoucrw.
''O't'L 't'OU LUfL~OC't'LOU, 't'OU &px.onoc; 't'WV ocpx.6v't'(J)V -rijc; e:yoc"A'Y)c; 50
'Ape:v(occ;, xpoc't"YJ.&v-roc; 7tocpoc 't'ou 'A7tocrchoct, Tau &YJpoc Ile:pa(ooc;,
xcu' OC7tOXE:Cjl0CALC1'
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lTE:V't'Oc; 7tocp ' OCU'
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194Be "O't'L 0 oe:unpoc; &oe:'Acpoc; 't'OU 'A7tocre:~IX.'t'OC, 0 'A7toAe:crcpoOe:'t' XOCL I 55
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xocl 7tocpe:i:x.ov x.ocl. TCocxToc, xcx:.'1-wc; xoct o 7tp&Toc; &oe:"Acpoc; ocu't'ou, b 'A7tocre:-
~ocTocc;, u7tl:p 't'E: 't'WV x.oca't'pU>v xocl. 't'WV xwp(c.uv OCU't'WV. 60
"O't'L 0 't'pL't'Oc; ocoe:"Acpoc; TOU , Arrocre:~OC't'OC xocl 't'OU , Ar:o)..e:acpooe:'t',
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xoc&wc; xocl 0 7tpw't'oc; ocoe:/..cpoc; OCU't'OU, 0 'A7toae:~oc't'occ;, :xocl. 0 oe:O't'e:poc;
&oe:t.cpoc; ocu't'ou, 6 'A7tol.e:crcpoue:'t'. 65
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V 36 'Amxaetxfou Ba Be: 'Amxatxlou P II 37 8eu't'epou edd. : (3' P II 't'Ou 2 om. edd. II

40 Mixvr~Lx[e:p't' Ba Be II 41 Koplj P JI 't'Ou XixpxiX xixt 't'Ou Kop'fi edd. JI X&pxet
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time of the aforesaid Asotios, prince of princes, father of Symbatios and
grandfather of the second Asotios and of the magister Apasakios, until the
lifetime of the second Asotios, prince of princes, these three cities were
under the dominion of the prince of princes, and the prince of princes received
tribute from them. Moreover, the city of Manzikiert with the country of
Apachounis and Kori and Charka was under the dominion and control of
the same prince of princes, up till the time when Aposebatas, emir of
Manzikiert, and his two brothers Apolesphouet and Aposelmis submitted
themselves to the emperor and paid tribute in respect of their cities and their
territories; and since the prince of princes is the servant of the emperor
of the Romans, being appointed by him and receiving this rank from him,
it is obvious that the cities and townships and territories of which he is
lord also belong to the emperor of the Romans.
When Symbatios, prince of princes of great Armenia, was captured
by Aposatai, the emir of Persia, and by him beheaded, Aposebatas, with
his seat at the city of Manzikiert, took possession of the city of Chaliat
and the city of Perkri and the township of Arzes.
The second brother of Aposebatas, Apolesphouet, and his nephew
and step-son Achmet took possession of the city of Chliat and the city of
Arzes and the city of Altzike, and they too submitted themselves to the
emperor of the Romans and came beneath his dominion and paid tribute
in respect of their cities and their territories, as did the eldest brother
Aposebatas.
The third brother of Aposebatas and Apolesphouet, Aposelmis, was
in possession of the city of Tzermatzou with its territories, and he too
submitted himself to the emperor of the Romans and paid tribute, as did his
eldest brother Aposebatas and his second brother Apolesphouet.
On the death of Aposebatas, Abderacheim, son of Aposebatas,
possessed the city of Manzikiert with its territories and all its domain,
and on the death of Abderacheim, Apolesphouet, second brother of Aposeba-
tas and uncle of Abderacheim, possessed the city of Manzikiert and all the
scr. Moravcsik: Xixpx& P edd. II 42 'A7too-e:~ix-.&.;; P II &'l)ptX<;; P II 43 l\fav~tx(e:p't" V

Me: MixvT~tx(e:p't" P Ba. Be 11 45 8E: add. Moravcsik y&p addendum coni. Bekker II
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countries aforesaid, and on his death the third brother, that is, the brother
of Aposebatas and Apolesphouet, Aposelmis, possessed Manzikiert and all
the countries aforesaid.
Aposebatas had a son Abderacheim, and another, Apelmouze.
Apolesphouet had a step-son and nephew, Achamet, for he had no son,
but had instead of a son Achamet, his step-son and nephew.
Aposelmis had a son Apelbart, who now possesses Manzikiert.
On the death of Aposebatas, he left Abderacheim his son to be emir,
but his other son, Apelmouze, was a mere infant, and hence was passed
over as unfit to enter into the authority of his father and brother.
Aposebatas, the eldest brother, had his seat at the city of Manzikiert
and possessed, as has been said, these countries, Apachounis and Kori and
Oharka, and paid tribute in respect to them to the emperor of the Romans;
and on his death his son Abderacheim ruled, and he too paid the aforesaid
tribute, his brother Apelmouze being, as was said above, quite an infant.
On the death of Abderacheim, since his brother Apelmouze was passed
over as an infant, the possession of the city of Manzikiert and of the aforesaid
countries beneath it fell to the second brother of Aposebatas, the aforesaid
Apolesphouet, uncle of A bderacheim and of his brother Apelmouze, who
had been passed over because of his infancy.
On the death of Apolesphouet, the third brother of Aposebatas, that
is, Aposelmis, took possession of the city of Manzikiert with the territories
aforesaid. The aforesaid Achamet, who was nephew and step-son of Apoles-
phouet, took possession, by consent and will of Apolesphouet, of Ohliat
and Arzes and Perkri: for Apolesphouet, having, as was said above, no son,
made Achamet, his nephew and step-son, heir of all his substance and of
his cities and territories.
On the death of Aposelmis, his son Apelbart possessed the city of
Manzikiert with its surrounding territory. But Achmet possessed the three
cities, the city of Chliat and the city of Arzes and the city of Altzike.
This Achmet too was servant of the emperor, as has been said above,
V 71 Tp!-roc; edd.: y' P II 72 'A7tom:[3omx P II 73 Mixvr~tx!e:pT Ba Be II

74
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xix't" o>Jixp: Matth. 2, 12.
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205
44, 45
and paid tribute on his own behalf and on behalf of his uncle Apolesphouet.
But Apelbart by guile and deceit slew him and took these three cities, the
city of Chliat and the city of Arzes and the city of Altzike; and these the
emperor should get back, as they are his property.
All these cities aforesaid and the aforesaid countries have never been
beneath the dominion of Persia or beneath the dominion of the commander
of the faithful, but were, as has been said, in the days of the lord Leo, the
emperor, beneath the dominion of Symbatios, the prince of princes, and
afterwards came beneath the dominion of the three brothers, the aforesaid
emirs, Aposebatas and Apolesphouet and Aposelmis; and in their days
were brought into servitude and made tributary and fell beneath the
dominion of the emperors of the Romans.
If these three cities, Chliat and Arzes and Perkri, are in the possession
of the emperor, a Persian army cannot come out against Romania, because
they are between Romania and Armenia, and serve as a barrier and as
military halts for armies.
45. 0 f t h e I b e r i a n s.
The Iberians, I mean, those who belong to the curopalate, pique
themselves upon their descent from the wife of Uriah, with whom David,
the prophet and king, committed adultery: for they say they are descended
from the children she bore to David and are related to David, the prophet
and king, and consequently to the most holy Mother of God also, inasmuch
as she was by descent of the seed of David. For this reason also the great
ones of the Iberians take in marriage their female relatives without
impediment, believing that they are preserving the ancient ordinance; and
they say that they originate from Jerusalem and were warned by an oracular
dream to migrate thence and to settle over toward the region of Persia,
that is to say, in the country where they live now. They who were warned
by the oracle and came out of Jerusalem were the former David and his
brother Spandiatis, which Spandiatis had received from God a boon, as they
pretend, that in battle the sword should not touch him in any member of
114 xod add. edd. II "Ap~e:.:; Ba Be II 'A>..T~Lxe: edd. 'ApT~tx:t coni. V.

I.aurent II 116 oci s. v. add. pi in textum recepcrunt V edd. II 119 Tou 2 om.
V edd. II 121 Tpt~v edd.: y' P 11 'Arcoae:~ocTcX P II 124 T~V om. edd. 11 125
Tp(oc edd.: y' P II 'Ap~E:.:; scr. l\foravcsik: "Ap~e:.:; P edd. II 126 Ile:pxp~ P II
cpoaachov P 11128 cX1tA"t)XTOC P.
45. I Ile:p! T~v 'I~-IJpwv (~ rubro atramento) mg. add. pi, unde in textmn
receperunt V edd. II 8 e:ytaTcive:c; P 1111 XP"fJcnta-lt'ijvoct om. V edd. II
206
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his body save only in the heart, which he used to protect by a sort of covering
in battles. On this account the Persians were dismayed at and feared him,
and he overcame them and mastered them and settled his Iberian kinsmen
in the difficult territories now possessed by them; whence by degrees they
expanded and increased and grew into a great nation. Thereafter, when
the emperor Heraclius marched against Persia, they united and campaigned
with him, and as a result, through the dread inspired by Heraclius, emperor
of the Romans, rather than by their own strength and power, they subdued
a great number of cities and countries of the Persians. For once the emperor
Heraclius had routed the Persians and had forcibly brought their empire
to an end, the Persians were easily defeated and mastered, not by the Iberians
only, but by the Saracens as well. And because they originated, as they
themselves say, from Jerusalem, for this reason they are very loyal to it
and to the sepulchre of our Lord Jesus Christ, and from time to time they send
large sums of money to the patriarch of the holy city and to the Christians
there. Now, the aforesaid David, the brother of Spandiatis, begat a son
Pankratios, and Pankratios begat a son Asotios, and Asotios begat a son
Adranasi, who was honoured with the rank of curopalate by Leo, the Christ-
loving emperor of the Romans. But Spandiatis, the brother of the aforesaid
David, died childless. And from their migration from Jerusalem to the
country now inhabited by them it is 400 years, or rather 500 up to the
present day, which is the 10th indiction, the year from the creation of the
world 6460, in the reign of Constantine and Romanus, Christ-loving emperors
of the Romans, born in the purple.
The Christ-loving and glorious emperor Leo, born in the purple,
hearing that the Saracens had arrived in the place called Phasiane and had
made the churches there into fortresses, sent the patrician Lalakon, military
governor of the Armeniakoi, together with the military governor of Koloneia
and the military governor of Mesopotamia and the military governor of
Chaldia, and they destroyed these fortresses and liberated the churches and
ravaged all Phasiane, at that time in the possession of the Saracens. And
again afterwards he sent the magister Katakalon, the commander-in-chief,
who arrived at the city of Theodosioupolis and ravaged the territory all
about it, and gave up the country of Phasiane and the cities around it to the
V 17 crxe:mfocXToc;: 7te:pLcrxe:ml:a()(Toc; V edd. JI 19 ve:vbop<e] litteras xt in ras. scr.

P 1 II Te: om. edd. II 19/20 vo(x'Y)ae:v P II 20 Bucrxo).(()(c;: Bucrxwp('c; coni. Bek-
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per com.p. P: om. edd. secl. Moravcsik II 'Ape:VL()(x(;)v edd. II 51 K()(T()(X()(AOV P II
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like destruction, and returned after inflicting thereby a great blow upon the
Saracens. And in the reign of the lord Romanus, the emperor, the magister
John Kourkouas, marching against the city of Tibi, utterly devastated in
his passage the whole country of Phasiane, since it was in the possession of
the Saracens. Moreover, the patrician Theophilus also, brother of the aforesaid
rnagister John, when he was for the first time military governor of Chaldia,
plundered this country of Phasiane, because then too it was controlled by
the Saracens. For by the time that terms had been agreed with the
Theodosioupolitans, no village had been left standing in the country of
Phasiane, or about the city of Abnikon either. And the Iberians always
maintained loving and friendly relations with the men of Theodosioupolis
and Abnikon and Manzikiert and with all Persia, but in Phasiane they never
acquired any territories.
The lord Leo, the emperor, and the lord Romanus and our own imperial
majesty several times asked for the city of Ketzeon, so that we might take
it over and introduce garrisons, in order to stop Theodosioupolis from being
revictualled thence, assuring the curopalate and his brothers that, after
Theodosioupolis had been taken, they should have this city back; but
the Iberians did not consent to do this, out of their love for the Theodosiou-
politans and in order that the city of Theodosioupolis might not be taken,
and declared in answer to the lord Romanus and to our imperial majesty,
saying: If we do this, we shall become dishonoured in the eyes of our
neighbours, such as the magister the ruler of Abasgia and the Basparakanite
and the potentates of the Armenians, and they will say that 'the emperor
holds the Iberians, the curopalate and his brothers, for faithless and does
not trust them, and that is why he has taken over the city from them';
but let the emperor rather send a lieutenant-general or some imperial agent,
and let him take up his quarters in the city of Ketzeon and let him watch.
And they were instructed by imperial mandate, to this effect: What is the
use of our sending either lieutenant-general or imperial agent 1 Even if he
enters, whether he be lieutenant-general or imperial agent, he will enter
with ten or a dozen men and will take up his quarters in the lodgings which
you will provide for him; and since the roads leading to the city of Theo-
dosiou polis are many, he cannot from the city see the caravans entering
the city of Theodosioupolis; and caravans may enter Theodosioupolis by
night, and they none the wiser. And so, then, because the Iberians did not
wish that Theodosioupolis should be taken, but rather that it should be
V 55 ToG 1 om. edd. II ToG 2 om. edd. II 65 McxVT~txti;;pT<7iv Ba Be II 67 xup7)c;1

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"OTL xoc&wc; EvlcrTcxTocL o xoupo7tocAOCT'Y)c; 7te:pt Twv x.wplcuv T~c;
<l>cxcrLcxv~c;, Em~'IJ"t'WV ClA'Y)V -djv <l>occrLocv~v xoct To xoccrTpov TOU 'A(3vlxou, 100
7tpOq:>cxcrL~6e:voc; xpucro(30UAALOC exe:w TOU ocxocplou (3occrL:Mcuc;, TOU xupou
'Pcuocvou xoct rijc; Y]e:Tl:pocc; (3occrLJ..docc;, ci>v xocl TOC !croc 7tpoc; ~iic; oc7te-
crTe:LAe:v oLoc TOU Zoup~ocvlA'Y) 7tpcuTOcr7toc&ocpou, Tou &~chou cxuTou,
TociJToc Emcrxe:~oce:voL e:upoe:v ocuTov 'Y)3e:ocv ~ofi&e:Locv ~xovw... To E:v
yocp xpucro(3ouAALOV TOU 7te:v.&epou ~wv 7tE:pLEXE:L U7tocrxl:cr-9-ocL TOV OCU't'OV 105
'l I < \'.' > I 'fl. fl. I > \ > I \ ' ,f,J.
XOUp07tOC/\CXT' Y)V, cue; oL OpXOU e;t'e;t'ocLWO'E:V OCUTOV OLXE:L~ XE:LpL e:yypoc'!'~f.1.E:-
VOc;, "t'OU i'>Loce:'i:vcxL EV T?) 7tlcrTe:L 'T'Yjc; ~e:Tepocc; (3occrLA.e:locc; xocl Toi:.:; E:v
143VP ex&po'i:c; ~wv cXVTLocze:cr&ocL, I TOOc; oE: rplJ..ouc; U7te:poccr7tL~e:cr&ocL xocl -div
OCVCX"t'
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croccr&ocL xocl e:yoc"Aoc 7tpoc; &e:poc7te:locv Y]wv epyoc 7t0Lficroccr&ocL, xoct U7te:crxe&1j 110
OCUTc7> 7tCXpOC 't'OU 7te:v.&e:pou ~wv, !voc, eocv q:>UAOC~'"fl ~'II TOLOCU"t''r)V mcr-djv
203Be OOUACUO'LV xoct e:uyvcuocrUV'r)V, i'>Loce:lvn oce:TOCO'OCAE:UToc; I xoct octhoc; XOCL
ol TOU yevouc; OCUTOU EV T?i TOUTOU ocpx?J xcxl E~oucrl~ XOCL OU e:"t'CXO'~cre:L
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144 vp 'Aopcxvcxcre, e:~ otxdcxc; ouvcie:cuc; xo:.&U7t0TOC~CXL TiJ.V Ayocp'IJVW'll, I Yi &.7t0
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edd.; bn:~~TWY p II 101 xpuaopouA.AtlX edd.: xpuao~oUAALO\I p II 105 m;.&i;;poti
211
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revictualled, for this reason they did not obey and give up the city of
Ketzeon, although they received a sworn promise in writing that after
the capture of Theodosioupolis this city should revert to them.
The Iberians never consented to raid or take prisoners in the
environs of the city of Theodosioupolis or in its territories, or in the city
of Abnikion or the territories about it, or in the city of Manzikiert or the
area controlled by it.
Whereas regarding the territories of Phasiane the curopalate persists
in his demand for all Phasiane and the city of Abnikon, and alleges that he has
golden bulls of the emperor the lord Romanus, of blessed memory, and of our
imperial majesty, copies of which he sent us by the hand of Zourbanelis
the protospatharius, his 'azat', we examined these and found that they
gave him no help. For, first, the golden bull of our father-in-law embodies
a promise of this same curopalate, as he assured him on his oath and in-
scribed it with his own hand, that he will abide in loyalty to our imperial
majesty, and fight against our foes and protect our friends, and subdue
the east to our imperial majesty, and reduce cities and do great works for
our comfort; and on the part of our father-in-law a promise was made to
him that, if he continues in this loyal servitude and gratitude, he shall
remain unshaken, both he and those of his family, in his rule and dominion;
and the emperor will not move the boundaries of his territories, but will be
content with the agreements made by former emperors and will not push
beyond them; nor will he stop the curopalate from destroying Theodosioupolis
and the rest of the cities of the enemy, whether he lays siege to them with
his own unaided strength or with the assistance of this our army. Such are
the main points contained in the golden bulls, and from them the curo-
palate gets no help: for that of our father-in-law lays it down that we will
not disturb him from the ancient boundaries of his country, and that, if
he can, whether by himself or with our army, he shall lay siege to and destroy
Theodosioupolis and the rest of the cities of the enemy, but not so as to
hold them in absolute sovereignty and lordship; while that of our own
imperial majesty includes a provision that all the places of the Agarenes
which both he and his nephew, the magister Adranase, may be able by
their own power to reduce, or shall in future reduce, he shall hold as sovereign
lord. And since by his own power he subdued neither Theodosioupolis nor
p II 108 TOU<; oE: <pLAOU<; corr. Moravcsik: Tot<; oE: q:ilAmi; p edd. II 111 CXUTij>
corr. Toma8ic: cxuTo'i'i; P edd. II xe:&e:pou P II mcrTI)v: xlcrTw edd. II l13
mtcrT"f)ITTj F II 115 O"TEpl;e:L Be: O"TEp1;1J p O"Ttpl;n Me Ba II ouxl om. edd. II
post rte:pCXLTEpw add. lj edd. II urte:p(3-fi0"1JT<XL F II 116 TI)v bis p II 117 OL' CXUTOU!
oLiX Toti cxuTou Me Ba Tau secl. Be II 119 xe:Ah;pou P II 120 mxpcxcroO.e:uoe:v V
edd. II 122 xncxcrTpeljie:L V edd.: xcxTcxcrTpelj/1J P !I 126 'AopcxvcxcrE: scr. Morav-
csik: 'Aopcxvo:crcxl P 'Aopcxvcxa-Ji edd. II 127 xcxTExTI edd. II
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'A[3vtXLOV, OUTE TO MotcrTcX'rOV, oux ocpd/..e:t TotUTIX XIXTEX.ELV, <tlc; OVTOC
v.&e:v TOU "Epoci; 7tOTotou, ~TOL TOU &mi'>oc;, i'>t6TL TO E:v xcfmpov ou 130
'A[3vlxou tx_pL TOU vuv ~v oc1he:i;oucnov xocl otUToOfo7toTov, x_ov 'Ci'>Lov
&'Y)piiv, xod 7to/,AcfxLc; o /..ococ; TI'jc; [3cxcn"Adctc; -Yjwv E7tpoclae:ucre:v cx1h6,
204Be &"AA.c>: xoci 6 7tpWTO jcr7toc.&ocpLoc; 'IwocvvYJ<; xocl. crTpocniyoc; o
'Appocf3wvlTYJc;
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145rp crocvTo, xcxTcxxocuerocvTe:c; TOC x.wploc CXUTOU, 'Y) jo7tOTE TOU xoupo7tcxAocTou
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f1."1)VU1TEL<; 7tOCpot TOU 7tot't'pLXLOU "e:ocpt/\OU XOCL O"'t'pCXTlJYOU XOCL LoWV, OTL 140
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opxov 7tpoc; OCUTOV TOU E7tLXpOC't'E:LV OCUTO xocl. 71i'>7tOTe: TOUTO 't'oi:c; Locpoc-150
XYJVOLc; emllouvocL. Koci i'>toc TO dvocL OCUTOV xocl. XpLO"TLOCVOV xoct i'>ouAov T~c;
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expcXTYJO"OCV OCUTO, i'>tOTL OtJTE TO TOLOUTOV xcXcr't'pov TO MoccrTOCTOV, OUT TOU 155
146rP 'A[3vlxou 'ix.oucrLV ei;oucrlocv I
E7tL~"r)TELV. 'AA"A' E7t"E:t0~ 0 xoupo7tocMTY)c;
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ocxocptoc; 'Iwocwl)c; b
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I \ >I (', \ 't: - f \ 7tOTocov \
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cruvopov. T'o e:v \ yocp ' ocxpLl:-'e:c;
' A' oLXCXtov "'' ouoe:.Locv
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i:: I nocpe::x,eL T<pI -
xouponoc"AOCTYJ, e'lTe: de; TOC 'iv.&e:v Tau 7tOTocou, e:rTe de; TOC txei:&ev otot- 165
l46VP xpiXTt)crLV eze:tv, ot6Tt TcX TOLOCU \Toc 7t0CVTOC x.wp(oc TWV 0e:ooocrtOU7tOAt't'WV
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213
45
Abnikion nor Mastaton, he has no right to hold them, lying as they do on
this side of the Erax or Phasis river; because the city of Abnikon, on the
one hand, has hitherto been independent and self-governing, under its own
emir, and several times the army of our imperial majesty has raided it,
yes, and the protospatharius John Arrhabonitis, the military governor, and
the patrician Theophilus, who is now military governor of Theodosioupolis,
and the rest of the military governors have taken great plunder and many
prisoners in it, and burnt its villages, while the curopalate has never raided
it at all. And when these villages had been utterly devastated by our imperial
majesty, the Iberians crept in and took possession of them, and tried
thereafter to possess themselves of the city. But the emir, after being several
times warned by the patrician and military governor Theophilus, and see-
ing that he had no hope of survival from any quarter, submitted him-
self and consented to become the servant of our imperial majesty, and gave
his son as a hostage. Mastaton, on the other hand, belonged to the Theo-
dosioupolitans; and when the magister John had besieged Theodosioupolis
seven months, because he was unable to take it he sent some men and took
this same city of Mastaton and introduced into it the protospatharius
Petronas Boilas, who was then captain-general of Nicopolis. And the magi-
ster Pankratios, who had joined the campaign of this same magister at
Theodosioupolis, when the latter was about to retire, begged him to give
him this city, and made him an oath in writing that he would retain it and
never give it up to the Saracens. He, as the said Pankratios was a Christian
and servant of our imperial majesty, trusted to his oath and gave it him,
and he gave it back again to the Theodosioupolitans. And when Theo-
dosioupolis was taken, the Iberians crept in and took possession of Mastaton;
for these reasons they have no authority to demand either this city of Mastaton
or that of Abnikon. But since the curopalate is our faithful and upright
servant and friend, at his request let the frontier of Phasiane be the river
Erax or Phasis, and let the Iberians possess the parts on the left hand side
towards Illyria, and all the parts on the right towards Theodosioupolis,
whether cities or villages, be beneath our imperial majesty, the river, that
is to say, forming the frontier between the two, just as in his lifetime John
Kourkouas, of blessed memory, when asked about this, declared that it was
best for the river to be the frontier. Strict justice does not allow the curopalate
any authority to exercise control either on this side of the river or on the
other, since all these villages of the Theodosioupolitans were enslaved and
139 &:'l)p~c; P 11 140 lllwv edd.: to&c; P 11 141 ouBcx6&e:v: ouocxGic; edd. 11 oou"Aoc;
yi;;vfo&cxt edd. II 143 Ekooocr1oun-o"Ahwv p II 149 o~crn edd.: owcri;;t p II 152/3
-rov dp'l)evov Ilcxyxp&:nov: -rii> dp'l)evtp Ilcxyxpcx-rd<p edd. II 155 -ro -ro1ouTov
xcl:crTpov TO McxcrTchov: -rou TOLOUTOU xcl:crTpou TOU McxcrTcXTOU edd. II 159 'IUuplcxv:
'l[j'l)plcxv coni. Brosset Laskin II xcxexwcr1v edd. xcxexoumv P II 162 o2 om.
edd. II 163 Koupxoucxc; P II 166 0i;;ooocrwun-o:Al-rwv P II _,
214
45, 46
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burnt by the armies of our imperial majesty, and never without our
army did the Iberians come out and raid Theodosioupolis, but always
maintained friendship with them and traded with them; and while they
said they wished Theodosioupolis to be taken, in their hearts they by no
means desired its capture. However, our imperial majesty, for our love
of the curopalate, as has been said, has consented that the river Erax, or
Phasis, shall be the frontier between the two, and they must be content
with retaining this much, and demand nothing more.
46. 0 f t h e g e n e a 1 o g y o f t h e I b e r i a n s a n d o f t h e
c i t y o f A r d a n o u t z i.
Pankratios and David the Mampalis, which means 'all-holy', were

sons of the elder Symbatios the Iberian. Ardanoutzi fell to the inheritance
of Pankratios, and other country fell to David. Pankratios had three sons,
Adranaser, Kourkenios and the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, and he
divided his country among them, and Ardanoutzi fell to his son Kourkenios,
who, dying childless, left it to his brother Asotios, called Kiskasis. The
patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, married his daughter to the late magister
Kourkenis, who, having grown great, revolted, and deprived his father-
in-law Asotios of Ardanoutzi, and gave him in exchange Tyrokastron and
the river region of Atzaras, which forms the frontier of Romania at Kolorin.
Now, the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, had to wife the sister of the
magister George, ruler of Abasgia. And when the magister Kourkenios
and the magister George, ruler of Abasgia, fell out with one another, the
patrician Asotios took the side of the ruler of Abasgia, and for that reason
Kourkenios, gaining the upper hand, deprived him even of what he had
given him in exchange for Ardanoutzi, and expelled him, and he departed
to Abasgia. On the death of the magister Kourkenios, Ardanoutzi was left
to his wife, the daughter of the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, as her
father's heiress. Now when Asotios the curopalate and the magister George,
ruler of Abasgia, and the magister Pankratios, brother of the aforesaid
curopalate, were dividing up the country of the magister Kourkenios by
46. 2 'A8pocvouT~lou edd. II 3 post ~ocul8 a.dd. xoct edd. omittendum

coni. Brosset II post 63 addendum xoct coni. Marquart II 5 'Ap8ocvouT~7) P:
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force of arms, they came to an accommodation and each took what was next
to him. And Ardanoutzi lay next to Symbatios, son of the aforesaid David.
Then all of them seized on the widow of the magister Kourkenios, that is,
the daughter of the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, and said to her:
<cYou, as a woman, cannot possess the city. Then Symbatios gave the woman
territories in exchange for the city, and took the city of Ardanoutzin.
These Iberians are related to one another in the following manner.
The mother of David and the mother of Adranase the curopalate, father
of the present curopalate Asotios, were the children of two brothers, that
is to say, they were first cousins. Symbatios, the son of David, had to wife
the daughter of the magister Pankratios, father of Adranasi who is now
magister, and after her death Adranasi married the sister of Symbatios,
son of David.
The city of Ardanoutzin is very strongly defended, and has moreover
a considerable suburban area like a provincial city, and the commerce of
Trapezus and of Iberia and of Abasgia and from the whole country of
Armenia and Syria comes to it, and it has an enormous customs revenue
from this commerce. The country of the city of Ardanoutzin, the 'Arzyn',
is both extensive and fertile, and it is a key of Iberia and Abasgia and of
the Mischians.
The emperor the lord Romanus, of blessed memory, sent the patrician
Constantine, the lord admiral, who was at that time protospatharius and lictor,
with a tunic of the magistracy in order to make Kourkenios the Iberian a ma-
gister. When the patrician Constantine, the lord admiral, had reached Nico-
medeia, the monk Agapios of Kyminas came on the scene, who had at that
time been visiting the holy city to fulfil a vow. In his passage through Iberia
he had come to the city of Ardanoutzin. The patrician Asotios, called Kis-
kasis, at feud with his son-in-law Kourkenios, had spoken thus to the monk
Agapios: I adjure you, by God and by the power of the honourable and
life-giving Cross, to go to Constantinople and tell the emperor to send and
take over my city, and have it beneath his dominion. The monk Agapios
came to Constantinople and related to the emperor all that the patrician
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Asotios, called Kiskasis, had said to him. The aforesaid patrician Constantine,
the lord admiral, who was at Nicomedeia on the aforesaid business of appoint-
ing Kourkenios the Iberian to be magister, received by command of the
emperor a missive of the patrician Symeon, the head of the imperial chan-
cellery, which said: Our holy emperor commands that you leave all you
are engaged upon and go in haste to the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis,
and take over his city of Ardanoutzin, since he has declared to our holy
emperor, by the mouth of the monk Agapios, that a trustworthy and familiar
servant should be sent to take over his city of Ardanoutzin; go, then, to
Chaldia and take some capable officers, whom you know to be brave and
trustworthy, and enter and take possession of this city. The patrician
Constantine, the lord admiral, went to Chaldia and took capable lieutenant-
generals and officers and men to the number of 300, and entered Iberia and
fell into the hands of David, of blessed memory, brother of Asotios who is now
curopalate, who said to him: Whither have you been sent by the emperor
and what task are you to perform, that you bring so many men along with
you ? For they suspected that, now Adranase the curopalate was dead, the
emperor must be about to honour Kourkenios with the rank of curopalate;
because, in the mean time, the sons of the curopalate Adranase had, after
their father's death, had certain quarrels with their cousin. And since
Kourkenios had dispatched his chief man with a large gift to the emperor,
requesting that he might be made curopalate or magister, the four brothers,
that is, the sons of Adranase the curopalate, assumed that the patrician
Constantine came thither to create Kourkenios curopalate. But the patrician
Constantine put them off by saying: Because I am about to honour
Kourkenios with the rank of magister I bring with me so many men.
And the patrician Constantine went off to the country of Kourkenios and
honoured him with the rank of magister, and, bidding him farewell, said:
d am going to David the magister. For this same patrician Constantine
had for David also a mandate and presents from the emperor. And he
entered Ardanoutzin, the city of the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis,
and gave him the imperial mandate addressed to him, which contained
nothing about the city of Ardanoutzin, but was about other matters. But
'Ap8avou~7)V P: 'A8pavouT~w edd. II 72/3 tX7tOO"TctA.~vaL: &7tocrnD.aL edd.

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the patrician Constantine said to him: Although the mandate contains
nothing about the city of Ardanoutzin, none the less the monk Agapios
came to the emperor and reported to him all that you had bidden him
about the city of Ardanoutzin, and therefore the emperor has sent me, to
take over the city and introduce into it the men I bring along with me. And
since, as has been said above, the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, was at
feud with his son-in-law Kourkenios, he had made up his mind the rather
to give his city to the emperor. The patrician Constantine had with him
standards and he gave one to the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis. He put
it upon a pike and gave it to the patrician Constantine, saying: Set it up
on top of the wall, that all may know that from this day this city belongs to
the emperor. The patrician Constantine did so and set the standard on
top of the wall and made the customary salutations of the emperors of the
Romans, so that it became known to all that the patrician Asotios, called
Kiskasis, had made a present of the city of Ardanoutzin to the emperor.
Now, the elder David made no offer of his country to the emperor, not-
withstanding it marched with the county of Akampsis and with Mourgouli.
So then the patrician Constantine reported to the emperor in two dispatches,
the one containing the news of how he had honoured Kourkenios with the
rank of magister, and of how Kourkenios had accepted the magistracy and
saluted the emperor; and the other containing news about the city of
Ardanoutzin, and of how he had taken it over from the patrician Asotios,
called Kiskasis, and that the patrician Asotios and his son-in-law the ma-
gister Kourkenios had a great quarrel and feud with one another, and that
the emperor should send succour for the garrisoning of this city, and that,
should it be possible, the commander-in-chief should also come. When the
Iberians, the magister Kourkenios and the magister David, brother of
the curopalate Asotios, saw what was done, they wrote to the emperor:
If your imperial majesty approves this and enters our country, then we
put off our servitude to your imperial majesty and make common cause
with the Saracens, since we shall have fighting and hostilities with the
Romans and shall, perforce, move an army against the city of Ardanoutzin
and its country, and against Romania itself. The emperor, having learnt
cpAciouA.a P II 110 [3txA.6iv: A.tx[36iv V edd. II post xov't'aptov add. 7tepL0:.1)7)xe:

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of these things through the letters of the aforesaid princes and having
heard them from their envoys, and being terrified lest perchance they
might make common cause with the Saracens and lead out the armies of
Persia against Romania, denied it, saying: I did not write to the protos-
patharius Constantine, the lictor, about this city and its country, telling
him to take it over, but out of his own folly, so to say, he has done this.
So spoke the emperor in his desire to give them all satisfaction; and
this same protospatharius Constantine, the lictor, received a mandate
couched in terms of insult and menace: Who instructed you to do this?
Come you, the rather, out of the city and take Asotios, son of the late Adra-
nase the curopalate, and conduct him hither, so that we may honour him
with his father's rank of curopalate. On receipt of these orders, the patrician
Constantine abandoned the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis, in his city
of Ardanoutzin, and himself took leave and departed to the elder David
and gave him the mandate which he had for him, and returned and entered
Iberia and found, met together in one place, the magister Kourkenios
and the magister David, brother of Asotios the curopalate. And they began
to quarrel with and to heap abuse upon the patrician Constantine, saying:
You are a sly and evil fellow in not revealing to us, concerning the city
of Ardanoutzin, that you were about to take possession of it, and, It is
not the emperor's policy to possess himself of it, for we ourselves reported
to the emperor on this affair and have received a reply that the emperor
knows nothing whatsoever about this affair, but that you have done this
out of love of the patrician Asotios, called Kiskasis. The patrician Constan-
tine made a reasonable defence to these charges, and took Asotios, son of
Adranase the curopalate, and conducted him to Constantinople, and he
was honoured by the emperor with the dignity of curopalate.
But what of events which have taken place at various times
between the Romans and different nations? For it is worth while, my dearest
son, that record of these things also should not escape you, in order that,
should the same things come about on similar occasions, you may by fore-
knowledge find a ready remedy.
P II 146 Te:n:A.e:unp<6Toc; edd. II 149 KwvcrTavi-rvoc; per comp. P Me: KwvcrTac;

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ed. Mansi XI. c. 961. = ed. Ralles-Potles II. p. 395.
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47. Of the migration of the Cypriots the story is
as f o 11 ow s.
When the island was captured by the Saracens and remained un-
inhabited seven years, and the archbishop John came with his folk to the
imperial city, a dispensation was made by the emperor Justinian in the
holy sixth synod that he, with his bishops and the folk of the island, should
take over Cyzicus and should make his appointments whenever a bishopric
should fall vacant, to the end that the ::i,uthority and rights of Cyprus might
not be interrupted (for the emperor Justinian himself also was a Cypriot,
as from the Cypriots of olden days the tale has persisted unto this day);
and so it was ordained in the holy sixth synod that the archbishop of
Cyprus should appoint the president of Cyzicus, as it is recorded in the 39th
chapter of the same holy sixth synod.
But after seven years, by God's will the emperor was moved to populate
Cyprus again, and he sent to the commander of the faithful of Bagdad three
of the illustrious Cypriots, natives of the same island, called Phangoumeis,
in charge of an imperial agent both intelligent and illustrious, and wrote
to the commander of the faithful asking him to dismiss the folk of the island
of Cyprus that were in Syria to their own place. The commander of the
faithful obeyed the emperor's epistle, and sent illustrious Saracens to all
the parts of Syria and gathered together all the Cypriots and carried them
over to their own place. And the emperor, for his part, sent an imperial
agent and carried over those who had settled in Romania, that is, at Cyzicus
and in the Kibyrrhaiote and Thrakesian provinces, and the island was
populated.
48. C h a p t e r 39 o f t h e h o 1 y s i x t h s y n o d, h e 1d i n t he
D o m e d H a 11 o f t h e G r e a t P a 1 a c e.
Whereas our brother and fellow-minister John, president of the isle

of the Cypriots, because of the barbarian assaults and to the end that they
Ba Be: -r.S-' P II 15 rr-riX edd.: ~' P II o1xm:.u Be: o!xe:foixt P o1x~om V Me

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Ralles-Potles: Ku7tp(ou P Ku7tpou Be Ralles-Potles in apparatu II 4 'EAA"l]-
a7t6vnov Meursius Be Mansi Rallee-Potles: 'E)..a7tov8ov P II 5 -riXc:; f)ixpf)ctp1xiXc:;
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might be free from slavery to the infidel and be subject unfeignedly to the
sceptre of his most Christian majesty, hath with his own folk migrated from
the said isle to the province of Hellespont, by the providence and mercy
of God and by the labour of our Christ-loving and pious emperor; we do
resolve: that the privileges accorded unto the throne of the aforesaid by
the fathers inspired of God at their sometimes meeting in Ephesus shall
be preserved uninjured; that the new Justinianoupolis shall have the right
of the city of the Constantinians; and that the most pious bishop who is set
over it shall preside over all the bishops of the province of Hellespont, and
shall be appointed by his own bishops, according to the ancient custom (for
our fathers inspired of God have resolved that the practices in each church are
to be preserved), the bishop of the city of the Cyzicenes being subject to the
president of the said Justinianoupolis in like manner as are all the rest of
the bishops under the said most pious president John, by whom as need
shall arise the bishop also of the same city of the Cyzicenes shall be appointed.
But now that we have thus accurately formulated and set before
you the matters concerning foreign nations, it is right that you should
be certainly informed about reforms introduced, not only in the affairs of
our city, but at various times over all the empire of the Romans, to the end
that knowledge of things closer at hand and domestic may abide with you
preeminently and may show you more worthy of affection to your subjects.
In the time of Constantine, son of Constantine, called Pogonatus, one
Callinicus fled from Helioupolis to the Romans and manufactured the liquid
fire which is projected through the tubes, by the aid of which the Romans
gutted the fleet of the Saracens at Cyzicus, and gained the victory.
v Ba Be Mansi Railes-Poties: TOU [3ixp[3ixptxou p II e&vtldjc; edd. Mansi Railes-

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7tup uypov: 7tup &ixMamov Theoph.
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T(i x.oc-r' ocu-r&v xpoc-rcx.t~ E7te:li.e:ucre:t 't'OU OC"IJT~TOU xocl. &x.oc-rocywvtcr-rou 35

07tf-(-rou xocl cr-rpoc't'"t)you :v.ocl -roc!;Llipxou xocl -rpo7toctoux_ou xoct vLX1Jq>6pou
F 49. 4 NLX7Jcp6poc; - 75 o:u-rooc;: cf. Synodalis epistol.a patriarchae Nicolai

III Grammatici, ed. Migne, P. G. 119. c. 877 D-880 A. = ed. Railes-Poties,
V. p. 72.
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49. H e w h o e n q u i r e s h o w t h e S 1 a v s we r e p u t i n s er v-
i t u d e a n d s u b j e c t i o n t o t h e c h u r c h o f P a t r a s,
1 e t h i m 1 e a r n f r o m t h e p r e s e n t p a s s a g e.
Nicephorus was holding the sceptre of the Romans, and these Slavs
who were in the province of Peloponnesus decided to revolt, and first proce-
eded to sack the dwellings of their neighbours, the Greeks, and gave them
up to rapine, and next they moved against the inhabitants of the city of Patras
and ravaged the plains before its wall and laid siege to itself, having with
them African Saracens also. And when a considerable time had gone by
and there began to be dearth of necessaries, both water and foodstuffs,
among those within the wall, they took counsel among themselves to come
to terms of composition and to obtain promises of immunity and then to
surrender the city to their yoke. And so, as the then military governor was at
the extremity of the province in the city of Corinth, and it had been expected
that he would come and defeat the nation of the Slavenes, since he had
received early intelligence of their assault from the nobles, the inhabitants
of the city resolved that a scout should first be sent to the eastern side
of the mountains and spy out and discover if the military governor were
in fact coming, and they instructed and gave a signal to their envoy, that
if he were to see the military governor coming, he should on his way back
dip the standard, so they might know of the coming of the military governor,
but if not, to hold the standard erect, so they might for the future not
expect the military governor to come. So the scout went off and found that
the military governor was not coming, and began to come back, holding
the standard erect. But, as it pleased God through the intercession of the
holy apostle Andrew, the horse slipped and the rider fell off and dipped
the standard, and the inhabitants of the city, seeing the signal given and
believing that the military governor was coming undoubtedly, opened the
gates of the city and sallied forth bravely against the Slavenes; and they
saw the fust-called apostle, revealed to their eyes, mounted upon a horse
and charging upon the barbarians, yea, and he totally routed them and
scattered them and drave them far off from the city and made them to flee.
And the barbarians saw and were amazed and confounded at the violent
assault upon them of the invincible and unconquerable warrior and captain
and marshal, the triumphant and victorious first-called apostle Andrew,
V 49. 2 I:x)..ixfjot edd. II 5 -rat; V edd. : -rou P II 8 xix-rfo-rpi::qi6v n: xixmnpt-

<pov-ro V edd. II 9 ante :EixplXX"IJVOUt; add. xixt edd. II 13 ixu-ro"i:t; V edd. II 15
I:x)..o:[j"l)v&v Be :Ex)..ix[j~vwv Me Ba II 18 axom'iv edd.: axo7tout; P II 20 &7te:cnix)..-
evtp edd. II 21 x)..vn Ba Be; x)..~ve:~ P II qiMou)..ov P II 22 qiMou)..ov P II 23
-rou add. Moravcsik II 25 qiMou)..ov P II 27 q>A.&ou)..ov P II 28 t86v-re:t; edd.:
l86-re:t; P II 30 I:x/.cx(3"1)v&v edd. II 34 t86v-re:t; V edd. : e:t86-re:t; P II xo:l 9 om. edd. 11
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OC7t'OO"T6Aou. ''ExTOTZ ()E: oi. ocq>optcr.&evTEc; ~XAOC~!fjvoL &v Tfl [Ll')Tp07!6),e:t 65
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ouev'Y)c;, &.Ali.' ocuTol. oi. ~x"Aoc~!fjvm &:7!o 8tocvo1jc; xocl. cruv8ocrlocc; -rijc; 70
ocX.ooc; OCUTWV il:mcruvcX.youmv Toce; TOLOCUTOCc; x_pe:locc;. 'E7tOL1JcrEV 8E: xocl.
,......
crtyLN\LOV A'&c.>v, 0' OCEL[LV' ' ' Y)O"TOc; XOCL' cror:pcu't'OC'toc; t'OCO"L/\e:Uc;, I ">. ,
(). .,/\E7t'C'OEp(J}c; -
F 62 yvii> - 64 e:ue:pye:mwv: Psalm. 77, 6-7, cf. Psalm. 21, 31.

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and were thrown into disorder and shaken, and trembling gat hold upon
them and they fled for refuge in his most sacred temple.
Now when the military governor arrived on the third day after the
rout and learnt of the victory of the apostle, he reported to the emperor
Nicephorus upon the onset of the Slavenes and the foraging and enslaving
and destroying and the plundering and all the other horrors which in their
incursion they had inflicted on the regions of Achaea; and also upon the
siege of many days and the sustained assault on the inhabitants of the
city; and in like manner upon the visitation and aid in battle and the rout
and the total victory won by the apostle, and how he had been seen revealed
to their eyes charging upon and pursuing the rear of the foe and routing
them, so that the barbarians. themselves were aware that the apostle had
visited us and was aiding us in the battle, and therefore had fled for refuge
to his hallowed temple. The emperor, learning of these things, gave orders
to this effect: Since the rout and total victory were achieved by the apostle,
it is our duty to render to him the whole expeditionary force of the foe
and the booty and the spoils. And he ordained that the foemen themselves,
with all their families and relations and all who belonged to them, and all
their property as well, should be set apart for the temple of the apostle
in the metropolis of Patras, where the first-called and disciple of Christ
had performed this exploit in the contest; and he issued a bull concerning
these matters in that same metropolis.
These things the older and more ancient narrated, handing them
down in unwritten tradition to them who lived in the after time, so that,
as the prophet says, the coming generation might know the miracle wrought
through the intercession of the apostle, and might rise up and declare it to
their sons, that they might not forget the benefits done by God through
the intercession of the apostle. And from that time the Slavenes who were
set apart in the metropolis have maintained like hostages the military
governors and the imperial agents and all the envoys sent from foreign
nations, and they have their own waiters and cooks and servants of all
kinds who prepare foods for the table; and the metropolis interferes in none
of these matters, for the Slavenes themselves collect the necessary funds
by apportionment and subscription among their unit. And Leo, too, the
ever-memorable and most wise emperor, issued a bull containing a detailed
V 39 -rpl'tfl edd.: y' P II 41 :Ex)..o:(3'1)v6>v edd. II 45 -ro om. edd. II 4 7

op<i&'I) p II 48 we;: &att edd. II o:fo&e:a&otL v edd.: ott&e:a&o:L p o:r8e:a&ott coni.
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P II 64 l'>v: &c; V II 65 Ll<Aot(3'1)vo! edd. II 70 ~x)..o:(3'1)vo! edd. II 72 ao<pw't'o:Toc;:
&:oC8ioc; edd.
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49,50
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V 00. 2 M-l)ALyYWV scr. Moravcsik: Mt!.~nwv P Me Mt).'l)yywv Ba Be II 4 post

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account of what these same persons who are ascribed to the metropolitan
are liable to provide, and forbidding him to exploit them or in any other way
to hurt them unjustly at his whim.
50. 0 f t h e S 1a v s i n t h e p r o v i n c e o f P e 1 o p o n n e s u s,
the M i 1 i n g o i a n d E z e r i t a i, a n d o f t he tribut e
paid b y t h e m, a n d i n 1 i k e m a n n e r o f t h e i n h a b i t-
an ts of the city of Mai:na and of the tribute paid
by them.
The Slavs of the province of Peloponnesus revolted in the days of the

emperor Theophilus and his son Michael, and became independent, and
plundered and enslaved and pillaged and burnt and stole. And in the reign
of Michael, the son of Theophilus, the protospatharius Theoctistus, surnamed
Bryennius, was sent as military governor to the province of Peloponnesus
with a great power and force, viz., of Thracians and Macedonians and the
rest of the western provinces, to war upon and subdue them. He subdued
and mastered all the Slavs and other insubordinates of the province of
Peloponnesus, and only the Ezeritai and the Milingoi were left, towards
Lacedaemonia and Helos. And since there is there a great and very high
mountain called Pentadaktylos, which runs like a neck a long distance out
into the sea, and because the place is difficult, they settled upon the flanks
of this same mountain, the Milingoi in one part, and in the other part the
Ezeritai. The aforesaid protospatharius Theoctistus, the military governor
of Peloponnesus, having succeded in reducing these too, fixed a tribute
of 60 nomismata for the Milingoi, and of 300 nomismata for the Ezeritai,
and this they used to pay while he was military governor, as this report
of it is preserved to this day by the local inhabitants. But in the reign
of the lord Romanus the emperor, the protospatharius John Proteuon,
military governor in this same province, reported to the same lord Romanus
concerning both Milingoi and Ezeritai, that they had rebelled and neither
obeyed the military governor nor regarded the imperial mandate, but were
practically independent and self-governing, and neither accepted a head
man at the hand of the military governor, nor heeded orders for military
service under him, nor would pay other dues to the treasury. While his
xcia't"pou add. TOU edd. II McxtV'l)c; scr. Moravcsik: Mcxw'ijc; P Mcx"tv'ijc; edd. II 5 TOu
7tcxp' cxo-rwv TE:Aouevou 7tcXX't"ou: Twv 7tcxp' cxuTwv Te:Aouevcov 7t'cXXTIAlV edd. II 11
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report was on its way, it happened that the protospatharius Krinitis Arotras
was appointed military governor in Peloponnesus, and when the report
of the protospatharius John Proteuon, military governor of Pelopon-
nesus, arrived and was read in the presence of the emperor, the lord
Romanus, and was found to contain news of the revolt of the aforesaid
Slavs and of their reluctant obedience, or, more properly, their disobedience
to the imperial commands, this same protospatharius Krinitis was instructed,
since they had gone so far in revolt and disobedience, to march against them
and defeat and subdue and exterminate them. And so, beginning his war
upon them in the month of March and burning down their crops and plunder-
ing all their land, he kept them to defence and resistance until the month
of November, and then, seeing that they were being exterminated, they
begged to negotiate for their submission and pardon for their past misdoings.
And so the aforesaid protospatharius Krinitis, the military governor, fixed
upon them tributes greater than they had been paying: upon the Milingoi
540 nomismata on top of the 60 nomismata which they had paid before,
so that their total tribute was 600 nomismata, and upon the Ezeritai another
300 nomismata on top of the 300 nomismata they had paid before, so that
their total tribute was 600 nomismata, which this same protospatharius
Krinitis exacted and conveyed to the Treasury of the Bedchamber guarded
of God. But when the protospatharius Krinitis was transferred to the province
of Hellas and the protospatharius Bardas PlatypodiR was appointed military
governor in Peloponnesus, and disorder and strife were aroused by this
same protospatharius Bardas Platypodis and by protospatharii and nobles
who took his part, and they expelled the protospatharius Leo Agelastos
from the province, and straight away the Slavesians made an attack upon
this same province, then these same Slavs, both Milingoi and Ezeritai,
sent to the lord Romanus, the emperor, requesting and praying that the
increments to their tribute should be forgiven them, and that they should
pay what they had paid before. And since, as has been said above, the
Slavesians had entered the province of Peloponnesus, the emperor, fearing
lest they might join forces with the Slavs and bring about the total de-
struction of this same province, issued for the latt,er a golden bull providing
that they should pay as before, the Milingoi 60 nomismata, and the Ezeritai
300 nomismata. Such, then, is the cause of the increase of the tribute of
the Milingoi and Ezeritai, and of its remission.
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The inhabitants of the city of Mai:na are not of the race of the aforesaid
Slavs, but of the ancient Romans, and even to this day they are called
'Hellenes' by the local inhabitants, because in the very ancient times they
were idolaters and worshippers of images after the fashion of the ancient
Hellenes; and they were baptized and became Christians in the reign of the
glorious Basil. The place where they live is waterless and inaccessible, but
bears the olive, whence their comfort is. This place is situated on the tip
of Malea, that is, beyond Ezeron towards the coast. Seeing that they are
perfectly submissive and accept a head man from the military governor,
and heed and obey the commands of the military governor, they have
paid from very ancient times a tribute of 400 nomismata.
The province of Cappadocia was of old a county of the province of
the Anatolikoi.
The province of Kephallenia, or the Islands, was of old a county of
the province of Lombardy, but became a province in the time of Leo, the
Christ-loving sovereign.
The province of Calabria was of old a duchy of the province of Sicily.
The province of Charsianon was of old a county of the province of
the Armeniakoi.
In the time of Leo, the Christ-loving sovereign, the following hundreds
were transferred from the province of the Boukellarioi to the province of
the Cappadocians, viz., the garrison of Bareta, the garrison of Balbadona,
the garrison of Aspona and the garrison of Akarkous; and from the province
of the Anatolikoi to the province of the Cappadocians were transferred the
following hundreds, viz., the garrison of Eudokias, the garrison of Haghios
Agapitos, the garrison of Aphrazeia; and these seven hundreds, that is,
the four of the Boukellarioi and three of the Anatolikoi, became one county,
now called the Kommata.
In the time of Leo, the Christ-loving sovereign, the following hundreds
were transferred from the province of the Boukellarioi to the province of
Charsianon, viz., the garrison of Myriokephalon, the garrison of Timios
Stauros and the garrison of Berinoupolis, and they became the county now
called Saniana. And from the province of the Armeniakoi to the province
of Charsianon were transferred the following hundreds, viz., the garrison
of Komodromos, the garrison of Tabia, and were added to the said county
of Charsianon. From the province of the Cappadocians to the province
of Charsianon the following hundreds were transferred, viz., the county
of Kasi in toto and the garrison of Nyssa with Caesareia.
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edd. II 86 Aoyou(?iap8(ac; Ba Be II 88 Kaf.a(?ip(ac; V edd.: Kaf.a(3p(a P JI
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edd.: y' P \\ 100 Toupa P II 105 LtxvLciva edd. \I 'ApE:vLaxwv edd. II 106/7
Koo8p6ou P II 107 Ta{jlac; V edd. II Toupav P II 109 Toupa P // 110 NuITT)c; P I/
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't"O oE: Lu7t6mov Y;v ip'Y)(cx 7tpoc; TeX tp'YJ -rijc; Auxcxvoou 7tcxpcxxde:vo'l. l35
K IXL' E7tL ' ' 't"Yjc; - fl.t-'OCO'LAE:LCXc; '). I A'EOV't"Oc;, TOU- Cj)LAOXPLO"' '). I
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Myov /-cx.[3e:Lv x.ocl ~e:/..&e:~v x.ixl. Tov Ev Bcxcxmxx.tov x.ocl. -rouc; &.Se:/..cpou<;
168VP IXUTOU I
e:i.c; Aocptcrcrcxv xcx&e:o-&rjvocL xcxl. ovocxo-&rjvcxL Ev 't'O\I Bixixcr&xLOV
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e:Lc; 't'O ~u7tOO'LOV, 0 xcx~I ye:yove:v, 't'OV oe:
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F 120 "Exe:t - 126 Me:cro7to't'cx.lcx11: cf. De Them. p. 31, 1-5 (= ed. Pertusi
p. 73, IX 3----6).
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In past times the province of Chozanon was beneath the Saracens and
in like manner the province of Asmosaton also was beneath the Saracens.
Chanzit and Romanopolis were frontier passes of the Melitenians. And
from the mountain of Phatilanon all beyond belonged to the Saracens;
Tekis belonged to Manuel. Kamacha was the extreme county of Kolonia,
and the county of Keltzini was under Chaldia. Mesopotamia was not a
province at that time. But Leo, the Christ-loving and ever-memorable
emperor, brought the late Manuel out of Tekis upon a promise of immunity,
and brought him to Constantinople and made him protospatharius.
This same Manuel has four sons, Pankratoukas, lachnoukas, Moudaphar
and John. Pankratoukas the emperor made commander of the Hicanati
and thereafter military governor of the Boukellarioi, and Iachnoukas he
made military governor of Nicopolis, and to Moudaphar and John he gave
crown land at Trapezus, and he honoured them all with dignities and con-
ferred on them many benefits. And he made Mesopotamia a province and
appointed the late Orestes, the Charsianite, to be military governor of it,
and then gave the county of Kamacha to be under the province of Meso-
potamia, and thereafter put the county of Keltzini also beneath the
province of Mesopotamia. All these being now beneath the dominion of the
Romans, in the time of the sovereign Romanus Romanopolis and Chanzit
were added to the province of Mesopotamia.
In the time of Leo, the Christ-loving sovereign, Larissa was a county
of Sebasteia, and Kymbalaios was a county of Charsianon, and Symposion
was a desert adjacent to the region of Lykandos. And in the reign of Leo,
the Christ-loving sovereign, Eustathius Argyrus was recalled from banish-
ment and appointed military governor of Charsianon, while Melias was
still a refugee at Melitene, as was Baasakios with his two brothers Krikorikios
and Pazounis, and also the late Ismael the Armenian; these wrote to the
emperor and to the aforesaid Argyrus, asking that they might receive a
promise of immunity in form of a golden bull and might come out, and
that Baasakios and his brothers might have their seat at Larissa and Baasa-
kios be named frontier warden of Larissa, which was done; and that Ismael
should be frontier warden of Symposion, which was done; and that Melias
should be made lieutenant-general of Euphrateia, of the Trypia, and of the
Desert, and that was done. But since the Melitenians came out and did away
V 113 KA1jcroi:ipcxt P: x:Ae:icroi:ipcx edd. II 114 Me:At'twtcxTwv] littera.s vtcxT in ras.

scr. pi II 115 urnjpxe:v edd. II 116 Toupcx p II Ke::AT~tv1ji; p II Toupcx p II
118 &.dv1}0"Toi;: &.o8ioi; edd. II 120 "Exe:i: dxe: coni. Jenkins II 121
'Icxxvoi:ixixv P II
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Ke:)..T~tv'iji; P II
TOupcxv P II post cxuTiiv add. 'lij<; edd. II 130/1 ff,oucrixv TWV
'Pt.)<Xlt.)v edd. II 134 Ku~ixA.ixloi; P Ku~cx:Aixtoi; edd. II 135 Atxcxvllou P II
138 rtpoe:xe:ipcr&7l coni. Moravcsik: rtixpqwpEcr&7J P iixwp!cr&"IJ edd. II 143
TOv ev Be II 144 xl..7JcrouptiiPX7JV P JI 145 EucppciTtcxv P II 147 Me::AmvtixTwv P I/
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with that Ismael, Symposion remained deserted. And when Baasakios was
accused of plotting treachery and exiled, Larissa became once more a county
under Sebasteia, and Leo Argyrus, son of Eustathius, was appointed military
governor there, he who afterwards became magister and commander-in-
chief. But Melias had his seat at Euphrateia, and when Constantine Dux
had been appointed in Charsianon, this Melias aforesaid came down and
took possession of the ancient city of Lykandos and built it up and fortified
it and took his seat there, and it was named a frontier pass by Leo, the
Christ-loving emperor. After this he crossed from Lykandos to the mountain
of Tzamandos and there built the city which is there now, and similarly
this too was designated a frontier pass. And he took possession of Symposion
also and made it into a county. And in the first reign of Constantine the
Christ-loving sovereign, when his mother Zoe was associated with him,
Lykandos became a province, and the first military governor to be nominated
was the patrician Melias, who was, of course, at that time frontier warden
of Lykandos. And this same Melias, both for the loyalty that was in him
toward the emperor of the Romans and for his many and infinite feats of
daring against the Saracens, was afterwards honoured with the rank of
magister.
Abara used to be a county under the province of Sebasteia, but in
the time of the sovereign Romanus it became a frontier pass.
By old-established rule the captain-general of the Mardaites of Attalia
was appointed of course by the emperor; and therefore by Leo, the emperor,
of most blessed memory, Stauracius, surnamed Platys, was appointed
captain-general, who gave splendid service for several years, but disposed
things ill at his ending. For when the protospatharius Eustathius, of the
imperial chancellery, was sent as deputy military governor to the province
of the Kibyrrhaiotai, certain jealousies and broils arose between them:
and sometimes Stauracius Platys, who relied upon the patrician Himerius,
the foreign minister, as one who had been his intermediary with the emperor,
would fall foul of the deputy Eustathius and indeed flatly oppose him in
matters where he saw him acting or giving orders beyond his competence;
and sometimes, on the other hand, the deputy Eustathius would be at
odds with Stauracius and would devise many assaults and artful accusations
against him. For this reason the aforesaid Eustathius reported unfavourably
on Stauracius, saying: The province of the Kibyrrhaiotai cannot have
two military governors, me, that is, and Stauracius, captain-general of the
TOUTO edd. TO coni. Bekker II 161 Atxixv8oc; p II 162 Atx0tv8oi:i p II ovoiXo&r]

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184 post xixl add. -rov edd. II
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Mardaites; for while I give one set of orders and try to administer them, the
captain-general of the Mardaites will do something different, and being his
own master acts wildly as he sees fit. He reported other false charges besides,
and concocted many artful accusations against him, composing some that
had an air of probability and inventing others that were calumnious and
wild. These things he wrote down, relying of course upon the patrician
Himerius, the foreign minister. And at that time the patrician Himerius
was more friendly with Eustathius than with Stauracius, though afterwards
the two fell out and became full of enmity and replete with fury. The emperor,
then, received this report of Eustathius and, acceding to the request of the
patrician Himerius, gave the authority of this captain-general to the pro-
tospatharius Eustathius, the deputy. But when the emperor, of blessed memo-
ry, exchanged the things below for the things above, Alexander his brother
took the position of senior emperor, and as he superseded all who had
been appointed to any commands by the emperor his brother, of blessed
memory, being thereto persuaded by malicious and foolish men, so he super-
seded the aforesaid Eustathius also, and made another in his stead. For the
late Chase, who sprang from the race of the Saracens and continued a true
Saracen in thought and manners and religion, the slave of the patrician
Damian, this protospatharius Chase had at that time great freedom of inter-
course with the lord Alexander the emperor, as had also the protospatharius
Niketas, the brother of Chase, who was made military governor of the
Kibyrrhaiotai by this lord Alexander the emperor; this Niketas, then,
brother of the aforesaid Chase, made a request to the emperor, saying:
As I am your old friend, it is fitting you should do me a favour; and I
have a thing to request of your imperial majesty, and it is right that you
should grant it to me. The emperor being taken by surprise and asking
in his turn what this request might be and promising to grant it whatever
it was, the aforesaid Niketas made his request, saying: I request that
your imperial majesty should make my son captain-general of the Mardaites
of Attalia; and the emperor, acceding to his request, on the occasion of
a procession introduced into the Chrysotriclinus the son of the protospatha-
rius Niketas, the spatharocandidate Abercius, and appointed him captain-
general of the Mardai:tes of Attalia, just as Leo the emperor, of blessed memory,
had previously appointed Stauracius, surnamed Platys. It is the old rule,
established from the beginning, as was said at the start, that the captain-
general of the Mardai:tes is appointed by the emperor.
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In the time of the emperor Theophilus, Scholasticius the door-keeper
was chamberlain, and in the time of Michael, son of Theophilus, the patrician
Damian was chamberlain and after him, in the same reign, Basil, the Christ-
loving emperor, was chamberlain. In the time of Basil, the Christ-loving
sovereign, there was no chamberlain during all his reign. In the time of
Leo, the Christ-loving sovereign, the patrician Samonas was chamberlain,
and after him, in the time of the same emperor, the patrician Constantine.
In the time of Alexander the emperor, the patrician Barbatus was cham-
berlain; and in the time of Constantine, the Christ-loving sovereign, the
patrician Constantine, mentioned before in the time of the sovereign Leo,
was chamberlain again; and in the time of the sovereign Roman us, the
patrician Theophanes; and in the second reign of Constantine, the patrician
Basil.
In the time of Leo, the Christ-loving and ever-memorable emperor,
lived the late Ktenas, an aged cleric of great wealth, who was precentor
of the New Church and was skilled in singing as was no other at
that time. This same Ktenas besought the patrician Samonas, who was at
that time chamberlain, to intercede for him with the emperor so that he
might be made protospatharius and wear the shirt and go in procession
to the Lausiacus and take his seat as protospatharius and receive a stipend
of one pound, and in respect of this remuneration might give the emperor
forty pounds. But the emperor could not bring himself to do this, saying
that it was out of his power, and to the great disgrace of my imperial
majesty if a cleric becomes protospatharius. On hearing this from the
patrician Samonas, this same Ktenas added to the forty pounds a pair of
ear-rings valued at ten pounds, and a silver table with animals on it in gold
relief, also valued at ten pounds. And the emperor, besought by the request
of the patrician Samonas, the chamberlain, took the forty pounds of gold
and the pair of ear-rings and the table with its gold on silver relief work,
so that the total gift of the same Ktenas amounted to sixty pounds. Then
the emperor made him protospatharius, and he received a stipend on that
occasion of one pound. After being honoured with the rank of protospatharius
this same Ktenas lived two years and then died; and he received a stipend
of one pound for each of the two years.
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8 xocl oe:u-re:pov rtpOCJYjyope:u&YJ xocl. &x6)..ou&oc; wvoocO"&"Yj. Kocl yocp de;
v 01. 3 opowv(ou edd.: 8p6wvoc;; p II 8 &7tlj:Mle:v corr. Jenkins: rrlj:l..&e:v

P edd. II 9 'PLy(ou P I\ 10 x-rLl:6e:vov edd.: x-rt~O(J.tvou P II 12 1:nvhwv P II
13 XocL om. edd. II ~CXO-LALXO'lt"AC:ir:fLCX: ~CX<JLALXOC 'lt"Aror:cx edd. II 14 oexcx edd.:
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51. W h y t h e i m p e r i a 1 g a 11 e y c am e t o b e m ad e, a n d
of the steersmen of this same g a 11 e y, and a 11 about
t h e p r o t o s p a t h a r i u s o f t h e b a s i n.
Until the reign of Leo, the glorious and most wise emperor, there
was no imperial galley for the emperor to embark in, but he used to embark
in a scarlet barge; except that, in the time of the Christ-loving sovereign
Basil, when this same emperor visited the hot baths of Prousa, and again
when he went to inspect the bridge of Rhegion that was, of course, being
built by his mandate and providence, he embarked in a galley, and another
galley followed behind. And the rowers who embarked in it were taken
from the imperial barge and from the sailors of the Stenon. For of old the
Stenon too had up to ten ships of war of the imperial navy. But since the
emperor, of blessed memory, on most of his progresses always went to Pegai
because of the palace he had built there, and in like manner to Hebdomon
and to Hiereia and to Bryas, he used to embark in a barge, according to
the old rule. But when he was going on a longer progress, to the hot baths
of Prousa, for example, and to inspect the bridge of Rhegion, he would
embark, as was said above, in a galley, and another galley would follow,
so that more nobles could embark with the emperor, and the rest in the
second galley. But the glorious and most wise Leo, the emperor,
who was rather more hospitably inclined towards magisters and patri-
cians and familiars of senatorial rank, and who always wished them to
share his pleasure in this, reckoned that the barge was inadequate for
the reception of a larger number of nobles, and constructed a galley, and
would invariably embark in it wherever he desired to go. And there would
go with him whomsoever he might desire of the nobles, both of magisters
and patricians. For in the barge it used to be the rule that none other embar-
ked with the emperor except the colonel of the watch and the lord admiral
and the foreign minister and the commander of the company and the
private secretary and the secretary of the pleas and, when he was present
in Constantinople, the commander-in-chief also, and the chamberlain and
the master of the wardrobe and of the gentlemen of the bed-chamber whom-
soever the emperor commanded. For this reason, then, Leo, the glorious
and most wise emperor, constructed the galley, and, some while after, he
constructed another galley as well, which was known as the 'second' and
christened 'Attache'. For this emperor, of blessed memory, would go on distant
t' P II 14/5 e:Tcx<mx.crficxTcx P \I 16 'Ie:pdcxv Moravcsik: 'Ie:plcxv Ba

Be E!plcxv P Me 'Hp{cx Meursius II 16 Tov: T7Jv edd. II 17 Bpo{cxv P JI
po8t e:tc;1 add. To edd. II 19 ye<pupcxc; P II 20 8tcX TO coni. Bekker: IMTt P
edd. II 21 8e:1'.iTe:pov edd.: [" P \I 24 TOUTOti;; coni. Jenkins; TOUTO P edd. II
31 'lt"cxpljv] 'lt"cxpe:'Lv (littera e:t in ras. scripta) P 1 II 33 xom..>vl<wv P edd. II
36 8e:1he:pov edd.: ~, P 11 &xoJ..ou.itwi;; v edd. 11 ovocicr&lj P 11
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249
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progresses, to Nicomedeia, for instance, to Olympus, to Pythia, and therefore
he had the two galleys specially made for the service and recreation of himself
and his nobles. For when he went out on a short progress, he used often
to leave one of the complements behind in the hippodrome to guard the
palace; because the brigade of the Ari th mos, according to the old rule
which has grown into force, goes out on active service under the commander-
in-chief and they, this complement, stay behind in the hippodrome and do
not go out on progress with the emperors in the ordinary way.
From time immemorial the protospatharius of the basin has been an
imperial appointment; and this protospatharius of the basin used to control
and have beneath him all the oarsmen of the imperial barges, both scarlet
and black, except for the barges of the Augusta: for the barges of the Augusta,
both scarlet and black, were controlled by and under the authority of the
master of the Augusta's table. In the reign of Leo, the glorious and most
wise emperor, when the new galleys were constructed by imperial mandate,
this same protospatharius of the basin had beneath his authority the oarsmen
of these galleys also. Now, the aforesaid protospatharius of the basin would
by ancient rule go down every day in the afternoon and take his seat in the
basin (for which reason he was called the protospatharius of the basin), and
would judge cases arising between the oarsmen, both of the barges and
of the galleys, over whom he had authority, and would give sentence and
administer according to the law. And whenever he found anyone acting
beyond his competence or wronging another or remiss in his own work,
he would punish him with a sound cudgelling. And, as has been said, all
the oarsmen of the galleys and of the emperor's barges, both scarlet and
black, were beneath the hand and the supervision of the protospatharius
of the basin. But the barges of the Augusta, both scarlet and black, were
beneath the hand and the supervision of the master of the Augusta's table,
though of course the master of the table accounted for these barges not to
the Augusta, but to the emperor. In the time of Leo, the glorious and most
wise emperor, the protospatharius John, surnamed Thalasson, was protos-
patharius of the basin, and after him the protospatharius Podaron, and
after him the protospatharius Leo Armenius, father of the protospatharius
Arsenius, the lictor. These, the protospatharius Podaron and the protospa-
tharius Leo Armenius, had been chief oarsmen of the patrician Nasar, the
lord admiral, and in the time of Basil, the Christ-loving sovereign, were
v 42 -ro2 om. edd. II 42/3 xomx 't"OV E:mxpocrficrocv-roc 7tOCAOCtOV nl7tov: )(()(TeX 't"OV
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opo1.LWVLOU
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7tocvu xocl. cr't's:pe:vtouc;, ltlcr't'e: ~ Mvoccr&ocL 't'ouc; Toupxouc; ocv't'L7t'e:pviiv, 115

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promoted from the navy and became chief oarsmen of the barge of the
emperor; and in the reign of Leo, the glorious and most wise emperor, when
he constructed the galleys, he made them steersmen for their bra very and
seamanship. And when a crisis arose, the emperor seconded the oarsmen
of the two galleys, together with the two steersmen of the first galley, to ships
of war of the navy, giving them much needful equipment, such as shields,
leather targes, very fine coats of mail and everything else that naval person-
nel require to take with them; and the patrician Eustathius, the lord admiral,
took them with the imperial fleet and went off against the enemy. All this
the emperor did because the patrician Eustathius, the lord admiral, was
intending to engage the enemy. And in their stead the imperial galley was
steered by Michael the elder and the late Michael the clever, who were at that
time chief oarsmen. And pending the return of the imperial oarsmen, those
who rowed the galleys were Stenites from the complements of the Stenon.
But when they returned from the campaign, they resumed the same employ-
ment that they had been in before. Then the emperor, to reward, as it
were, the protospatharius Podaron because of the bravery he had shown
and because he had approved himself above all others in the battle and
had received a personal testimonial from the patrician Eustathius, the
lord admiral, that there was in the navy none other like him for bravery
and energy and the other virtues, and particularly for affection and upright
loyalty toward the emperor, gave to him the authority of the protospatharius
of the basin. But because he was illiterate, by order of the emperor a judge
from the hippodrome used to go down and take his seat with him in the
basin and judge the oarsmen. But the barges of the Augusta, as has been
said before, were in the control of the master of the Augusta's table. After
this, the emperor appointed Podaron and Leo Armenius to be vice-admirals
of the imperial navy, and as steersmen of his galley he appointed the late
Michael the elder, who was at that time chief oarsmen of the galley, and had
been second oarsman of the barge of Basil, the Christ-loving sovereign, and
the other Michael, surnamed Barkalas, who had previously served in the
navy as chief oarsmen of the lord admiral, the patrician Eustathius, when he
carried the Turks across and defeated Symeon, prince of Bulgaria. Now
this Symeon, prince of Bulgaria, on learning that the navy had arrived in
the river, and that the navy was about to carry over the Turks against him,
constructed mantlets or wicker fencing, very strong and tough, so that the
Turks might not be able to cross over, and by this device the Turks were
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at first prevented from crossing. So the aforesaid Michael Barkalas and
two other sailors took up their shields and swords, and leaping down from
the warship with a brave and powerful rush, cut down the mantlets or
wicker fences and opened the passage for the Turks. The Turks, who watched
this Barkalas and exceedingly admired his bravery because he, by himself,
advancing in front of the two sailors, was first to cut down the fencing,
said in their admiration that this man ought to be named patrician and
be head of the navy. So the emperor, on hearing of the bravery of Barkalas,
made him second oarsman in the imperial galley. Thereafter, when Podaron
and Leo became vice-admirals, Michael the elder and this Barkalas were
appointed steersmen of the galley.
The aforesaid Leo Armenius, father of the late protospatharius Arse-
nius, the lictor, died a vice-admiral of the navy; but the protospatharius
Podaron was after some years appointed military governor in the province
of the Kibyrrhaiotai.
When Podaron became vice-admiral, the protospatharius Theophy-
lact Bimbilidis was appointed protospatharius of the basin, who was nephew
of the protospatharius John, surnamed Thalasson, and he lasted during
a few years of the first reign of Constantine the Porphyrogenitus, the
Christ-loving sovereign. On his death, since Michael the elder aforesaid was
grown very old indeed and had given many long years of service as steersman,
he was honoured with the rank of protospatharius and was also appointed
protospatharius of the basin. And when the emperor embarked on the
galley in the basin and set out either upon a progress or somewhere else,
that good old man, ever memorable for his seamanship, would take his
stand amidships of the galley, inspiring und urging the oarsmen of the
galley to pull and row more bravely and manfully, and at the same time
instructing the steersmen of the day how to manage the rudders and steer
the imperial vessel when the winds were blowing distemperately. Well,
he died; and, owing to the infancy of the emperor and the indiscretion of
the patrician and chamberlain Constantine, the late Theodotus, at that
time chief oarsmen, was made steersman, and was at sundry times
honoured with the ranks of candidate, strator, spatharius, spatharo-
candidate, and afterwards protospatharius and protospatharius of the
basin; he was son-in-law of the aforesaid Michael the elder. For by ancient
rule a steersman of the emperor had never been made, or honoured with the
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rank of protospatharius, or even of spatharocandidate, but was either a
candidate or a strator, or at the most, a spatharius. And in the time of
Leo, the glorious and most wise emperor, this Michael alone was honoured
with the rank of spatharius and subsequently of spatharocandidate. But
owing, as has been said, to the infancy of the emperor and to the indis-
cretion of the patrician Constantine, the chamberlain, steersmen became
spatharocandidates, and this Michael a protospatharius . But when the
emperor lord Romanus ascended into the palace and, somehow or other,
possessed himself of the throne, he superseded Theodotus because of his
affection for Constantine, the Christ-loving sovereign and emperor, and
not only that but he punished him with :flogging and tonsuring and dismis-
sed him to perpetual banishment, in which he came to the end of his life;
but his colleague in the steersmanship, the late Constantine Loricatus,
the emperor lord Romanus let be, because Loricatus was affectionately dispo-
sed towards him through fear and had renounced, by an oath written in
his own hand, his affection and love toward the emperor Constantine; him
the emperor lord Romanus first honoured with the rank of spatharocandidate,
and, after making him first steersman and appointing him protospatharius
of the basin, honoured him shortly afterwards with the rank of protos-
patharius. Now, this man, by means of a memorial to the cleric John, whom
God had allowed to become rector, put before the emperor, of blessed memory,
the lord Roman us, this suggestion: The protospatharius Theophylact,
master of the Augusta's table, since he is an appointment and a support
of the mother of the emperor and of the emperor himself, must necessarily
be in sympathy with his own masters and benefactors. Besides, what need is
there for the men of the barges of the basin to be divided between two
authorities? For the master of the Augusta's table, governed by his affection
towards the emperor and the Augusta, may mislead the sailors of the barges
of the Augusta, who are under his control, and perhaps even the oarsmen
of the galleys, and they will plan a rising against your imperial majesty.
With these words he won over that evil and crooked rector, and through
him the emperor. For it is easy for a light head and indiscreet heart to be
seduced and fall towards every malicious word and hint. He spoke and won
them over, and, having won them over, was given the authority over the
barges of the Augusta also. And since then it has become the rule for the
steersman of the imperial galley to have charge of and exercise authority
edd. II 169 E~ocpvl')croce:vov edd. : t~ocpvl')crocevou P I/ 170 <moc~ocpoKocv8t8chov P II

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over all the oarsmen, both of the imperial galleys and of the barges of the
Augusta, and to be also protospatharius of the basin.
In the time of Leo, the Christ-loving and ever-memorable emperor, a
demand was made from the provinces of the west, through the protos-
patharius Leo Tzikanes, the ex-military governor, for ready money from
those who opted against military service.
And again, in the time of the same Christ-loving and ever-memorable
Leo, ready money was demanded from the provinces of the west, through
the magister John Eladas, who was then patrician.
And again in the time of the sovereign Romanus, who desired the
Peloponnesians to do military service in Lombardy, the protospatharius
John Proteuon being then military governor in Peloponnesus, these same
Peloponnesians opted against military service, but to give instead, a thousand
horses, with saddles and bridles, and one hundred pounds in ready money,
and these they supplied with great readiness.
52. D e m a n d m a d e f o r h o r s e s i n t h e p r o v i n c e o f P e 1 o-
p o n n e s u s i n t h e t i m e o f t h e s o v e r e i g n R o m a n u s,
a s s t a t e d a b o v e.
The metropolitan of Corinth, four horses; the metropolitan of Patras,
four horses; all the bishops of the province, two horses each; the protos-
patharii, three horses each; the spatharocandidates, two horses each;
the spatharii, the strators, one horse each; the imperial and patriarchal
monasteries, two horses each; the archiepiscopal, metropolitan and epis-
copal monasteries, two horses each; the monasteries without means, one
horse between two. Holders of imperial dignities, sailors, purple-fishers,
parchment-makers did not provide horses.
A demand was made for five nomismata per head from the whole
military force of Peloponnesus in respect of this military service, and from
those absolutely without means of five nomismata from every two, and
from this was made up the aforesaid one hundred pounds in coined money.
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53. S t o r y o f t h e c i t y o f C h e r s o n.
When Diocletian was emperor in Rome, and Themistus, son of Themi-
stus, was chief magistrate and primate in the country of the Chersonites,
Sauromatus the Bosporian, son of Criscoronus, gathered together the
Sarmatians who dwelt on the Maeotic lake and marched against the Romans,
and, having occupied the country of the Lazi and defeated those
who were there, arrived as far as the Halys river. The emperor Diocletian,
learning this, that the country of the Lazi and the Pontic land were being
laid waste, sent thither an army with intent to oppose the Sarmatians. The
commander of the army was Constans the tribune, and Constans, having
reached the Halys with the army, sat down there and prevented the Sarma-
tians from crossing the Halys. And being unable himself to oppose
them, Constans resolved in his own mind that in no other way could he
expel the Sarmatians except perhaps if some of the neighbours of the Bospo-
rians and of the Maeotic lake were sent out to make war upon them and
plunder their families, in order that Sauromatus might hear of it and retire
from the war; and to communicate this in a message to the emperor, so
that the emperor should send to the Chersonites and rouse them against the
Sarmatians, their neighbours, and to attack their families, so that Sauro-
matus, when he heard of it, might speedily retire from the war. Hearing
this, the emperor Diocletian at once sent to the Chersonites bidding them
to join him in the war and to go and plunder the country of the Bosporians
and Sarmatians and take their families captive. The chief magistrate and
primate of the country of the Chersonites was at that time Chrestus, son
of Papias, and the Chersonites willingly obeyed the words of the emperor
and therefore set about devising in what manner they might be able to
capture the city of Sauromatus, Bosporus, and the forts of the Maeotis.
They gathered together the men of the neighbouring forts and constructed
military waggons and placed in them the so-called arbalests, and they
arrived at the city of the Bosporians and, after laying an ambush while
it was night, a handful of them joined battle at the city; and having fought
at the wall from dawn till the third hour, they made a show of flight, not
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having exposed the arbalests they had made, that were in their waggons.
Those in Bosporus of course supposed that the Chersonites had been beaten
owing to their small numbers and were in flight, and, with complete con-
fidence in themselves, they sallied forth to pursue them. But the Chersonites,
as it appears, retiring gradually, destroyed the pursuing Bosporians
with the arbalests, and the Chersonites besides who lay in ambush started
up and surrounded the Bosporians and put them all to the sword, and,
returning, captured Bosporus and in like manner also the forts on the
Maeotic lake and all the families of the Sarmatians; and they took up their
quarters in Bosporus, putting none to the sword thereafter save those
who had fought, and they held on to Bosporus and guarded it. After some
days interval, Chrestus, son of Papias, said to the women of the Sarmatians:
We ourselves had no need to make war upon you, but since Sauromatus
has gone off to ravage the country of the Romans, we, being for this reason
bidden by the emperor of the Romans, whose subjects we are, have made
war on you. So now, if you would live in your city, come, let us send envoys
to your lord Sauromatus, so that he may conclude peace with the Romans
in sight of our envoys and withdraw from those parts, and we will leave
you and go off to our city; but only when Sauromatus so escorts our envoys
hither and sends us with his own men the news of the peace, then so will
we leave you and withdraw; but if Sauromatus so much as tries to proceed
by any trickery, believing he may cut us off here and attack us, and we get
to know of it through our scouts, we will put all of you, both small and great,
to the sword and so withdraw hence. And what good will Sauromatus get
of it hereafter, if all his family and the city are destroyed? Hearing this,
the women of Sauromatus made preparations to carry it out with alacrity.
And with the Bosporians the Chersonites sent to Sauromatus five envoys
of their own, to inform him of what had been done and said. Well,
when the envoys reached Sauromatus, in the region of the Halys river,
they reported to him all that had been done against the Bosporians by the
Chersonites. He was in great perturbation, and, pretending to desire, as
it appears, that the envoys of the Chersonites should take rest after
their journey, said to them: Since you are fatigued, I desire you to rest
yourselves a few days and then I will do all that you have said; *** go
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hence to the men of Rome and learn of them and be persuaded that my
words to you are truth and that I do not lie. The Chersonites went off to
Constans together with envoys of Sauromatus, and learnt what had gone
on between them, and reported to Constans all that had been done by them
in the country of the Bosporians and at the Maeotic lake, and how they
had captured the families of Sauromatus, and that Sauromatus had through
this necessity been brought to make peace. On hearing this, Constans
was quite cast down, and said to the Chersonites: And what good, then,
is your alliance to me, now that I have made agreements to give them so
much gold? The Chersonites said to him: Be not cast down, my lord:
if you wish, we will dissolve the agreement for your payment. Constans
said to them: How is it possible ? The Chersonites said to him: Do you,
for your part, thus declare to Sauromatus: 'The agreements already made
between us hold good; and now, since on your account I too have incurred
expenses and great losses on my way hither from Rome with the army,
do you, for your part, pay me these, and I will give you back all your families
and your city'. Constans was overjoyed and sent this message to Sauromatus.
Sauromatus, when he heard it, was exceedingly downcast, and sent to
Constans a message saying: I will neither pay nor take anything at all;
do you but send me the Chersonites, that I may withdraw hence. The
Chersonites said to Constans: Do not dismiss us until you get back all
the prisoners. Then Constans sent a message to Sauromatus saying: Send
me all whom you hold prisoners, and I will dismiss the Chersonites. Sauro-
matus, when he heard it, unwillingly and against his desire dismissed all
the prisoners whom he held, to the last one of them. So then Constans,
having got back all those who had been taken in the forays, kept with him
two envoys of the Chersonites and sent the others to Sauromatus, and
Sauromatus received them and sent them on ahead out of the country
of the Lazi, together with some of his own men, to whom might be handed
over Bosporus and their families. Sauromatus himself put his march with his
nation in train, so that the Chersonites might honestly hand over the families
and withdraw. The Chersonites, having received their own envoys in Bosporus
and having learnt all that had been done by Constans and Sauromatus,
handed over to Sauromatus' agent both Bosporus and the forts of the
Maeotis and all the families, unharmed, and came in peace to the country
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of the Chersonites, Constans, too, on the withdrawel of Sauromatus from
the Roman territories, himself set out for Rome, and reported to the emperor
all that had been done by the Chersonites; and he brought their two envoys
also, whom the emperor saw and bounteously entertained and thanked
most gratefully, and then said to them: What will you that I should grant
to you and your city in return for this affection and alliance~ They said
to the emperor: We, my lord, wish for nothing else, but request this one
thing only, that your majesty should grant us pledges of freedom and
immunity from tribute. The emperor gladly acceded to their request and
ungrudgingly granted them these pledges of freedom and of immunity
from tribute, and sent them to the country of the Chersonites with very
many gifts besides, as true subjects of the empire of the Romans. Constans
too was grandly entertained by the emperor Diocletian for his brave support
in the war of the Sarmatians, and became noble and illustrious and after
a short while was proclaimed emperor of the Romans, when Diocletian
had retired to Nicomedeia.
On the death of Constans, his son Constantine became emperor at
Rome, and when he came to Byzantium, and certain of those in Scythia
revolted against him, he called to mind what had been said by his father
Constans concerning the affection of the Chersonites and their alliance, and
he sent envoys to the country of the Chersonites, with instructions that they
should go to the country of the Scythians and fight those who had revolted
against him. The chief magistrate and primate of the Chersonites was at
that time Diogenes, son of Diogenes, and the Chersonites gladly obeyed the
imperial mandate and with all zeal constructed the military waggons and
the arbalests and arrived at the Ister river and, having crossed it, arrayed
themselves against the rebels and routed them. The emperor, learning of
the victory won by them, bade them go back to their country, but their
primates he invited to the city of Byzantium and, after thanking them most
gratefully, he said to them: Since now too you have laboured loyally
on our behalf, as in the time of the pious forbears of our divine majesty, see,
we too do ratify the pledges of freedom and immunity from tribute already
granted to you in the city of the Romans by our imperial government; and
for our part we give you besides a golden statue with imperial cloak
and clasp and a golden crown, for the beautifying of your city, and
thereto our charter of freedom and immunity from tribute for you and for
your sailors; and, for the purity of your affection, we give you also golden
V 107 1:ocupwci:rnu P II 116 Te: om. edd. IJ 121 l:0<:upco(hwv P l:0<:upo0<:Twv

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rings expressing the likenesses of our pious selves, wherewith you are to
seal reports and petitions which shall from time to time be sent from you to
us, and thus make your envoys known to us; and besides, in addition to
these, we grant you annually cord and hemp, iron and oil, for the manufacture
of your bows, and we give you for your sustenance a thousand military
rations, so that you may be bowmen (as they are called): so that all these
provisions and regular grants we shall send you every year from here to the
country of the Chersonites. The Chersonites, receiving these rations, divided
them out among themselves and their sons and so made up the brigade, and
that is why, even to this day, their sons are enrolled in the brigade, to fill
up the number of their parents' levy. Diogenes and those with him were
then honoured with a multitude of supplies and gifts by Constantine, the
emperor beloved of God, and came to the country of the Chersonites, bringing
back the gifts conferred by his divine majesty.
Some years after these events had taken place, Sauromatus, grandson
of Sauromatus the son of Criscoronus who had attacked Lazike, gathered
together a warlike power from the Maeotic lake and rose against the
Chersonites, desiring, it appears, to avenge the insult of the captivity
done to his grandfather by them in the time of Diocletian the emperor.
The Chersonites, Byscus, son of Supolichus, being at that time chief
magistrate and primate of Cherson, learnt of this and on their side
arrayed themselves in opposition and met Sauromatus outside, in the region
of Kapha, so-called, and they fought with him, and, God aiding the Chersoni-
tes, defeated Sauromatus and drove him off; and they set up boundary-
stones in that same Kapha by name, in the place where they had fought and
defeated Sauromatus, and there this same Sauromatus and those that were
left with him swore oaths in due form that they would never more pass for
purposes of war beyond the boundary-stones set up between them, but that
each of them should keep to his own places on his side of the boundary-
stones set up. And so they withdrew, Sauromates to Bosporus, and the
Chersonites to their own homes.
When this had been done, once more after some years another
Sauromatus rose up and with him a multitude of men from the Maeotic lake,
and they drew up their force against the Chersonites, and, crossing over the
boundary-stones set up in Kapha by the first Sauromatus with an oath that
157 cru7r/<1Jpwow P II 159 n: edd.: -r6-re: P II 169 &7roxo(crcxv-re:c; edd. II 162

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P II l8wv edd.: l8wc; P II :E0<:upwoc't'ou P II 194 1:ocupw&,0~ p II 196 <l>&pv0<:xo~
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none of the Bosporians should ever attempt to pass beyond them for purposes
of war, this Sauromatus passed beyond them, as desiring to avenge and re-
cover the land forcibly taken from him. In those times the chief magistrate and
primate of the country of the Chersonites was Pharnacus, son of Pharnacus,
and the Chersonites on their side arrayed themselves against Sauromatus,
and they met one another in the region of the aforesaid Kapha, and each
side took up position on the mountains. Sauromatus, being of huge stature,
had confidence in himself and boasted insolently over the Chersonites,
confiding also at the same time in the infinite multitude that was with him.
But Pharnacus was of small stature compared to Sauromatus, and, seeing
the multitude of Sauromatus, resolved with his own army that he should
fight in single combat with Sauromatus, to avoid the destruction of an
infinite multitude. This resolution having been made, Pharnacus made
a declaration to the multitude of Sauromatus, saying: What need is there
of the destruction of so great a throng? For you have not resorted to war
of your own choice, but Sauromatus has bidden you to it. Do you, then,
urge him to fight in single combat with me, and if by God's aid I overpower
him, do you withdraw unharmed to your own homes, and he and his city
shall have fallen beneath me; but if he overpowers me, in this case also you
withdraw to your own homes, and he shall have become master over mine.
The throng of the Sarmatians accepted this with joy, and told Sauromatus
to fight in single combat with Pharnacus. So Sauromatus, learning that
Pharnacus was quite small in stature, while he himself was gigantic, was
delighted at this, for he trusted in his own strength and in his armour, by
which he was completely protected. This being so resolved upon, Pharnacus
said to his army: When I go down with God's aid to the single combat,
and you see that Sauromatus has his back towards you and his face towards
his own men, while I have my face towards you and my back towards the
enemy, do you all raise one shout, saying simply 'Ah! Ah!', and after the
shout, do not repeat it. And so, when both had gone down to the plain for
the single combat, and were manoeuvring about one another, and Pharnacus
had taken the ground of Sauromatus and Sauromatus that of Pharnacus,
the army of Pharnacus gave one shout, 'Ah! Ah!'. Sauromatus, hearing this
shout, turned about in the action to see what cry was raised in the army of
edd. II -ro 7rA'tj-&oc;: -riji 7rA~-lte:L V edd. 11 TOU om. edd. II ~ctupoochou P II
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8e:unpwcrljn V edd.: lku't'e:pwcre:'t'ctL P II 215 Lctpooct't'ou P ~ctupooci-rou V II
-rou om. edd. II Lctupooci-rou P II <l>ctpvcixou] litteram u s. v. add. P 1 II 216
~ctupwct't'oc; P II
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Pharnacus. And as Sauromatus turned his face to the rear, the plating of his
helmet opened a crack, and at once Pharnacus charged upon him and smote
Sauromatus with his lance and slew him. When Sauromatus had fallen,
Pharnacus got down from his horse and cut off his head, and, having won
the battle, dismissed the multitude of the Maeotis, but took prisoner them
of Bosporus and took away their land and set up boundary-stones in
Kybernikon, beyond the country of the Chersonites, leaving to the Bosporians
land up to forty miles oply, and these boundary-stones remain to this day,
and the said first bouruliry-stones in Kapha are laid aside. Pharnacus, keeping
by him some few of the Bosporians to do agricultural work, in pity dismissed
all the rest, to go to the country of the Bosporians, and they, dismissed by
Pharnacus, erected a column to him in Bosporus for the beneficence and
mercy which he had shown towards them. From that time, then, the rule
of the Sauromati in Bosporus was ended.
These events, then, fell out so; but when Lamachus was chief magistrate
and primate of the country of the Chersonites and Asander was king of the
country of the Bosporians, the Bosporians, being replete with much malice
against the Chersonites and wholly unable to rest from wickedness, were
still eager how they might pay back the recompense of the captivities upon
the Chersonites. And so, learning that Lamachus had an only daughter,
Gykia, while Asander had sons, they set about contriving the conclusion
of a marriage alliance, in order that thereby they might safely gain a footing
in the country of the Chersonites and take vengeance on it. And so they
sent envoys to the country of the Chersonites, with this request: If we
know that sincere love exists between us, and if our relations one toward
another are without guile, let us make for ourselves a marriage alliance,
and do you give us the daughter of Lamachus, your first man, to be bride
of the son of Asander our lord, or else receive him on your side as son-in-law,
and we shall know that we have faith one toward another when the king's
son is among you. The Chersonites said to them: We cannot consent to
giving our daughter to you; but if from among the sons of Asander your
king you would like to give us a son-in-law, we accept, but on such terms
that the son of Asander who comes to us to be allied in marriage shall no
longer have in his power ever at any time or season to attempt to return
to the country of the Bosporians for the purpose of visiting or greeting his
6voov p II 226 we;: E:xpt v edd. II 227 opo.&e:cr(oi:t] litteraa o.& in TM. scr.
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father, and if he shall resolve to do this, surely he dies that hour. The
envoys were dismissed and reached the country of the Bosporians and
reported this, and Asander once more sent envoys, saying to the Chersonites:
If you speak truly, and assure me that Lamachus consents to yoke his
daughter with my eldest son, that same son will I send there to you, to be
joined in marriage. Lamachus in these days, as it appears, prided
himself upon much wealth, in gold and silver, male and female slaves, and
cattle of various kinds and many estates, and his mansion occupied ground
far and wide in four wards, as far as to below the so-called Sosae, in which
it had its own gate in the wall and four main gate-ways for ingress and
egress, together with other small side-entrances, so that when his cattle
entered the city, each herd of beasts, stallions and mares, cows and heifers,
sheep and asses, came in through its own gate, and went to its own stabling.
The Chersonites, therefore, begged Lamachus that this son of Asander
might be his son-in-law. Lamachus granted their request, and the son of
Asander came to Cherson and married Gykia. And after the space of about
two years, Lamachus died; the mother of Gykia had died before him. So,
after the lapse of a year, when the anniversary of her father's burial was
near, Gykia, wishing to keep bright the memory of her father, begged
the leading men of the city, the chief magistrate and primate of Cherson
being Zethus, son of Zethon, that they would kindly consent, together with
all the populace, to receive from her wine and loaves of bread and oil, flesh
and game and fish, and anything else needed to make merry, to the end
that upon this day of the commemoration of Lamachus all the citizens,
with their wives and children and all their families, should feast and rejoice,
each in his own ward, and dance in the streets and completely abstain from
any work; and she promised the citizens upon oath that each year of her
life she would in the same way give them the means of merry-making at
this same commemoration of Lamachus. This being so arranged and con-
firmed by her upon oath, her husband, the son of Asander, who was plotting
in secret and looking for an occasion of treachery, when he heard what
Gykia had said and confirmed on oath, admired and congratulated Gykia
upon the sworn convenant, as one showing a truly filial spirit towards her
parents, and consented himself also, as it appears, to rejoice and pour
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a libation on this covenanted occasion. Afterwards, when the commemora-
tion and merry-making had gone by, he made a declaration to those in
Bosporus, through his confidential slave, and said to them: I have found
a means whereby we shall take Cherson without trouble; do you, there-
fore, send to me at intervals ten or twelve serviceable young fellows, in
addition to the rowers of the ship, on the pretext that you are sending me
presents, and let your ships that come hither put in at Symbolon and wait
there, and I will escort and convey on horseback to the city the youths
who come and the presents that are sent. And so, in this manner, over
a period of two years the Bosporians came, a few at a time, bringing the
presents in order that the plot might not become known to the city, and
the son of Asander conveyed them on foot from Symbolon, and then again
a few days later, in sight of all, towards evening he would, as it appears,
send them off outside the city, of course at as late an hour as he could.
They would go out of the city a distance of three miles, and then, when
it was pitch dark, would turn about and come to the so-called Limon, and
thence he would convey them by boat to Sosae, and, through the side-gate
which he had in the wall, would introduce them into his mansion; none
being privy save three Bosporian slaves of his, who were his only confidants,
one of whom used to go to Symbolon and give the word for the ships to
depart, another would turn the Bosporians about and convey them to Limon,
and the other would carry them by boat from Limon to Sosae and return
them to the mansion of Lamachus; and by the agency of these three slaves
he maintained them in his magazines, without even Gykia's being aware
of the plot; and he expected, as has been said, on the anniversary of the
commemoration of Lamachus, while all the city was making merry or had
gone to sleep, to start up in the night with the Bosporians and his own
slaves, and burn the city and put everyone to the sword. Now when, during
the space of two years, as many as two hundred Bosporians had been collected
in Gykia's mansion, and the commemoration of Lamachus was then already
approaching, it fell out that a girl slave of Gykia, a chamber-maid, of whom
she was exceedingly fond, committed some fault and was banished from
her company and shut up. The room in which the girl slave was shut up had
beneath it the Bosporians who were being kept there. It happened that,
while the girl slave was sitting and spinning flax, the weight fell off her
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spindle and rolled and dropped into a very deep crevice by the wall. Getting
up to recover it, she saw it lying in a very deep crevice, and, being unable
owing to the depth to pluck it out, she was forced to pluck up a brick from
the floor by the wall in order to recover it, and she saw through the crevice
down below in the basement room the multitude of men who were there.
When she had seen, she deftly put the brick back again in its place in order
not to reveal herself to those below, and sent in secret one of the ser-
vants and invited her mistress to come to her, for there was something need-
ful for her to hear and see. Gykia, pricked on by God, went to the slave
girl, and when she entered the room alone and closed the door, the girl
slave fell at her feet and said: Lady, yours is the power over your unworthy
slave: but I would show to my mistress a matter strange and unlooked-for.
Gykia said to her: Fear not: speak and show what this is. The girl slave
led her to the wall and, deftly raising the brick, said to her: Do you see,
lady, through the crevice the throng of Bosporians in hiding below? Gykia
looked and was astonished at the affair, and said: This is a serious plot!
And she said to the girl slave: How did you find out this matted The
girl slave said: Surely, lady, by the will of God, the weight fell off my
spindle and rolled and dropped into this crevice, and as I was unable to
recover it I was forced to pluck up the brick, and then I saw them.1> She
bade the girl slave put the brick back deftly in its place, and then she caught
her in her arms and embraced her and kissed her in earnest, and said
to her: Fear nothing, child; your fault is forgiven you, for God
willed you to err, so that He might reveal the plot to us; see, now, that
you do all you can to keep the matter close, and do not venture to entrust
it to anybody at all. And for the future she kept her wholly with herself
as her confidante, even more than at first. Then Gykia summoned two
of her relations, who were very much in her confidence, and said to them
in private: Go and collect together on their own in secret the primates
and nobles of the city, and let them choose out three men in whom they
confide, men who can keep a secret and do a deed, and let them all upon
oath assure these men that they will satisfy me in what I am about to ask
of them, and let them send them to me in secret, and I will confide to them
a thing necessary and advantageous for the city; only do with speed what
I tell you. Her relations went off and told this in secret to the
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primates, and they immediately chose out three men, in whom they knew
they could confide, and all on their oaths assured them that, if they should
covenant with Gykia to do or to give anything, they would not go back
on their words, but would carry out to the end what they promised
to her. These men went in secret to Gykia, who received them and said
to them: Are you able to satisfy me on oath concerning these things that
I am about to ask of you, that you will do them fo They said to her: Yes,
lady, we will readily satisfy you concerning what you are about to require
of us, that your words shall be carried out to the end. Then Gykia said
to them: Satisfy me that if I die, you will bury me in the middle of the
city, and I will tell you my secret; see, I do not require anything at all
burdensome of you. The men, on hearing this, with all readiness satisfied
her upon oath, saying: If you die, we will bury you in the middle of the
city and will not carry you outside the walls. Gykia believed their oaths,
and said to them: In view of the satisfaction you have given me, I on my
part will now discover my secret to you; see now, I would have you know
that my husband, who has the congenital vice of his city, that of plotting
and envy against us, has introduced secretly into my mansion a throng
of Bosporians, a few at a time, as many as two hundred souls, armed, and
maintains them, I being in ignorance of the affair; but now God has found
an occasion to reveal it to me. This, then, is his plan, that, so it appears,
when at the commemoration of my father I provide the merry-making
to the city and you have made merry and are gone to sleep, he will start
up in the night with the Bosporians that are with him, and with his own
slaves, and will set .re to your houses and put you all to the sword. See,
now, my father's commemoration approaches, and I must, in accordance
with my oath, give you as usual the means of merry-making, for I have all
ready therefor. Do you, then, all run up joyfully and ask for and take
everything eagerly, so that he may not yet realise that we have got to
know of the affair, and a civil war suddenly break out. Resolve, therefore,
to make merry publicly as usual, though moderately, and to dance in the
squares, but let each of you make ready in his house timber and faggots and
dry torches, so that when you break off the merry-makings and dances you
may appear to go off to take your rest, and I for my part will break them
off rather early and order my doors to be made fast, and then you, very
quietly, with your male and female slaves and all your households, must
at once bring along the timber and faggots and torches and pile them
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up in my doorways and side-gates and all round the house, pouring oil
also upon the timbers so that they may catch the sooner, and when I come
out and give you the word, set fire to them at once, and yourselves stand
by armed around the house, so that where you see any jumping out of the
house through a window, you may put them to the sword. Go now, and
tell this secret, and make ready all that I have told you. When they heard
these things from the three men, the citizens hastily did all in accordance
with the word of Gykia. When the commemoration day was upon them,
Gykia, with an appearance of enjoyment, sent for the men of the city and
told them to take the means of merry-making. And her husband, too,
helped in this and begged that more wine should be given them for the
merry-making. The citizens gladly took everything and began to make
merry, as they had been ordered, and danced all the day; but when evening
had come the citizens began to break off, and to go off to their houses to
take their rest. And they made merry with all their households. Gykia
in her house urged all her people to drink freely in order that they might
get drunk and sleep the sooner, only enjoining upon her chamber-maids
to be sober, and she herself abstained from wine. For she had found a purple
goblet and gave it to her chamber-maid, who was in the secret, and instructed
her to pour water into it for her. Her husband, seeing the purple goblet,
did not suspect that she was drinking water out of it. When evening had
come, and the citizens, as I have already said, had broken off the merry-
making, Gykia said to her husband: We have made merry; come, now
let us too take our rest. Hearing this, her husband was only too glad, and
hastened to go to sleep; for he could not have said this himself, in case
he might give his wife a hint of the plot he was hatching. So Gykia ordered
the gates to be made fast and all the windows, and the keys to be brought
to her as usual. When this was done, she said aside to her confidential
chamber-maid, the one who knew of the plot: You, with the rest of the
chamber-maids, are deftly to remove all my jewelry and gold, and anything
else of use that you can carry in your bosoms, and make yourselves ready,
so that when I give you the word, you may follow me. They did as she
bade them, and were ready. Her husband was of course lying down in order
to take a. hasty nap and to get up again in a short while for his treachery
against the city; but Gykia avoided going to sleep until all their house-
Be e:oqipa:(ve:'t"o P II 416 a:urijc; Migne II 417 xou(3txou:Aa:pea:tc; coni. Jenkins II a:u't"7)c;

edd. II 418 E:ocuTijv coni. Bekker: eocurij p ea:uTij edd. II Eupl)XU'ia;: e:upolicra: v
edd. II 419 xou(3txouAa.p(~ Migne II 421 uTte:v6e:t v edd.: um:v6e:w p \I 424 o 8e: 0
8~ o edd. II 425 force:ucre:v: foe:cre: edd. II 429 xou(3txouAa:pl~ Migne \I 430 xou(3txou-
Aa:pfotc; (litteris (3t in ras. scriptis) P V Ba Be: xou(3txou"Aa:pla:tc; Migne \I 431
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Bekker: &xoJ.ou&~croc't"e: P edd. II 434 auV't"6ou edd.: m'.iV't"oov P 11 434 xa:t add.
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hold was sleeping, and her husband was soundly off after his deep potations.
Gykia, seeing him asleep, deftly made fast the bed-chamber with the key,
shutting her husband in, came down from the house with her chamber-
maids, went quietly out of the side-gates and locked them, and at once
gave the word to them of the city to light the fire quickly all round the
house. The fire was lit and the house caught, and if any of those within
managed to jump or throw himself out, he was slain by the citizens. The
whole house, with those in it, was gutted to the foundation, and God pre-
served the city of the Chersonites from the treacherous Bosporians. When
the citizens wished to dig into her gutted house and to clear the site for
building, Gykia would not allow it, but rather bade all the city bring, each
one of them, and empty out on that spot all their ordures, so that her whole
dwelling might be buried deep in them, inasmuch as it had served for
treachery against the city; and so unto this day the place has been called
the Spy-tower of Lamachus.
All these things having so fallen out, the Chersonites, seeing the infinite
benefits that Gykia had, under God, conferred upon them, and that she
had not spared anything of her own at all, but had put first the salvation
of the city, erected in payment for this service she had done them two
bronze statues to her honour in the city square, representing her as young
in years, as then, at that time, she was, and therein showing her ineffable
benefits and affection toward the citizens, in that at her tender age she
had shown such wisdom for the preservation, under God, of her own father-
land. For upon one column they set her soberly adorned and discovering
to the citizens the tale of her husband's treachery, and upon the other they
represented her in action and fighting against the betrayers of the city;
and thereto, upon the base of her statue, they also inscribed all the benefits
which she had, under God, conferred upon the citizens. And if any would
be a lover of virtue, he regularly scours from time to time the base of the
same, so that what is there written may be read and there may be a remin-
der of what she did, and a refutation of the treacherous Bosporians.
And after some years, when the chief magistrate and primate of the
country of the Chersonites was Stratophilus, son of Philomusus, Gykia,
who had most excellent wit, desired to put the Chersonites to the proof
V 436 <pa:7J).(a: P II 439 xou~txou).a:pa:ti; Migne II 441 -roui;: -roi:i; edd.

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and to know whether in fact they would fulfil the sworn promise and bury
her in the middle of the city; and having concerted with her girl slaves,
she made herself as one who was weary of life and had died. Her girl slaves
laid her out on the bier and sent a message to the citizens, saying: Our
lady has died, and do you point out to us in what place she is to be buried.
The Chersonites, when they heard that Gykia was dead, turned the matter
over in their minds and were no longer eager to fulfil the oath that she
should be buried in the middle of the city, and they took her up and bore
her outside the city to bury her. But when the bier was set down at the
tomb, Gykia sat up and looked about on all the citizens and said: ls this
your sworn promise 1 Is this your truth in all your dealings ~ Woe to him,
then, who puts faith in a Chersonite citizen! The Chersonites, seeing the
mock she had made of them, were greatly ashamed of their conduct in
breaking their word, and earnestly besought her to be appeased and to
pardon their transgression and to rail upon them no more. And so they
gave their word to her with a renewal of their oaths that thereafter they
would not bury her outside the city, but in the middle of the city, and
so they did. And while she was still alive, they set up her coffin in the spot
that she chose, and erected yet another bronze statue and gilded it and
set it upon her tomb for greater assurance.
Outside the city of Tamatarcha are many wells yielding naphtha.
In Zichia, near the place called Pagi, which is in the region of Papagia
and is inhabited by Zichians, are nine wells yielding naphtha, but the oils
of the nine wells are not of the same colour, some of them being red, some
yellow, and some blackish.
In Zichia, in the place called Papagi, near which is a village called
Sapaxi, which means 'dust', there is a spring yielding naphtha.
There is there yet another spring yielding naphtha, in the village
called Chamouch. Chamouch is the name of the man of olden times who
founded the village: for this reason that village was called Chamouch.
These places are distant from the sea a journey of one day without changing
horses.
In the province of Derzene, near the village of Sapikion and the village
called Episkopion, is a well yielding naphtha.
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I
l
2lJrp m7tpOCO'XWO't 't'OC ~upO'&.ptoc xocl 't'OC XYJploc, &7tep oc7to -r6>v Iloc-r~tvocxt't'WV
> 11>1 .,. ..
7tpocycx-reUOV't'OCL, OU oUVOCV't'OCL 1.oY)O'Qr;t.
"0-rt eocv ~ &.rr:o 'Atvaou xocl ocrr:o floc<pi.ocyovLocc; xocl "t'wv Bouxei.-
/,ocplwv xocl OC7tO -r&v rr:i.ocylwv -r6>v 'Apevt&.xwv rr:ep&.O'WO'L yevv~ocn,
ou ouvocv-roct ~~aoct ol Xepawv"t-roct. 535
V 510 -ro xwplov om. Be II 512 et) in ras. ser. P 1 I\ 514 Xs:pO"wvmxiX edd. II
516 cvoc7toxA.dwvrocL edd.: evoc7toxl..donocL P II 518 'Aps:vLcxxrov V edd. 11 520
Xpcrwvnxoc scr. Moravcsik: XEpO"wvmxiX P edd. II 524 nA.cxymxiX edd. II 525
7tpocyocTdou;: npocyocToc; V edd. II 534 'ApEvLocx i'.lv V edd. II 535 XEpO"w
v!-rocL P.
287
53
In the province of Tziliapert, below the village of Srechiabarax, there
is a well yielding naphtha.
If ever the men of the city of Cherson revolt or decide to act contrary
to the imperial mandates, then all Chersonite ships at Constantinople must
be impounded with their cargoes, and Chersonite sailors and passengers
must be arrested and confined in the gaols; and then three imperial agents
must be sent: one to the coast of the province of the Armeniakoi, another
to the coast of the province of Paphlagonia, and another to the coast of
the province of the Boukellarioi, in order to take possession of all Chersonite
ships, and to impound the cargo and the ships, and to arrest the men and
confine them in public prisons, and to report upon these matters and as
they may be instructed. Moreover, these imperial agents must forbid the
Paphlagonian and Boukellarian merchant-ships and coastal vessels of
Pontus to cross to Cherson with grain or wine or any other needful commo-
dity or merchandise. Then, the military governor too must be instructed
to sequestrate the ten pounds granted by the treasury to the city of Cherson
and also the two pounds of tribute, and then the military governor must
withdraw from Cherson and go to another city and take up residence there.
If the Chersonites do not journey to Romania and sell the hides
and wax that they get by trade from the Pechenegs, they cannot live.
If grain does not pass across from Aminsos and from Paphlagonia
and the Boukellarioi and the flanks of the Armeniakoi, the Chersonites
cannot live.
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
Passages are cited by chapter and line in the chapter. P, in such citations, stands
for Proem.
Abbreviation: Byzanti1Wturcica = Gy. Moravcsik, Byzantinoturcica II. Sprach-
reste der Turkv0lker in den byzantinischen Quellen, Budapest, 1943 (2nd ed., Berlin, 1958).
'A exp wv, chief of the Arabs 22/59, 63. "A f3 p w v, grammarian 23/38.
'A f3 &p ex (-i)), count.y and frontier pass 'A y ex rt YJ T 6 c; cf. "A ywc; 'A yo:Tt"f'iT6c;.
in the province of Sebasteia o0/167. 'AyiX7trnc;, monk 46/54, 59, 62, 72,
"A f3 exp Etc; cf. "Af3expoL. 102.
"A~expoL, Avars 29/17, 20, 33, 37,
'Ayo:p"f'ivol,Agarenes 21/15, 41, 75,
31/18; "A~exprn; 25/22, 30/21, 30, 82, 22/36, 39, 41, 44, 43/93, 45/126.
60, 66, 71, 31/11; 'A[3iXpwv (gen.)
'AyfA.o:cr.-oc;, protospatharius: Aewv
28/7, 30/21, 27, 68, 70, 31/15, 19,
b 'A ye:Aoccr.-oc; 50/ 58.
32/24, 33/7, 35/6, 36/7; cf. I:xM~oL.
- Cf. Byzanfinoturcica pp. 59-61 'Aylo: I:o<plo:, church in Cons-
(2nd ed. pp. 51-3). tantinople 13/36, 113.
'A~ocO"ylex, Abasgia 42/13, 109, 45/77, 'Aylo: TptiXc;, church in Diadora
46/17, 18, 19, 22, 26, 44, 48. 29/282.
'A~lls:A.iic;, 1. chiefofthe Arabs 21/39, 45. "AyLo c; 'A yo:7tYJTO c;, garrison in
2. chief of the Arabs 22/56. the province of Cappadocia: TortoT1)
3. leader of the Arabs 22/65. p"f'iO"loc TOU 'Aylou 'A yo:n"1)TOU 50/98.
'Af38e:pexzd, emir of the city of "Aytoc; At.lHpLoc;, island at the
Manzikiert 44/68, 68, 70, 74, 81, mouth of the river Dnieper 9/82,
89, 92, 95. 88.
'A~ EA. x oc h-, mler of the city of "Aytoc; I'pYJy6pLoc;, island in the
Manzikiert 44/24, 25. river Dnieper 9/72.
'A f3 f; p x Lo c;, spatharocandidate and 'A y p 6 <:,: -iJ ovl) .-ou xo:A.ouevou e:y&-
captain-general of the Mardaites Aou 'Aypou, monastery 22/78.
of Attalia 50/217. 'A8exp& (.-&), place near the mouth
'A[3tnf:z, chief of the Arabs 21/43, of the river Dnieper 42/68.
22/9, 1I, 15, 27, 33. 'A8:A~EpTO<:,, son of king J~othair
'A~vlxtov (.-6), city in Armenia I and father of king Hugh 26/15,
45/97, 129; 'A~vlxou (gen.) 45/63, 70.
100, 131, 156. 'A[3vtXtWTO:~ (ot) 45/65. 'A8Hs:O'o:, wife of king Lotbair II
'A[3vtx.iiio:t cf. 'A[3vlxtov. 26/65.
'A f3 o 'J [3 & x exp, chief of the Arabs 'A 8 p ex vex O"E, 1. curopalate, son of
17/12, 18/1, 3, 4; Bouf3&xexp 14/25; Asotios (rf. 'AO'wnoc; 4.): 'AllpocvoccrE
'Af3ouf3oczexpov, .-ov xexl Boumxx.-wpex (acc.) 46/83; 'AllpocvOCO"e (gen.) 46/36,
17/3-4. 85, 89, 147, 164; 'A8po:vo:cr~p 43/39,
'A~pociX, Abraham 14/4. 47, 111 ; 'A8pexvexo-~ (acc.) 45/35.
Index 289
2. magister, son of Pankratios (cf. 'A).~, chief of the Arabs 21./18, 20,
Ilexyxpchwi; 4.): 'A8pcxvMep 46/6. 22; 'A>..~ 21./69, 72, 79, 87, 92, 94,
3. magister, nephew of Adranase 94, 97, 104, 106, 26/59, 82, 85.
(cf. 'A8pcxvoccre 1.): 'A8pocvcxae 46/126; 'A>..~, cf. 'A>..~.
'A8pexvoccr1j 46/41; 'A8pixvoca1j (gen.) 'AJ..txcxpvexacr6<; (~), Halicarnassue
46/40. 20/11.
'A8pexvcxaep, 'A8pcxvcxcr1), 'A8pocvoc- 'AJ..J..&:, god of the Saracene: &vcx-
O"~ p cf. 'A8pocvcxcre.
<pwvouatv ev 'tjj 7tpoar::ux'ri IXUTWV
,A 8 p ex v 0 u-r ~ Lcf. 'Ap8cxvou-r~L. o{hwi; cc' AAJ..& oM Kou!3&:p~, o ecrTLV
'Ae:t!36J..cx<;, place near Venice: 'b &r::oi; xoct 'Aqipo8lT1J'. Tov yocp &e:ov
d<; -r6rrnv Ae:y6e:vov - 28/22. "AAJ..ci' 7tpocrovoci~oum, To 8S: 'oU&:'
'A e: i ci v ix<;, city of the Venetians: &:v-rt -rou 'xcxt' cruv8foou Tt&foaw,
xcfo-rpov - 27/92. xcxt -ro 'Kou~cip' xexJ..oum TO &aTpov,
'Ar::t<p6p, barrage of the river Kcxt J..eyouatv o(hwi; cc' AAJ..Ct. oM
Dnieper: -rov -rhcxp-rov <ppcxy6v, -rov Kou~cip. 1.4/32--36. - Cf. W. Eich-
eyocv, TOV emJ..r::y6e:vov 'PwcrLO"TL ev ner, Die Nachrichten iiber den Islam
'Ar::t<p6p, I:xJ..oc~YJVLO"TL 8e Ne:ocO"~T, 8t6-n bei den Byzantinern, (Gliickstadt,
qiwJ..e:~ouatv ol 7te:Ae:Kiivm di; TeX AL&ocptex 1936), pp. 196, 200-205.
-rou qipocyou 9/45-47. 'AJ..cx-rcx[ (o), river between the
'Aeno<;, R.oman general 26/6, 8, river Danube and the city of Sarkel
13, 15, 42, 43, 45. 42/59.
'A~l8, 1. chief of the Arabs: 'I~l8 21/37.
'AJ..ouT~"IJ<;, voivode of the Turks
2. chief of the Arabs: 'A~l8 22/53. ( = Magyars) 38/43 [:EIXAouT~lJ<:, P],
'A&~vcxto<;, author 23/40.
38/44; 'A>..ouT~lJ (acc.) 38/49. - Cf.
'A&1JVCXLo<;, Athenian 27/16. Byzantinoturcica p. 69 (2d ed. p. 63).
Atyurr-ro<; (lj), Egypt 14/13, 21/18, 68, 'A ).oyo~ 6-rou p, general of the
22/68, 25/65, 68, 77' 83. Bulgarians 32/127. - Cf. Byzantino-
At&epto<; cf. "Ayw<; At&epto<;. turcica p. 69 (2d ed. p. 64).
Al~Hol)i, Ethiopian 22/13. 'AA-r~tJCe (-r6), city in Armenia
Ar.&pt!3oi; (lj), district of Arabia 44/57, 109, 114.
14/28, 17/14, 21/17' 19, 22, 38, "AJ..u<; (o), river in Asia Minor 6.1/7,
70, 105. 11, 12, 64.
A\xuJ..ov, city of the Venetians: 'A J.. w ~ 7t, deserted city in Dalmatia.:
x&:aTpov - 27/92. - 29/291.
AL-rlxtoL cf. Br::vhtJCot. 'AciA<p"IJ (1]), city in Italy 27/5,
'AKcxl)ilj (<;), county in the province 10, 50, 52, 67.
of Chaldia: -roupoc Tou 'AKcxljilj 'Acxvhcxt cf. 'Ol)pfrcxL.
46/119. 'Atvo-6<:,, city in Asia Minor: cX7tO
'A JC exp JC o u <;, garrison in the pro- AtVO"OU 53/533.
vince of Cappadocia: -ro7t"OT"IJP1JO"(cx 'A6ptov, city in Asia Minor: e~
'AxcxpKoU<; 50/95. 'Aoplou 29/61.
'Axou"CAe:y[cx (lj), city in Italy 'AvexaTcxcr[ex, Saint 29/276, 279.
28/5, 8. 'Avexcr-rciato<;, Saint 29/245.
'A>..exvlex, Alania 10/4, 5, 11/3, 37/38,
46, 42/13, 102. 'A vcx'tOAtxo , provincial soldiers,
'A>..cxvo[, Alans 11/11, 25/29, 42/107; province; -Oeoc Twv 'AvocToAtxwv
'A>..exv6<:, (o) 10/6. 50/96; lj -rwv 'AvocToALxwv crTpixT1Jy(<;
'A>..&:ptxo<; chief of the Goths 25/23. 50/84; Twv 'AvcxToJ..ixwv 50/99.
"AJ..~ouvo(v), city on the frontier 'Av8pfo<:,, Saint, apostle 49/26, 37.
of Croatia: -rou KocO"Tpou 'AJ..~ouvou 'Av-r[~cxpL<; (1]), city on the frontier
30/115. of Dalmatia 30/9, 97.
'A>..&~exv8po<:,, emperor 50/197, 205, 'Avn6xtex (1]), Antioch, emirate
207, 229. 21/68; 25/71.
290 Index
'A7te:cO"&:xtoc;, magister, son of Sym- 'Ape:tocv6c;, Arian 14/22.

batios (cf. l:u(3&:t"Loc; I.) 44/9, 36. "Ape: Lo c;, pre.sbyter of Alexandria
'A 7te:c xo u vlj c; ('t'6 ), district in Arme- 25/19.
nia 44/1. 40, 87. "Ape: v-ro: cf. Ilocyocvo.
'Am:A.(3&:pT, I. ruler of the city 'Ape:v-ro:vol, Arentani 29/57, 80, 36/1,
of Manzikiert 44/17, 19, 23. 13; cf. Ilo:yo:vo.
2. ruler of the city of Manzikiert, 'A p ~ e c; ( "6 ), city in Armenia 44/3,
son of Aposelmis 44/79, 107, 112. 11, 15, 21, 54, 57, 102, 109, 114,
'Am:A.ou~, son of Aposebatas 125.
44/74, 82, 91, 93, 96. 'Ap~uv (-r6), territory of the city of
'A7toy&:ve:, protospatharius, patri- Ardanoutzi 46/47.
cian, brother of Krikorikios 43/55, 72, 'A pl O" 't' oc p x o c;, Athenian general 23/21.
101, 136, 178, 184, 188. 'A p Lcr-ro<p &VlJ c;, dramatist 23/20.
'A 7toA.e: crqioue:-r,ruler of the city 'ApKcXoLoc;, emperor 25/20.
of l\fanzikiert, brother of Aposebatas A p JC oc i: JC ix c;, uncle of Krikorikios,
44/30, 43, 55, 61, 65, 69, 72, 76, 95, 98, prince of Taron: 'ApK&:'LJCoc (gen.)
IOI, 102, 103, 112, 122. 43/28, 33, 57.
'A7toH6owpoc;, author 23/3. 'Apevl)c;, protospatharius, vice-
'A7toHwvtoc;, grammarian 23/30. admiral: Awv o 'ApevlJc; 51/72,
'A7tocr&:'t'oct, emir of Persia 44/8, 27, 74, 104, 129; Aewv 51/126.
51. 'Ape:vloc, Armenia 22/14, 23, 44/128;
'A7toO"e:(3oc-riic;, emir of the city of ~ e:y&'AlJ 'Ape:vloc 44/13, 51; -re:-r6.p'!"I)
Manzikiert 44/26, 42, 52, 55, 59, 61, 'Ape:vloc 22/20.
64, 66, 68, 69, 72, 74, 81, 85, 95, 99, 'A p e:v LcX x o L, provincial soldiers,
121. province: &eoc -rrov 'Ape:vt&:xwv
'ArroO"E:A l)c;, ruler of the city of o0/105, 03/518; f; 't'WV 'Aprn&:xwv
M.anzikiert, brother of Aposebatas crTpoc-rlJyc; 50/91; 't'WV 'Ape:vi&xwv
44/62, 72, 79, 99; 'A7tocrE:A.l) (gen.) 45/46, 53/534.
44/30, 44, 106, 122. 'Apvtot, Armenians 43/42, 45/78;
'AnplA.toc;, April 9/110. 'Ape:vtx6c; 46/44.
"Apex~e:c;, Arabs 16/10, 10, 11, 18/1, 5, 'Apevtoc;, frontier warden: 'fooc~A.
19/1, 20/1, 12, 21/3, 17, 37, 38, 49, o Apevtoc; 50/140; 'fooc~A. 50/144,
50, 52, 66, llO, ll5, 120, 22/19, 22, 147.
21, 33, 53, 57, 58, 59, 63, 11, 20/57; 'Apo-rpcic; cf. KpLvl-rl)c; 2.
'Apex(3txoc; 15/5. 'A p 7toco~ c;, prince of the Turks ( =
'Apex (3 lex, Arabia: 7J e:Mexlwv 'Apoc(3!oc Magyars) 38/44, 45, 40/53; 'Ap1mofi
25/65, 82; -Yi "P(T.xe:i:oc 'Apex(3lex 21/70. (acc.) 38/49; 'Ap7tocolj (gen.) 38/53, 57,
"Apexooc; (7)), island 20/5. 40/13, 48, 56, 60. - Cf. Byzantino-
"Ap(3l) ('~), citv in Dalmatia 29/51, turcica pp. 74-75 (2d ed. pp. 71-2).
288, 30/136. 'App ex (3 w v L't' lJ c;, protospatharius and
'Apyup6c;, I. military governor military governor: 'Iwcivvl)c; o
50/141; Eucr-r&:.&wc; 6 't'ou 'Apyupou 'Appex(3wvt't''l)c; 45/133.
50/136; Eucr't'6:{hoc; 50/151. 'Apcrcbptoc;, Ragusan 29/231.
2. military governor, magister 'A p O" Ev Lo c;, protospatharius and lictor
and commander-in-chief: 'Apyupoc; 51/72, 130.
Mwv 50/150. 'ApHlOwpoc;, author 23/11, 22.
'Ap8exvou't'~L (T6), city in Armenia "Acrexvooc;, son of Moundaros 14f7.
46/5, 8, 13, 23; 'Apoexvou-r~tv 46/29, "A cr ex v op o c;, king of the Bosporiana
34, 42, 57, 71, 74, 98, 116, 150; 53/235, 240, 245, 249, 251, 256, 269,
'Apoocvo'JT~loJ (gen.) 46/2, 21, 46, 270, 287, 302.
99, 102, 104, 123, 134, 157 [' A8p- 'AO"ocr&:-ro(v), province: 't'O -ro\i 'Acr-
variants in P]. oO"&:'t'ou .&tex 50/112.
Index 291
'Acrmx:>..cx.&oc; (1)), city in Dalmatia A -r-1]:>.., river in the country of the

30/15, 133; 'AcrmX.:>..cx.&ov (-r6) 29/8, Pechenegs: etc; -rov 7tOTcxov - 37/2.
51; 'AOitcxA&&ou (gen.) 30/14, 31/30; - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 80 (2d ed.
-rou 'Acr7tcxAoc&ou xoco--rpov, &m:p '7tcx">..oc- p.78).
nov txp6v' E:p"r)ve:ue:-rcxL 29/237. 'A nii:>..e: Lex (~), city in Asia Minor
''Acrmxp, Roman general 25/50, 51, 54. 50/170, 214, 217.
'Ao-7tlc;, comedy of Menander 23/25. 'j\"t'-r[:>..occ;, king of the Avars (=Huns)
28/6, 11, 11, 17. - Cf. Byzantinotur-
"Acr7tovix, garrison in the province of cica p. 81 (2nd ed. p. 79).
Cappadocia: T07to"t"Y)p"1)0'Loc "Acr7tovocc;
'A <p p ex~ d ex, garrison in the province
50/95. of Cappadocia: -ro7to"t"1)p'l)O'[cx 'Acppcx
"Acr7tpov (-r6), deserted city upon the ~e:!occ; 50/98.
Dnieper river: xoca-rpov 7tpw-rov 'A<pptx-/j (~), Africa 20/2, 21/28, 22/28,
TO ovocxcr.lH:v 7t1Xpoc TWV IlcxT~LVIXXtTWV 36, 25/52, 59, 65, 68, 74, 29/90, 158.
"Acr7tpov 8toc -rouc; ).l&ouc; cxu-rou qioclve:- 'A<pptxol, Africans 27/63, 29/163; TWV
cr&oct xix-roc:>..e:uxouc; 37/60-61. - Cf. Ouocv81i:>..wv, ~Tot -riiiv 'A<pptx&v 27/62;
Byzantirwturcica p. 78 (2nd ed. p. 76). 'Aqiptxouc; l:cxpocx'l)vouc; 49/9; cf. '' Aqi-
"Acr7tpoc;, river between the river pm.
Dniester and the mouth of the 'A<ppo8l-r'I), Aphrodite 14/32, 34; cf.
Danube: de; -rov 7to-rocov -rov m- 'An&..
:>..e:y6e:vov '' Ao-7tpov 9/91. ''A<ppot, Africans 20/3, 2o/5; cf. 'Acppt-
'Acr(J)TLXtoc; cf. 'Acrw-rtoc; 2. xoL
'A awn o c;, 1. prince of princes of 'Axixtcx (~), Achaea 49/43.
Armenia (I) 44/7, 18, 20, 21, 35. 'Axoce:T, "AxocT cf. ''AxT.
2. prince of princes of Armenia 'Axe::>..w, river in Thrace: de; 'Axe::>..wv
(II), son of Symbatios (cf. I:u~chwc; 32/91.
1.) 44/9, 36, 37; 'Acrw-rlxLoc; 43/112. "Axn, nephew and step-son of
3. protospatharius, patrician, ba- Apolesphouet and ruler of his cities
stard son of the Taronite Krikorikios 44/56, 108, 110; Ax&.ET 44/76, 77,
43/29, 51, 132, 164. 100, 104 ["AxccT variant in P].
4. son of Pankratios (cf. Ilcxyxpoc- ''A<jlcxvov, city of the Venetians:
-rwc; 2.) 45/34, 35. XcXO'TpOV - 27/82.
5. curopalate, brother of David (cf. 'A <Ji [expo c; cf. Tt~tptoc;.
i:locu(8 3.) 46/25, 37, 80, 130, 146, 154, Bixcxo-ocxtoc;, frontier warden 50/139,
163. 142, 134, 148.
6. patrician, son of Pankratios (cf. Bocy8&8 (T6), Bagdad 25/57, 64, 75, 78,
Ilcxyxpd.-rtoc; 4.) 46/13, 19, 125; 47/16.
'Ao-chtoc;, b xoct Ktax&ITT)c; 46/7, 10, Bocyt~ocpdcx (~), Bavaria 30/62.
IO, 16, 57, 64, 70, 106, 109, 117, Boc''-r~cxc;, prince of the Pechenegs:
150; 'Acrw-r(ou, -rou xcxt Ktaxoc0'1) B&'i"t"~cxv (acc.) 37 /21. -- Cf. Byzanti-
(gen.) 46/23, 31, 98, 124, 162. noturcica p. 84 (2nd ed. p. 84).
'A-re:">..xou~ou, district inhabited by BcxtTtX~ (-lj), part of Iberia 23/29.
the Turks ( = Magyars) and the Boci:Tt~ (o), river in Iberia 23/16.
Pechenegs: de; -r6rrouc; -rouc; t7tovocx - B<iA (o), river on the eastern side of
~oevouc; - 38/30; 'O 8e -r6itoc; ... the Maeotic lake 42/89.
ovo&~e:Tcxt XIXTcX T~V E:itwvulcxv TOU Bex:>..~ oc 8 iii vex, garrison in the pro-
xe:foe: 8te:pxoevou 7to-rocoi3 'E-reA. xoct vince of Cappadocia: T07to"t"1)p'l)<Jl<X
Kou~ou 40/24. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica Bcx:>..~cx8wvcxc; 50/94.
p. 79 (2nd ed. p. 77). Bcx:>..e:v-ri:voc;, I. Ragusan archdeacon
'ATex, island near Tamatarcha: VlJ 29/232.
cr(ov .. , TO :>..e:y6e:vov - 42/95. 2. Ragusan, father of Stephen
'A-r~cxp ci (c;), river region in Iberia: protospatbarius 29/232 [Bcxve:nrvo<;
7toTcxlcx "rou 'AT~ocpoc 46/14. P].
-~;f,~~F";'~f'~ '~.
""'(.".;1.
...",'
292 Index
BiXp~ocpoc;, owner of a mansion in Be:ve:~e:v86c; (~), city in Italy

Constantinople 43/67, 76, 91, 97, 102, 27/4, 11, 15, 37, 38, 43, 51, 56, 29/119,
141. 128, 160, 214, 285.
Bcxp~ocToc;, patrician and chamber- Be:vnlcx (1)), Venice 27/77, 89, 94,
lain 60/230. 28/2, 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 22, 44, 31/45,
B &p 8 oc c; cf. ID..ocTUrr681Jc;. 57.
Bocpihoc, garrison in the province Be:vhocoL, Venetians 27/80, 91, 28/4,
of Cappadocia: TorroT'l)PlJ(jlcx Bocp1hcxc; 20, 22, 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 41, 43;
50/94. TWV vuv xcxA.ouevwv Be:ve:Tlxwv, 7tpw-
B&pLc; (~),city in Italy: B&pe:wc; (gen.) Tov 8e 'Eve:TLxwv [AlTLxlwv P] 27/75-
27/56, 29/101, 112, 115. 76; TOUc; Beve:,.(xouc;. . . excx)..OUV't'O
Bocpxcx'Aiic;, chief oarsman, steers- 'EveTLxol [AtTLxLoL P] 27/71-72.
man of the imperial galley ol/120, Be:p~L<ivoL, tributaries of the Russi-
127; BcxpxocA.ou (gen.) 51/124; MLx_oc~'A ans: Be:p~LcXvc.o>v(gen.) 9/107.
b BocpxcxA.iic; 51/117; MLxcx~A., oo TO Be:pywvLcx (l]), Burgundy 26/24, 26,
brlxA'l)V b BocpxcxA.iic; 51/109. 42, 57, 61, 63.
B&pvcx (1J), city in Bulgaria: Bocpvcxc; Be:ptyyepYJc; cf. Be:ptyyi!:pwc;.
(gen.) 9/100, 100. Be:ptyyepLoc;, 1. Berengar, king of
Bcxpouqi6poc;, barrage of the river Italy (I): BeptyyepLOc; 26/22, 25;
Dnieper: de; TOV 7tE[J.7tTOV q>pocy6v, BeptyyeplJc; 26/28, 30, 35, 36, 45, 51;
TOv btovooc~6e:vov 'Pwo"LO"Tl ev Be:ptyyepYJ (gen.) 26/27, 29, 41, 54.
Bocpouqi6poc;, kxA.oc~lJVLO"Tt 8S: BouA.- 2. Berengar, king of Italy (II):
V1J7tp&x, 8L6TL e:y&:A.lJv ).lvYJv &rtonAE'i: Be:pLyyepYJ (gen.) 26/22.
9/57-59. Be:ptvoo7toALc;, garrison in the
Bocpoux (o), river in the country of province of Charsianon: T07to't'l)pYJcrloc
the Turks ( = Magyars) and Pechenegs BEpLVOU7t6A.e:wc; o0/104.
38/68. Be:pooA.:Atoc (T6), city in Pagania
Boco-().e:Loc;, 1. emperor (I) 22/81, 36/14.
29;10, 88, 94, 30/126, 128, o0/76, 225, Be:poOTl:YJ cf. Ae:&:v"t'L.
225, 51/7' 75, 108. BepToc, 1. wife of Adalbert, king of
2. patrician and chamberlain 43/ Italy: lJ e:ycXA.YJ BE:pTCX 26/16, 70.
67, 50/233. 2. wife of Hugh, king of Italy
Bcxo-rtocpocxci, district in Armenia: 26/64.
Boc0"1tcxpcxxoc (gen.) 43/111; BocO"Ttoc- 3. daughter of Hugh, king of
pocxcxvl't'l)c; (b) 45/77. Italy 26/69: e:Twvo&cr.f>YJ 8e Eu8o-
Boco-7tocpocxocvlTl)c; cf. Boc0"1tcxpocxoc. xlcx 26/71.
BcxTiic;, prince of the Pechenegs: BocTiiv Be:provcx (lj), city in Italy 26/19, 54.
(acc.) 37/24. - Cf. B!f"..antinoturcica BtxTwpi:voi;, Ragusan 29/232.
p. 86 (2nd ed. p. 87).
B L ~ LA. ( 8 lJ c;, protospatharius of the
Bex).oc (l]), city in Dalmatia 29/52, basin: 0e:oqiu).cxxToc; 6 BL~LA.(8l)c;
287' 30/136. l>l/134.
Be:Acil)c;, zupan of Terbounia: Be:MlJ BLvlo:Acx, city of the Venetians:
(gen.) 34/8. xiXcrTpOV - 27 /84.
Be:Hypor:8oc, 1. city on the river Blo-A.cx (fi) river: de; Tov 7toTocov Blo-A.cxc;
Danube: Ti Be:A.i!:ypcx8oc 40/29, 32, 33/18.
42/2, 16; TO Be:).typoc8ov 32/20 BLTOCALot;, Ragusan 29/232.
[Be:M:ypoc8ov P]. BLTE:'t"~e~lJ ('t'6), tributary city of
2. city in Croatia: To Be:A.eypoc- the Russiana 9/20.
8ov 31/69. BA. ex 8 t lJ po c;, son of Michael, prince
Be: At y p oc 8 o v cf. Be:A.&ypoc8oc. of the Bulgarians 32/47 [BA.occm-
Be:A.h~Lv (T6), city in Croatia 31/69. -fipwv P]. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 89
Be:A.oxpw~iiTOL cf. Xpw~ciToL. (2nd ed. p. 90).
Index 293
B:>.. ex cr" l '1) p o c;, prince of the SerbR 50/93, 102, 53/519; 't"WV Bouxe:A./..oc-
32/35, 35, 39, 42, 84/6, 7. p(wv 50/99, 53/533; e:lc; w'.ic; Bouxe:/../..cx-
Boyou (o), river between the Danube p(ouc; 50/123; Bouxe:/../..cxptx6c; 53/524.
and the city of Sarkel 42/59. BouA.oc't"~ort6v, province of the
B6e:c;, city of the Venetians: KcXO"rpov Pechenegs: TO &Ecx - 37/36; cf.
T~ort6v. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 94
- 27/84.
(2nd ed. p. 98).
B6~oc;, Burgundian marquis 26/44, 44.
BouA.y&.poc cf. Bou/..ycxpot.
BotKL, place inhabited by the Serbs: BouA.yocploc, Bulgaria 5/8, 8/5, 9/97,
de; 't"OV mxp' ocuw'i:c; BotJCL 't"6rtov e7tovo- 101, 30/ll9, 31/60, 62, 32/29, 40,
cx~6e:vov 32/4.
45, 50, 60, 63, 65, 74, 80, 90, 99,
B6"0.occ;, protospatharius and captain- 124, 137, 139, 148, 37/41, 48, 59,
general of Nico polis: Ile:'t"pwviic; o 51/112, 112; ~ ocUp1J BouA.yocplcx 12/1,
B6"t'Aocc; 45/146. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica 42/77; ~ cxup1J A.e:yoev'IJ BouA.ycxp(oc
pp. 91-92 (2nd ed. pp. 93--4). 12/3. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica pp.
Boccreo-~H.oc(3oc;, prince of the Serbs 95-96 (2nd ed. pp. 98-100).
32/34. BooA.yocpoL, Bulgarians o/2, 3, 6,
B6vcx, 1. city in the country of the 10, 8/20, 13/147, 161, 22/25, 31/65,
Zachlumi: B6voc (-r6) 34/14. 32/36, 56, 88, 91, 95, 104, 105, 109,
2. river in the country of the 114, 120, 126, 129, 40/41, 41/24;
Zachlumi: 7to't"ococ; KocA.oue:voc; B6vcx, BouA.yocpoc; (o) 13/149, 31/61; Bou)..-
8 ~p1)Ve:Ue:'t"OCL 'KcxA6v' 34/15. y&poc (~) 32/64. - Cf. Byzantinoturcif,a,
pp. 96-101 (2nd ed. pp. 100-106).
Bovtqiocnoc;, Roman general 25/6, 7, Bou:>..v'l)rtpiXx cf. Bocpouip6poc;.
11, 13, 32, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 51.
Bou:>..'t"~ouc;, prince and karcha.<i of
B6pe:vcx (c;), son of Muntimer, prince of the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/64, 66. -
the Serbs: B6pe:vcx (acc.) 32/52. Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 102 (2nd ed.
Boplo-'rjc;, prince of the Bulgarians: p. 107).
32/49, 64; Mtxcx-JiA. o Bop(o-1Jc; 31/62, BourtocJC't"wp cf. 'A(3ouf3ocxocp.
32/45, 54. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica Boupoc't" ('t"6), place on the frontier of
p. 93 (2nd ed. p. 96). Patzinacia 42/63.
Bopo't"cxA.&.T, province of the BoupA.[x, 1. (o) river on the eastern
Pechenegs: 't"O &ecx - 37/35; cf. side of the Maeotic lake 42/89.
TocA.ch. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 94 2. ('t"6) mouth of the Maeotic lake
(2nd ed. p. 97). 42/91.
B6crovcx, territory in Serbia: de; 't"O Boucre:(3ou't"~1J<;, prince of the Zach-
xwplov - 32/151. lumi: Bouo-e:~ou't"~7] (gen.) 33, 17.
Boucre:ypociU, city in Russia: TOU
Boo-7toptocvo[, Bosporians 53/4, 15,
Boucre:ypocRS: 9/7.
23, 31, 38, 39, 62, 65, 74, 183, 228,
229, 235, 236, 253, 255, 300, 309, Bou't"o(3oc ('t"ii), city in Dalmatia
3ll, 317, 319, 323, 342, 381, 387, 29/92 [Bouyo~oc P].
445, 468. Bp&voc;, son of Muntimer, prince of
the Serbs 32/67, 72, 94, 100.
B6cr7topoc; (~), city on the Maeotic BpiiT~oc (~), island off Dalmatia:
lake 11/2, 37/49, 42/8, 62, 72, 73, 30/llO; o Bp&.-ri:11c; 36/21.
82, 85, 92, 92, 53/27' 35, 40, 42, 43, B p &"l: 1J c; cf. Bp&'t"~oc.
99, 102, 104, 177, 223,232,233,292.
Bpe:(3S:p1J (~), zupania of Croatia
Bouf3ocxocp cf. 'A(3ou(3iXxocp. 30/92.
Bouy&. (~), chieftainess of the Croats Bpe:TTocvloc, Britain 25/3.
S0/65. - Cf. Byzantinoturciw p. 94 Bp6v~ov, city of the Venetians:
(2nd ed. p. 97). x&o-Tpov - 27 /86.
Bouxe:/../..ocptot, provincial 1:10ldiers, Bpouv8ov, citv of the Venetians:
province: &S:oc 't"Wv BouJCe:/../..cxplwv xiio-'t"pov - 27/87.
294 Index
BpouToc; (o), river in the country of I'o8(ytO'XAoc; cf. roy8tCJXAoc;.

the Turks ( = Magyars) and Pechenegs I'otnxoc;, prince of the Serbs 32/44,
38/70. 61, 69.
Bpuocc; (o), imperial palace near Con- I'ov&&:ptoc;, I'6v&ocptc;, foT-0-&:ptoc;
stantinople 51/17. cf. I'6T&ocpoc;.
Bpul:vvtot cf. 0s:6xTtO'Toc;. I'6T&ocpoc;, prince of the Vandals
Bu~&:vnov (T6), Byzantium 21/56, 25/35; I'o'C'&ocp(ou (gen.) 25/46 [recte:
25/49, 53/125, 137. r6v&exptc;, rov&iXptoc;].
Bu~lJps:c;, Byzerians 23/19.
I'6-r&ot, Goths 21/32, 25/15, 17, 24.
Bucrxoc;, primate of the Chersonites
rouT~lJO'XcX (~). district of Croatia
53/168.
f oc ~ p t ~A, 1. archangel 14/21. 30/94.
2. cleric and envoy 8/23. I'p&:8s:Text (T6), cit.y in Diocleia 35/13.
f&:8s:tpoc (-r&:), city in Spain 23/13, 17 r p oc t )( o l, Greeks 49/6.
fiX~(l'. (~), city in Palestine 18/3. I'p'l)yop&c;, possessor of a suburban
foc;;-r~ (~), city in Italy 27/5, 49, 51.
estate in Keltzini 43/98, 108, 159
[fp1)yopou P].
focJ..J..(ex, Gaul 25/3, 24, 41.
I'pYJy6ptoc;, 1. Ra.gusan 29/231.
focJ..ouex~vtK (T6), city in the
2. cf. "Ayto.:;; rpYjy6ptoc;, rpl)yO-
territory of the Zachlumi 33/21. piic;, Kptxop(Ktoc; 1.
f E~ ep LX 0 c; cf. I'Yj~l:ptxoc;.
r pt)( 0 p )( t 0 c; cf. KptKop(Ktoc; 1.
f E~ Xo river in the country of the
Pechenegs: de; Tov 7toTexov - 37/3. I'uxex, daughter of Lamachus, primate
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 104 (2nd of the Chersonit.es 53/239, 271, 272,
ed. p. 109). 273, 288, 289, 314, 319, 321, 334, 339,
f&J..ocv8p, barrage of the river 342, 354, 366, 368, 372, 377, 408, 409,
Dnieper: TOV Tphov <ppexy6v, -rov 415, 423, 427, 435, 437, 446, 453, 472,
J..e:y6s:vov I's:J..ixv8p(, 8 pYjVEUE't'CXL 478, 482.
l:XAOC~lJVLO'Tl '1ixoc; <ppexyou' 9/43-45. I'uJ..cx (-r6), province of the Pechenegs
I'eviXx, clan of the Turks(= Magyars): 37/18, 22; TOU xchw I'uJ..ex 37/41; cf.
Cx't'YJ - 40/5. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica Xoc~ou~tyyuM. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica
p. 104 (2nd ed. p. 109). p. 279 (2nd ed. p. 332).
I'e:pocvo[, Germans: fs:pocvouc;, Touc; ~IX).. ev, zupania of Pagania: 't'OU
vuv JCocJ..ouevouc; p&yyouc; 25/29. !1ex>..ev 30/ l 06; 't'OU ~OCAEVOU 30/108.
rs:wypocqioue:voc, work of Arte- ~ex).. ex TL v 0 ( cf. ~s:A.exTLVO(.
midorus 23/12, 23. ~exexcrx6c; (lj), Damascus 21/18, 40,
fs:<llpytoc;, magister, ruler of Ahas. 68, 25/70.
gia 46/16, 18, 26.
~extocv6c;, 1. patrician and cham-
rlJ~Eptxoc;, chief of the Vandals
25/35, 47, 50, 54 (rs:~s:plxou P]. berlain 50/224.
rij7toct8ec;, Gepedes 25/17, 21. 2. patrician 50/204.
r t ex~~ c;, prince of the Pechenegs: 6.cb/oc7tptc; (o), Dnieper 8/34, 9/8, 14,
ftoc~~ (acc.) 3?/24. - Cf. Byzantino- 20, 23, lll, 3?/36, 39, 42/7, 58, 60,
turcica p. 107 (2d ed. p. 112). 66, 68, 70, 76, 79; diXvoc7tpt (gen.)
ftoc~txo7t6v, province of the Pechenegs: 8/3, 6.
TO &toc - 87/41; cf. Xo7t6v. - Cf. LlcivexcrTp~c; (6), Dniester 9/89 [Ll&:voc7tptv
Byzantinoturcica p. 107 (2nct ed. p. P], 37/58 [Llocvcbps:wc; P], 42/57, 65
112). [~ocvoc7tps:wc; P], 66; .!l&:vexcrTpt (gen.)
I'tocLOUXOC't'OCL (-r6), deserted city 8/3, 6.
on the river Dniester 3?/64. - Cf. ~OCVLlJA, prophet 19/9.
Byzantirwturcica p. 107 (2nd ed. p. 113). .6ocvou{3toc; (6), Danube 8/3, 9/93, 98,
rHjTEc;, Iberian tribe 23/10. 98, 26/16, 30/11, 22, 47; Llrivoo{3tv
royl8tO'XAOc;, chief of the Vandals (acc.) 25/20, 30/21, 32/18; Llocvou{3i::wc;
25/31, 34 [recte: fo8lytaJCAoc;]. (gen.) 29/15, 42/2, 15, 18, 19, 20,
Index 295
55, 64; 6 "Icr-rpoc;, 6 X.IXL ~IXVOU~toc; vullXV 6.LOXA'IJ"CLIXVOl' X.IXAe:fo&m ol

/.q6e:vor; 7t'o-r1X6c; 40/42. 't'ijc; )( oopa:c; tX.dV1)c; trtlXVELA"~cplXOLV
Ll1Xul8, I. king 4i>/4, 5, 6, 7. 29/11-14.
2. ancestor of the Iberians 45/14, ~toXA'lJ't"La:v6c;, emperor 29/3, 8, 12,
33, 37. 238, 242, 252, 30/15, 16, 31/12, 28,
3. magister, brother of Asotios 33/4, 35/4, IO, 36/4, 63/2, 8, 21, 120,
(cf. 'Acrw-rwc; 5.) 46/79, 95, 96, 129, 122, 166.
154; ~IXUL8 o eyixc; 46/117, 151. ~tOVIJOLO<;, author 23/20.
4. son of Symbatios (cf. Lu- 6.lcr-rplX (li), city on the river Danube:
~1htor; 2.) 46/5, 29, 36, 38, 41; ~ixul8 Mcr'tplX<; (gen.) 42/21.
6 MiX7t'IXALc;, a ep'l)ve:ue:-rlXL '7t'ixviXywr;' ~ L' ~ l X.1J cf. AL 't~LX'IJ.
46/3.
~L-r~lvlX (~), river in Bulgaria 9/IOl,
~e:mvocrocptcr-rix(, work of Athe- IOI.
naeus 23/40.
~o~ptcrx[x. (-r6), city in the terri-
~ e: x. iX 'e: pix ( ,& ), city in Dalmatia. tory of the Zachlumi 33/21.
29/50 [-riX8e: x.iXcr-rpix P], 92, 30/97,
~ o A61) Xo <; cf. Ao86'Cx.oc; I.
98; -ro x.iXcr-rpov -r &v ~e:x.ix-repc.>v
~6voc;, Saint 29{241, 242.
ep'l]ve:ue:-rixt -r7j 'Pwix(wv 8tix:Aex.-r
'fo-re:vwE:vov xixl 7t'e:7t'vtyE:vov' (1t'e:- ~ocrnvx.a: (l)), city in Serbia 32/76.
7t'A'IJ"fevov P] 29/263-264. ~ ou~, military governor: Kwvcr-rixv-
~e:'.AIX-rlix, Dalmatia 29/1, 3, 5, 56, o
-r'tvoc; ~ou~ 60/153.
61, 86, 91, llO, 285, 30/1, 6, 8, 18, 6.pe:crve:~x. ('t6), city in Serbia 32/150.
19, 23, 57, 66, 76, 79, 120, 31/3, ~pouyou~hixt, tributaries of the
56, 32/24, 36/5. Russians: ~pouyou~t-r&v (gen.) 9{108.
~e::Aixnvo(, Dalmatians 30/51 [~ix:A ~uppocxtov ('t6), Dyrrachium 30/9,
ix-rtv&v P]. 96, 32/25, 82.
~e:p~/.e:v(vot, tributaries of the "E~Boov (-r6), suburb of Constan-
Russians: ~e:p~/.e:vvmc; (dat.) 37/44. tinople 01/16.
Lle:pl:'IJv~, province: &E:ix ~e:pl:r,v'ijc; 'E~pixfot, Jews 17/4; 'E~p1Xfoc; (o) 21/64.
53/507. ''EBe:crcrix, Edessa: 'EBe:crO"l]v6c; (o) 20/9,
~e: crv~ x. (-r6 ), city in Serbia 32/151. 21/65 ['Er,crtv6c; P].
~e:crnvlxov (-r6), city in Serbia 'E~E:Ae:x, grandson of Arpad, prince
32/150. of the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/57. -
Ll t iX 8 w pix ( -riX), city in Dalmatia Cf. Byzantinoturciea p. 114 ((2nd ed.
29/51, 275, 30/135; -ro x.iXcr-rpov -rwv p. 121).
~tixBwpwv X.IXAe:i:'t"IXL tjj 'Pwixwv 8LIX 'E~e:phixt, Ezeritai 60/2, 15, 21, 23,
:>.ex-re:> 'tO: ~pix', 81t'e:p ep'l)ve:oe:-rixt 28, 50, 61, 68, 70.
'&1t'iXp-rL ~-rov' 29/272-273. 'E~e:p6v ('t6), district of Peloponnesus:
~toyev'l)c;, I. father of Diogenes, 't"OU 'E~e:pou 50/79.
primate of the Chersonites 53/131. Etp~v'IJ, I. empress 27/14, 23.
2. primate of the Chersonites 2. empress, mother of Constantine
53/131, 159. VI 22/61.
Llt6X.AELIX (li), 1. city 29/11, 36/11 'E/.ix8iic;, magister, patrician: 'IwocvV7Jc;
[~t6x./.'1]1X P]. 6 'E!.ixBiic; 51/198.
2. district 30/95, 35/3, 9, 12 'E:A~ucrlvtot cf. 'E/.e:ucrlvtot.
[~t6X.A1JIX everywhere P.] 'E/.e:ucrlvtot, Iberian tribe 23/10
6.t6X.A1JIX cf. ~t6XAELIX. [recte: 'E/.~ucr[vtm].
6.tox./.'l)nixvo, Diocletians 29/57, 64, 'El.tcrcr6c; (6), fort ofDyrrachium 30/96.
35/1 ; 'AAJ.0: x.ixl -ro x.fo-rpov ~t6x.Ae:tix, 'El.x.unov (-r6), fort of Dyrrachium
-ro vuv 1t'1Xp0: 't"WV ~LOX.Al)'t"LIXVWV x.a:-re:- 30/96.
)(6e:vov 6 ix1hoc; ~IXOLAEU<; ~LOXA'lJ't"L 'EUiXc; (Yj), province: .9-eIX 'EAJ.:X8oi;
IXVOc; ~ix.086 'IJO'EV, o.9-e:v x.ixl 't"~V emu - 50/54.
296 Index
"E'.AA1Jve:i:;, Greeks 24/9, 50/73, 75; Zixx:Aouot, Zachlumi 29/57, 64

'E'M1Jvlc; (fi) 23/25. 30/101, 139, 141, 32/21, 87, 33/1, 3:
'E :AA 1l v t v.: cl:, work of Charax 24/9. 6, 8, 17, 20, 35/8; Zixx:Aou.oc; (6)
'E ), ).. 'Y) v ( c; cf. "EA:A1JVe:c;. 29/109; Zixx:Aouot Be ti>vocicr&1Jcrixv
'E)..)..1) 0'7t 6vn 0 t cf. 'E).A~0'7tOVTOc;. &no opouc; o\JTw XIXAOuevou X:Aouou,
x.ixL &A:Awi:; Be TiixpcX: tjj TWV ~x:Aci~wv
'E)..)..~cnrov7oc;, Hellespont: 'E)..)..1l.
Bt1XAEXT4> ep1)VUE:'t'IXL TO Zixx:Aouot
O'TCOV't'Wt {oL) 48/14; 'E)..)..1)0'7t6VTtoc; ( o)
1Jyouv 'oTC(crw Tou ~ouvou' 33/10--12.
48/4.
"E:Aoc; (6), district of Peloponnesus ZE:vnvix (~), river on the frontier of
Croatia: 't'~c; Ze:vTlvixc; 30/105, 113;
60/16.
T~EVTLVIX (fi) 30/116.
"Ee:crix cf. "ElkcrcrCl'., Xt\ji.
"Ee:T (6), emirate 2o/72. Ze-r:A~~1l (T6), city in Terbonnia
'Eve:7txo( cf. Be:vtnxot. 34/20.
Z ~ & o c;, primate of the Chersonites
'Emcrxoire:i.'o (v), village in the pro-
53/276.
vince of Derzene: 't'OU x(l)p(ou, 't'OU
Z ~ & w v, father of Zethus, primate of
bvory;~otvou 'Emcrxondou 53/508.
Cherson 53/276.
''E p !Y: ~ cf. Cicrtc;.
Z~v(l)v, emperor 26/28.
'Ecrt~~ (fi}, emirate: TI)v 'Em~~ 25/73.
ZLvixp6c;, descendant of Ishmael 14/4
'EcrcrouTC~, barrage of the Dnieper
[recte: N(~ixpoc;].
river: de; TOV npwTov cppixy6v, TOV
&novoCl'.~6e:vov 'Ecrcroumj, 8 &p.1)-
Ztxlix, Zichia 6/5, 42/12, 97, 99, 99,
ve:ue:TIXL 'PwmcrTt xry;t Lx)..Cl'.~1JVtO'TL ~ 103, 109, 63/495, 499.
xotiicrm' 9/24-26. ZLxot, Zichians 42/105, 107, 53/496.
'EcrTtouv~~' deserted city in Dal- Zou~ep, father of Abdelas, chief of
matia: - 29/292. the Arabs 21/39, 45.
'ETH cf. 'ATe:Axou~ou. Zou p ~ex v A 1J c;, protospatharius: Zoup-
EuBoxlix cf. BtpTix 3. ~ixvt:A 1) (gen.) 45/103.
EMoxtcic; (fi), garrison in the pro- Zw~, empress, mother of Constantine
vince of Cappadocia: T07tOT1Jp1Jcrlix VII 60/161.
Trjc; EuooxdBoc; o0/97. 'H~6:Aix, city of the Venetians:
Eu&utoc;, Saint 22/74. xcicrTpov - 27 /86.
E6p~TC1J,Eumpe2~3~ 'H:AtouTCo:Atc; {fi), city in Syria
EucrT&.&toc;, l. king ( n 29/277. 48/29.
2. protospatharius, of the imperial 'H'.ALTouix:A~ix, city of the Venetians:
chancellery oO /173, 178, 180, 182, xcicrTpov - 27 /85.
191, 193, 196, 201. 'Heptoc;, patrician and foreign mi-
3. patrician and lord admiral nister 50/176, 190, 191, 194.
51/85, 87. 96, 110. 'Hvrjxoc;, general of Symeon, prince
4. cf. 'Apyup6c; 1. of the Bulgarians: 'Hv~xou (gen.)
EucppocTe:tix (fi), district 60/145, 152. 32/118. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 122
Eucppcin1c; (o), Euphrates 21/21, 73. (2nd ed. p. 132).
"Ecpe:croc; (-Tj}, Ephesus 20/11, 48/9. 'H6Tix (Tei), zupania of Croatia 30/91.
ZetATi'ic;, son of Arpad, prince of the 'Hpcix:Ae:toc;, emperor 16/7, 29/54, 31/9,
Turks ( = Magyars) 40/55, 59. - Cf. 10, 16, 17' 19, 21, 33, 59, 32/9, 10,
Byz.antinoturcica p. 119 (2nd ed. 19, 146, 33/10, 34/5, 36/7, 36/7, 8,
p. 129). 45/22, 24, 26.
ZCl'.x.cxplcxc;, I. pope 27/15. 'Hpixx)..rjc;: 'H xry;,9-' 'Hpry;x)..~oi: lcrTop(ix,
2. son of Pribeslav, prince of work of Herodotus ( = Herodorus)
Serbia 32/101, 106, 118, 119. 23/6; 'Hpcix:Ae:tixt O'TrjAIXt 23/2.
Zcx;</,ouoi:, river in the country of 'Hp6BoTOc;, author 23/5 [recte:
the Zachlumi: e:lc; Tov TCOTCl'.ov Tov 'Hp68wpoc;).
bro11ory;~oe:vov Z!Y:;<Aouix 33/19. 'Hp6Bwpoc; cf. 'Hp6BoTo<;.
Index 297
'Hp-r~, province of Patzinacia: -ro 0e:6cpL'Aoc;, 1. emperor 42/26, 28, 40,

.:tt1X - 37 /17, 21; cf. 'Iix~8te:p-rl. 44, 47, 60/7, 10, 222, 223.
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 124 (2nd 2. patrician and military gover-
ed. p. 133). nor 45/59, 134, 140.
'H-r~~6x.'At1X(c;), general of Symeon, 0e:ocpUAIXX't"oc;, I. magister 43/155.
prince of the Bulgarians: 'H -r~~6x.'At1X 2. protospatharius and master of
(gen.) 32/118. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica the Augusta's table 51/175.
p. 122 (2Dd ed. p. 133). 3. cf. Bt~t'Al81Jc;.
0 e: cr cr IX), o v l x 1J (~}, Thessalonica, pro-
0 IXA &cr crw v, protospatharius of the
basin: 'lw&vv"l)c;, ou 't"o t7ttXA"IJV vince 32/11, 42/1, 15.
01XA&crcrwv 51/70, 136. 0e:u8epLxoc;, patrician and consul,
chief of the Goths: 0e:u8e:plxou (gen.)
0 e: T) c;, son of Moundaros 14/6, 26/27.
0 e: ten 6 c;,
1. father of Themistus, 0p~xe:c;, Thracians 50/12.
primate of the Chersonites 53/3. 0p~><"IJ (~}, Thrace 21/118; 25/26, 27.
2. primate of the Chersonites 53/3. 0 p ~x. ~ crLo L, provincial soldiers, pro-
0e:o86cnoc;, 1. Saint 22/74. vince: 't"O 0p~X1JO"LWV 47 /25.
2. emperor (II} 25/6; 0e:o86crtoc; 0wic;, rebel 22/42.
o vfoc; 25/25. 'lix~8Le:p-r(, province of the Pechenegs:
0e:oOOO"LOU7t"OAL<; (~), city in Armenia -ro .:ttIX - 37/43; -roG 'lix~Ot"l)p't"(
45/52, 70, 71, 74, 87, 89, 89, 91, 94, 37/69; cf. 'Hp-c~. - Cf. Byzanti-
96, 116, 122, 128, 134, 144, 148, rwturcica p. 124 (2d ed. p. 134).
154, 160, 169, 170; 0e:o8ocrLoU7tOAL't"IXL 'l1Xxvot'.ix.1Xc;, military governor 60/121,
(ol} 45/62, 64, 73, 143, 153, 166. 123.
0 e: o 8 o cr Lou 7t o A'L 't" IXL cf. 0e:o8omou7toALc;. "l~"IJP (o), river 23/2, 4, 24/11.
0e:68o't"oc;, chief oarsman, steersman, "I~"l]pe:c;, Iberians 23/19, 20, 21, 22, 24,
protospatharius of the basin 51/150, 40, 41, 45/l, 2, 8, 20, 28, 64, 73,
164. 79, 91, 95, 138, 154, 159, 168, 46/1,
35, 128; "I~'IJP (o) 23/24, 30, 36, 36,
0e:68wpoc;, 1. Armenian interpreter 46/4, 52, 67; "I~IJpot (ol) 23/37, 38;
43/41. "l~1Jpoc; (o) 23/36, 39; 'I~1Jpc; (Tj)
2. Cf. :ELyp('t"~"l)c;.
23/25, 25; 1~'1JPL't""l]c; (a) 23/17, 18;
0e:6x.-rt cr-roc;, protospatharius and 'l~1JpLX.Oc; 23/6, 26, 26.
military governor 50/21; 0e:6x.n- 'l~1Jpl1X, Iberia 22/14, 23/1, 2, 14, 19,
cr-roc;, oi'.> -ro t7t[x.).:l')V 6 -rwv Bpue:wlwv 27' 28, 24/9, 10, 43/39, 48, 112,
50/10. 46/44, 48, 56, 79, 153.
0e:6c;, God P/39, 13/32, 35, 36, 38, 43, 'l~"l)p(c;, 'I~71pl-r'f)c;, ''l~'l')poL cf. "l~"l)pec;.
46, 50, 51, 53, 55, 59, 77, 84, 91, "Iyywp, prince of Russia 9/5.
97, 98, 139, 140, 21/119, 22/51, 72,
27/34, 29/126, 192, 199, 203, 31/41, 'le:x-rciv, ancestor of the Homerites
46/15, 46/59, 47/15, 48/8, 49/25, 64, 14/9.
61/174, 53/170, 200, 208, 334, 345, 'IHe:x, son of Arpad, prince of the
351, 383, 445, 453, 460, 465; cf. Turks (= Magyars) 40/54, 57. - Cf.
K1'.ipwc;, Il1Xv-rox.p1hwp, Xptcr-c6i;. Byzantinoturcica p. 125 (2nd ed. p.136).
0e:o-r6xoc;, the Mother of God 21/125, 'le: pd IX (Tj), place near Constantinople
%/7. with imperial palace iil/16.
'Ie:poa6)..ucx cf. 'le:poucr1X)..~.
e:ocp&v"l)c;, 1. historian 17/1, 21/1,
35, 22/1; 6 tv &ylot<; 0e:ocpctV1J<; 22/78; 'le:poucro:)..~ (~). Jerusalem 19/3,
o <lmoc; 8e:ocp&:v"l)c; Tiji; ~Lypiixv'ijc; 25/1. 45/10, 13, 29, 38; 'Ie:pocroMwv
2. patrician and chamberlain (gen.) 19/4.
00/232. 'I~ la, cf. 'A~a 1.
298 Index
"I 1'J c;, island off Dalmatia: v'ljcroc; K1X~e:pT~EVT~1Jc;, city of the Vene-
36/22. tians: x1foTpov - 27/95.
'hicrouc; cf. XpLcroc;. KiXyy1Xp, name of the Pechenegs:
'IHup(IX, Illyria 45/159. XIXt KiXyylXp ovoiX~oVTIXL o! lIIXT~L
'IA:AupLXOV (6), Illyricum 30/76. VIXX hlXL 37/68; wc; iiv8pe:LoTe:poL xcxt
'locr).~ (6), city in the territory of the e:uye:vfo-re:pot Twv :Aomwv TouTo yd:p
Zachlumi 3:1/21. 81)'.AoI ~ TOU K&yyixp 7tpocr1Jyop(Cl'.
'Iou81XtoL, Jews 14/16, 19/10; 'Iou81X'i:oc; 37/70-71; Il1X't"~tV1XXiT1XL, ot 7tp6-re:-
(o) 20/8. pov KiXyylXp e7t"OVOfLIX~6e:vot (TOUTO
'IouvLoc;, June 9/19. yd:p TO KiXyY1Xp <lvoIX fo' e:uye:ve:l~
'loucrTLVLci.VCl'., city of the Vene- x1Xt iXvBpd~ E::Aeye:'t"o 7t1Xp' IXUToic;)
tians. xifo-rpov - 27 /73. 38/20-21; IllX't"~L'lllXXLTWv, TWV T1)Vt-
'IoucrTLVLoi:v6c;, emperor (II) 21/48 XIXU't"IX K&yy1Xp i1:7tovo1X~oevwv 38/25.
['Ioucr-rL1Xv6c; P], 22/9, 29, 34, 47 /6, - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 132 (2nd
10; 'IoucrTLVLIXVOc; 0 'PLv6T't)TOc; 21/30, ed. p. 145).
22/4 ['IoucrTivoc; P]. K1Xr:Bou, prince of the Pechenegs
'loUO"'t"LVLIXVOU7t"OALc; (~), city in 37/23. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 133
the province of Hellespont 48/18; (2Dd ed. p. 146).
~ vf.ix 'IoucrTLVLIXVOU7t"OALc; 48/11. K1Xtv~ cf. Kapx1J8wv.
'lou-roT~fic;, son of Arpad, prince K1Xtcr1Xpd1X (~), city in Cappadocia
of the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/55, 58. 50/110.
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 128 (2nd K&r:croc;, son of Moundaros 14/6.
ed. p. 140). Kixx(xtoc;, prince of Basparaka 43/111,
'I 7t" IX 6 c;, prince of the Pechenegs: 'lrt1X6v 130.
(acc.) 37 /22. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica K1XA1X~p(a, Calabria, province 27/10,
p. 128 (2Dd ed. p. )40), 48, 58, 28/12, 60/88.
'foci, chief of the Arabs 22/54. KIX'.Aijc;, father of the karchas Boul-
'lcr[ yoT.&o L, Visigoths 25/17, 23, 40. tzous: KIX'.A-Yj (gen.) 40/66, 67. - Cf.
'lcrCl'.~A, 1. son of Abraham 14/3, 4. Byzantinoturcica p. 134 (2nd ed. p.147).
2. cf. 'Apevwc;. K1X)..).(vtxoc;, manufacturer of liquid
'lcrrm v LIX, Spain 21/29, 33, 22/3, 37, fire 48/29.
38, 39, 44, 23/1, 14, 24/1, 2, 3, 4, 7, K1X/..A(7t0Atc; (~} city in Italy 27/48.
9, 21)/4, 31, 33, 41, 61; cf, ~Tt"IXVtlX.
K1X'.Am1Xvo( cf. Ke::Axtavol.
"Icr 7t IX vo c;, giant 24/2.
K IX :A cp o u c;, Saracen general : K1X'.Acpou.;
'IcnpllX, !stria 30/10, 114, 116.
(gen.) 29/90 [K:A1Xcpouc; P].
"foTpoc; (o), Ister 40/35, 42, 53/133;
cf. ~1Xvouf3wc;. K IX IX T1l p 6 c;, spatharocandidate: Ile:Tpw-
'In'.AllX, Italy 24/3, 26/2, 66, 27, 4, 90; viic; 0 e7tovo1X~6e:vot; KcxIXT1Jp6c;
't"O p1)yfi-rov 'h1X'.A(1Xc;, lJTOL Il1X7tt1Xc; 42/25; Ile:Tpwvfic; 42/32, 39, 49;
28/41. Ile:Tpwvii (acc.) 42/30.
'Irn:Ao(, Italians 23/24. Kci1XX1X (-Tj), county in the province
'Iw&:vvr1c;, 1. archbishop 47/4, 48/3, 19. of Mesopotamia 50/116, 128.
2. son of Manuel protospatharius K1Xv1X)..ij, district of Terbounia: 34/16;
1>01121, 124. Tou K1Xv1X)..-~ 34/19, 35/9; To BE:
3. cleric and rector 51/173. K1Xv1X:A7) E:p'Tjve:ue:TIXL Tfi TWV l:x).cif'wv
4. cf. 'App1Xf3wvlT1Jc;, 'E).1X8ac;, 8LcxAf:XT'll '&cx~[cx' 34/16---17.
01XM.crcrwv, KoupxouCl'.c;, IlLTt;'Tjxcxu8'Tjc;, K1Xvcx).i:T1Xt, Kanalites 29/57, 64, 109,
II pw-r&.Jwv. 32/22, 34/1, 3.
'l(l)VLIX, Ionia 20/12. K ex 7t 7t IX 8 ox l IX, Cappadocia, province
Kci(31XpoL, Kabaroi, clan of the Turks &0/83.
( = Magyars) 39/1, 2, 7, 13, 40/1, 4, 7. K1X7t7t1X8oxol, provincial soldiers, pro-
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 132 (2nd vince: To K1X1m1X8oxwv -9e1X 50/93,
ed. p. 144). 96; TO K1X7t7t1X8oxwv 50/108.
Index 299
Koc7tpe:, city of the Venetians: Ktooc(3oc, Klo(3ix cf. Klix(3oi;.

XctcrTpo11 - 27 /91. KLcrx&a"IJc; cf. 'Acrw'l'wc; 6.
K&7tuix (-i)), city in Italy 27/4 K:>.ix(3 wXIX ('1'6), city in Croatia 31/70.
[Kixm'.i"t) P), 11, 50, 57, 61, 66; K'.>.ixcpouc; cf. Kix).cpoGc;.
Kix7tu"t) 29/118, 127, 160, 214; K&7tu- K)..e:Loix, frontier pass in Dalmatia:
ixv v:.ix11 (acc.) 27 /65 [Kix7t1XllTijv P]. xix'.>.e:hixL K)..e:J:croc BLiX 't'O cruyx).de:LV
Kixp~(c;), clan of the Turks (= Ma-
To)c; pxotvouc; txe:We:v 29/30.
gyars): (386"1) Kixp'ij 40/6. - Cf.
K:>.ov("l]poc;, son of Stroimer, prince
Byzantinoturcica p. 139 (2dn ed.
p. 154). of the Serbs 32/63, 74.
K&pou:>.oi;, Charlemagne, emperor of K'.>.01Jyloc, city of the Venetians:
great Francia 26/5; o :.yoci; xocaTpov - 27/87.
K&pou'.>.o<; 26/3. K:>.ouxiic;, chief of the Croats 30/64.
K&p<; (T6), city in great Armenia 44/14. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 144 (2nd
ed. p. 161).
KixpX"t)~wv (ij), city in Spain: KixLV-IJ
Kv~vo<;, general of Symeon, prince
Kocpx"t)BC:N 23/16.
of the Bulgarians: K~vou (gen.)
Kixcrixxlix, Kasachia 42/13, 101, 101.
32/117. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 144
Koccr~, county in the province of (2nd ed. p. 161).
Charsianon: Toupix Kixcrijc; 50/110. K6yxop8ix, city of the Venetians:
Kixcr~(c;), clan of the Turks (= Ma- xcicr't'pov - 27/73.
gyars): by861J KM~ 40/6. - Cf. Koypci~ov, city of the Venetians:
Byzantinoturcica p. 139 (2nd ed. XiX.O"TpOV - 27/80.
p. 155). Ko).c:ivetoc (~), city and province
KixTixxix:>. wv, magister and commander- 45/47, 60/116.
in-chief: KixTixxix:>.w11 (acc.) 45/51. K6ocTIX (TIX.), county in the pro-
KixTIXUTpe:[3e:vw, deserted city in vince of Cappadocia oOflOO.
Dalmatia: - 29/291. Ko p ~ (TO), district of Armenia
Kche:pix (T6), city in Serbia 32/151.
44/41, 87.
KixuxoccrLix (TIX.), Caucasian moun-
K6pt ('1'6), city in Croatia 31/70.
tains 42/102.
K6ptv~oc;, Corinth: Kop!v&ou (gen.)
Kixcpiii; (o), frontier-town of the
Chersonites and Bosporians 53/170, 49/14, 52/4.
Kocren~"l)c;, chief of the Croats
172, 182, 189, 227.
Ke:'.>.xLocvo(, Iberian tribe 23/11 [recte: 30/64. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 146
(2Dd ed. p. 164),
Kix:>.mixvo( seu Ke:ATLxo( ?].
KoT~().&c;, leader of the Franks:
Ke:At"~"IJV~ (ij), city and county in the
Ko't'~(hv (acc.) 30/87.
province of Chaldia 43/92, 98, 108,
142, 50/116, 129. KouixBpiiToi;, author 23/36.
Ke:'.>.TLXo( cf. Ke:AxLixvoL Kouocp't'~tT~oup, province of the
Ke:T~eov (T6), city near Theodosiou- Pechenegs: TO .&eix - 37/35; Toi'.i
polis 45/68, 82, 93. - 37/69; cf. T~oup. - Cf. Byzantino-
Ke:cpocH"l)vlix (1)), province 50/85. turcica p. 147 (2nd ed. p. 165).
Kloc (3 o c;, city of the Russians: TOV Kou(3&p, the star Venus 14/32, 33, 35,
Kloc(3ov 9/106, 111; TOV Klo(3ix 9/15; 36; cf. 'A)..).&.
TO Kw&[3ix, TO E7tovoix~6e:vov ~ix Kou (3 o G (6), river in the country
(3oc't'cfc; 9/8-9. of the Turks ( = Magyars) and
KL(3up pix &W't'IX L, provincial soldiers, Pechenegs 38/69.
province: TO TWV KL(3uppocLw't'wv Koue:)., prince of the Pechenegs 37/21.
.&eC 00/174, 183; To .&eix Twv - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 147 (2nd
KL(3upp1XLWTW\I 51/132; TO Kt(3up- ed. p. 166).
pocLwcwv 4 7/25; Twv Kt(3uppoc&wTW\I Kou~oG cf. 'A-re:)..xou~ou.
50/207. Kou 1 7t' e Y) ('r6), province of the Peche-
Klxe:p cf. Koupxpoc. negs 37/18, 22; cf. ~upouxci).rre"'I). -
300 Index
Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 248 (2nd ed. Kptcrx.6po11oc;, chief of the Sarma-

p. 294). tians: Kptcrxop6vou (gen.) 63/4 [Kpl-
Koupxbtoc;, 1. son of Pankratios (cf. crx.wv. "Opou P], 163.
Ilixyxpcl:-noc; 4.) 46/7, 9. Kplcroc; (o), river in the country of
2. magister, son-in-law of Asotios the Turks(= Magyars) 40/40.
(cf. 'AcrwTtoc; 6.) 46/18, 20, 22, 25, 30, KT e: vii c;, cleric, precentor, protospatha-
52, 84, 87, 90, 92, 94, 121, 126, 129, rius 50/236, 238, 246, 253, 255.
154; Koupx.ev'l)v (acc.) 46/11, 121; Ku~e:pvtx.6v, place near Bosporus: l11
Koupx.&v'l (gen.) 46/58, 66, 107. Ku~e:p11tx.c'i) r>3/224.
Koupx.ouixc;, magister: 'Iwcl:vv'l)c; 6 Koup- Ku~tx.'l)vol cf. Ku~Lxoc;.
xouoi:c; 45/56, 162; 'lwtVV'l)c; 45/59, 143. Ku~ t x o i:; (Tj), Cyzicus 47 /6, 13, 24, 48/31;
Ko upx.oupix cf. Koupxpix. Ku~LX'IJllol 48/17, 20.
Koupxoi:iTixt, prince of the Pechenegs: Kotv-roi:;, Roman general 24/6, 6.
37/22. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 149
Kux.:>.cl:oe:c; (ixl), Cyclades 22/46.
(2nd ed. p. 168).
Ku~ix:>.ixi:oc; (T6), county in the
Koupx.pix (1i), island off Dalmatia:
Ti Koupxpix, ~-rot -ro Klxe:p 36/16; TIX province of Charsianon 50/134.
Koupxoupix 30/110. Kutviic;: TOU Kutvii, monastery 46/55.
Koup-rouy&pix-ro(c;), clan of the Turks KuvriTe:c;, Iberian tribe 23/9.
( = Magyars): -re:T&pT'IJ ( -rou) Koup-rou- Ku 7t p tot cf. Ku7tpoi:;.
ye:pchou 40/5. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica Ku7tpoi:; (1)), Cyprus 20/4, 22/14, 47/9,
p. 150 (2nd ed. p. 169). 12, 16, 20; Ku7tptoL (o[) 47/1, 11, 17,
Koucrocpoc;, son of Moundaros 14/6. 22, 48/3; Ku7tpLoc; (o) 47/10.
Kouqitc; (o), river between the river Kup~V'IJ (1)), Cyrene 25/40.
Danube and the city of Sarkel 42/59. Kuptixx.6c;, Saint 22/73.
Kpixt11ixc;, son of Belaes, zupan of Koptoi:;, The Lord P/3, 39, 13/43, 40/30.
Terbounia 34/8. Kw).wpt(v}, district on the Byzan-
K p ixx. 11o::x.&. TIX t (TO), deserted city on
tine frontier: e:li:; - 46/15.
the river Dniester 37/62. -Cf. Byzan- Kw 6 o p o o c; garrison in the pro-
tinoturcica p. 153 (2nd ed. p. 173).
vince of Charsianon: 1j Toti Kwo-
Kpcl:pto11, ford of the river Dnieper:
op6ou T07tOT'IJp't)C1(1X fi0/106.
7tep1Xf.LC TOU KpCLp(ou 9/66.
Kwvo7tcl:c; (6), river near the Danube
K pix cr 'IJ it p 'IJ c;, prince of the Croats:
9/99, 99.
TOV KplXO'IJiJ.EP'IJ 31/44, 76.
K w 11 cr T cl: 11 TL ix (1)) city on the coast of
Kpix-ri:voi:;, dramatist 23/39.
the Black Sea Uf99.
Kpi/T'IJ (7J), Crete 22/40, 46. e
Kw v cr -r ix v TL v w v 7t6'.>.tc;, Constantia,
Kpl~ixcroc (Tj), district of Croatia 30/93. city in Cyprus 48/12.
Kpt~'t)'t"IXL"l')Vo[ cf. Kpt~t-r~oL K > 110--rix llTt 110 c;, 1. emperor (I)
K pt~ t T~ o l, tributaries of the Russians: 13/49, 141, 169, 53/124, 159; 6
Kpt~t-r~wv (gen.) 9/108; Kptfj't)TCt'l)llol eyet.c; Kwvcrw.vTtvoi:; 13/155; Kwv-
9/9. O-TIXVTl.'voi:; o eyoci:; 13/32; &ytoc; K<ll11-
K p t x. o p l x. to i:;, 1. magister, patrician and cr-rixvT1:voi:; 13/78; Kw11crwvT"Lvoc; b
military governor, prince of Taron &ywc; 13/117; o Eyixc; xix! &ytoc;
43/7, 46 [rpix.oplx.w11 PJ, 50, 63, 64, KwvOTIXVTl.'voc; 13/ 112; 6 dtytoi:; xixl
80, 91, 135, 151, 164, 187; Kptx.oplx.ou eyixc; KwvcrTCVTtvoi:; 40/30.
(gen.) 43/28, 56; rp-.7y6ptoc; 43/35; cf. 2. emperor ( = Constans II Pogo-
TCpCJ>VLT'l)c;. natus): Kwvcr-rixvitvoi:; 6 x.oct Ilwywvoc-
2. brother of Baasakios: Kptx.o- TO<; XCAoue:vo.; 48/2 8; o IlwywviiToc;
pl><7) (gen.) 50/139. 21/11,39, 46.
K pt v [TYJ i:;, 1. protospatharius and inter- 3. emperor (IV): 21/9, IO, 46,
preter 43/137, 170, 172, 177. 48/28.
2. protospatharius 50/39, 47, 4. emperor (VI) 22/62 [Kwvcr-roi:11-
52, 53; KptvlT'l)c; 6 'Apo-rpiii:; 50/34. To<; P].
Index 301
5. emperor (VII) Tit.fl, 22/80, Aocucrtetx6c; (o), hall in the imperial

26/67, 72, 46/40, 50/159, 230, 233, palace at Constantinople IJ0/241.
01/137, 164, 169. A oc X1J c;, sculptor: Aciy_1)c; o Alv8toc; 21/62
6. protospatharius, patrician, com- [recte: Xcip1)c;].
mander of the great company 43/55,
Ae:&.vn, barrage of the Dnieper river:
59, 61, 70, 74; Kwvcr-rixv-r"Lvoc; b -rou
-rov ~x-rov cppocy6v, ).e:y6e:vov ev
At[36c; 43/43. 'Pwcncr't'l Ae:civ-rt, I:x.).ix[31JVLO"'t't 8 Be:-
7. patrician and chamberlain
potl-r~'Yj, I) fo-rtv '[3pcicret ve:pou' 9 /
50/229, 231, ol/149, 160. 61-62.
8. protospatharius, patrician
Ae:(?>e:8[cx (7i), place inhabited by the
and lord admiral 46/50, 53, 65, 77,
Turks (= Magyars) 38/4, 8. - Cf.
91, 93, 96, 101, 108, lll, ll3, 119,
Byzantinoturcica p. 157 (2nd ed.
140, 144, 149, 155, 162.
9. cf. ~ou~, Awptxii-roc;.
p. 177).
Kwvcr-rlX v-rt vo 1) 7to AL c; (ij), Constan- Ae:[3e:8letc;, voivode of the Turks
tinople 9/2, 3, 20/10, 21/55, ll2, ll7, (= Magyars) 38/6, 13, 16, 18, 30, 34
Ae:[3e:8lix (acc.) 38/33 [xe:Mv8tix P]. __:
26/66, 27/7, 8, 29/27.
Cf. Byzantinotureica p. 157 (2nd ed.
Kwvcr-rixc;, 1. tribune and emperor (?)
p. 177).
53/10, 11, 13, 76, 80, 86, 91, 95,
106, 119; Kwvcr-rixv (acc.) r>S/71; Ae:v~ix v~ vo L, tributaries of the Russians
K wvcr-rcxv-roc; (gen.) 53/ 103 ; K WVO"'t'IX 9/10; Ae:v~e:v(votc; (dat.) 37/44.
(gen.) 53/124, 127; Kwvcr-r~ (dat.) Ae:v~e:v[vot cf. Ae:v~IXv~vot.
!)3/73, 88, 90. Ae:6vnoc;, emperor 22/7, 7, 29, 31.
2. cf. Kwvcr-rixv-ri:voc; 4. Ae:crv1Jx (-r6), city in Serbia 32/150.
K wcr-rixc;, prince of the Pechenegs:
Ae:uxix8lixt, work of Parthenius 23/18.
KC:icr-rixv (acc.) 37/23. - Cf. Byzan-
tinoturcica p. 156 (2nd ed. p. 176). Aewv, l. emperor (IV) 13/61, 126.
2. emperor (VI) 32/78, 81, 40/8,
Aixyou[3ixp1Hix, Lombardy, province
43/19, 36, 97, 102, 129, 44/119,
27/1, 47, 54, 29/101, 103, 111, 115,
45/36, 44, 67, 60/86, 92, 101, ll8,
IJ0/86, 51/200.
133, 136, 156, 171, 218, 227, 232,
Aetyo0[3etp8ot, Lombards 27/30, 36, 53,
63; Aoyyl(?>ixp8ot 25/22.
235, 51/192, 197; Mwv, o crocpw-
-rix-roc; (?>ixm).e:uc; 22/80, 49/72, 51/5,
Aet~Lx.1J (7i), Lazike 53/163.
34, 51, 69, 77, 157; 6 crocpW't'IX't'Oc;
Aix~o(, Lazi 53/6, 8, 98.
Af.>v 51/22.
Aixx.e8ixtovlix, Lacedaemonia 50/16. 3. cf. 'Aye).etcr't'oc;, 'Apyup6c; 2.,
Aet:Acix. w v, patrician and military gover- 'Apev1Jc;, 'Petfj8ou;x:oc;, T~tx.&v1Jc;.
nor: AixM.x.wvix (acc.) 45/4 7. Al(?>ixvoc; (o), Lebanon 21/4, 5, 22/ll.
A&.ix;x:oc;, primate of the Chersonites 24.
58/234, 245, 257, 259, 268, 270, 272, Atf3u'Ti (7i), Libya 15/4, 22/68, 25/4, 8,
280, 285, 313, 315, 320. 9, 33, 36, 39.
Aetci;x:ou 1:x.o7t1) (i]), site in the city of
Alyue:c;, Ligurians 23/37.
Cherson 53/451.
Atxev-r~tCl'., city of the Venetians:
A&.ijlixx.oc; (1)), city in Asia Minor: ev
Aixl)icix.cii 21/118. x&.cr-rpo11 - 27/83.
Aetv8oiD.cpoc;, bishop 27/64. Atwv (o), place near the city of
A&ptcrcrix (7i), county in the province Cherson 53/306, 311, 312,
of Sebasteia 50/133, 143, 144, 149. Alv8toc; cf. A&.;x:"l)c;.
Acicr-ro (?>ov (-r6), island offDalmatia36/23. Atouvnxix(c;), son of Arpad, prince
Aixupev-rtoc;, Saint 29/262. of the Turks ( = Magyars): Atouvnx.oc
Acxupvrwv, city of the Venetians: (acc.) 40/12. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica
x.&.cr-rpov - 27/88. p. 157 (2nd ed. p. 178).
Aixucrocl:ot cf. 'Pixo0mov. Al't'~IX (7i), district in Croatia 30/93.
302 Index
Avr~ix.1), unbaptized people dwelling M1Xtwnc; (ij), Maeotic lake 42/9, 73,
on the river Visla: &.rro -rwv x.1X-roL- 75, 78, 86, 90, 53/5, 15, 28, 41, 74,
x.ouv-rwv &.~ixrr-rlcr-rwv de; -rov rro-r1Xov 105, 164, 180, 223.
Bcr).1Xc;, 't"ouc; ~rrovoix~oevouc; At't"~!Xl) Mixx.e:8611e:c;, Macedonians 60/12.
33/17-19 [~t-r~(x.1) PJ; cf. Ae:v~IXV~vot. M1XAt1Xc; (o), promontory in Pelopon-
At't"OUf1.1XYXepcr1)c;, city of the Vene- nesus: 't"OU MIXAEIX 50/79.
tians: x.cicr't"pov - 27/85. M1X:A&1Xxo, comedy of Cratinus 28/39.
A (I)! cf. KwvcrTIXV't"L voe; 6. M1X:Ao ~ e:ci TIX Lcf. l\U:An1X.
A6~e:).oc;, chief of the Croats 30/64. M&rr1X'.Atc; cf. ~1Xu8 4.
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 157 (2nd M1Xv~txle:p-r (-r6), city in Armenia
ed. p. 178). 44/2, 17' 29, 40, 43, 53, 67' 70, 73,
Aoyy(~Cl'.p8ot cf. Aixyou~1Xp8ot. 80, 86, 94, 99, 107, 45/97; Mcxv~tx.L
Ao86"Lx.oc;, 1. Lewis, king of Francia epTIXL (ot) 45/65.
(II): Ao8otx.ou (gen.) 26/17; Ao86"Lxoc; MIX v ~ t x Lt p -r IXL cf. M1Xv~tx.le:p-r.
29/104, 117 [L\.o).o~xoc; P], 122 [L\.o- Mixvou~:A, protospatharius 00/115, ll8,
).o+ixw P], 126 [L\.o).o~xoc; P], 136 120.
[6.oA01))(0V P], 152, 154, 162, 164, M1Xp 8 IXr:-rix t, Mardai:tes 21/4, 22/10, 18, 21,
169. 24, 50/169, 184, 185, 214, 217, 220.
2. Lewis, king of Italy (III): Moc p (IX, the Mother of God 21/124.
AoMcx.oc; 26/17. M1XpXt1Xv6c;, 1. author 23/27.
Ao86'C)(oc; cf. AoMcx.oc; 1. 2. emperor 21)/53.
Aov-ro86x.).ix (i-6), city in Diocleia35/13. Moc p IX~ 11, general of Symeon, prince
of the Bulgarians: M1Xpix'fi11 (acc.)
Aoux.ci~e:TIXL (-r6) city in Terbounia
32/93; Mixp1X'fi (gen.) 32/112. - Cf.
34/20.
Byzantirwturcica p. 161 (2nd ed.
Aoux.iic;, Saint, evangelist 36/18. p. 182).
Aou).tixv6v, city of the Venetians: M1Xpou&, 1. chief of the Arabs 21/26,42.
x.cicr-rpov - 27/82. 2. chief of the Arabs 22/56, 56.
Aou~ptx.ci-rov (i-6), city in Dalmatia Mixp-rtvoc;, missionary 31/45.
29/289. MiXpnoc;, March 50/42.
Aou<HTIXVtlX cf. AucrLTIXVLIX. M & er IX :A IX c;, general of the Arabs
Aoucrt-rixvo(, Lusitanians 24/5. 21/112, 116, 117, 22/50; l\f&crix).ix
Aux.ix1186c; (fi), city, county and pro- (gen.) 21/121.
vince 50/135, 154, 157, 161, 162, 163. Mixcr-r1hov (-r6), city in Armenia 45/129,
Au cr LT ix v [ oi:, Lusitania 23/17 [recte: 142, 145, 155.
Aoucrt-roi:11(1X]. MIX crn 1) v o cf. M1XcrTt110.
Aw.&ciptoc;, 1. king of Italy (I) MIX cr Tt 11 o !, Iberian tribe 23/10 [recte:
26/10; o tyixc; AwMptoc; 26/2, 17. M1Xcr-r~1)voL].
2. king of Italy (II) 26/65. M1Xu(1Xc; (-ou gen.), chief of the Arabs
Awptx.ci-roc;, steersman and proto- 20/3, 10, 21/3, 7, 12, 19, 20,
spatharius of the basin: Kw11crT1XVTt- 20, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 34, 3~ 67, 72,
11oc; o Awptxfhoc; 61/168. 79, 89, 91, 98, 98, 100, 101, 107, 108,
MC81Xoc\ix.0(11), island near Venice: 109, 110, 111, 112, 22/2, 36, 2i>/62;
-ro\i Mixllixm'.ixou 28/25. MIXuLiiTIXL (ol) 22/39.
MCl'.utiiTIXL cf. MocuLcx<;.
M1Xi1C\ixo11, city of the Venetians:
Mixtipov, mountain in Lebanon: -roti
xfo-rpov - 27/86.
Mixupou opoui; 21/4.
Moilltoivinc;, desert: T'fiv Mix8t1Xvhtv M1Xupocp6pot, Black-robed (= Ab-
l:pr;ov 14/7. basids) 21/24, 27.
~fo3(c;, chief of the Arabs 22/58. MeyEpl)(c;), clan of the Turks (=
M 6: ~ ci: pot cf. Xci~1Xpot. Magyars): -rplT1J -roiJ Meyep1J 40/4. -
M1Xtvri (ri), city in Peloponnesus: Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 164 (211d ed.
-rou xcicr-rp(Ju M1Xtvl)c; 50/4, 71. p. 186).
Index 303
Me:yuphouc; (T6), city in Serbia Mop8loc, Mordia 37/46.

32/150. Mop~cr"l)c; (o), river in the country
Mih<e:, Mecca: 't"ou Mxe: 15/4. of the Turks {= Magyars) 40/39.
Me::Ae:-roc, deserted city in Dalmatia: MouiXe:&, 1. prophet 17/2, 21/50, 51,
- 29/292. 69; Mouxoue:" 14/1, 2, 11, lo/2, 5,
Me:Ae:u {'t"iX), island off Dalmatia 7 ; Moucie:&, 8v ol "Apix[3e:c; x.ix).oucrt
30/110 ; v'ijaoc; hep IX e:yiX:A "IJ -roc Mouxoue:-r 16/10; Mou&:e:,'t, ~-rot
Me'.Ae:TIX, lJ't"O~ To M1X:Ao~e:ii't"1Xt, ~v ... b -roG Mouxoue:-r 25/58, 60.
&ytoc; Aoux.&c; V"l)'t"IXt, Me:'.Ah"IJV TIXU 2. chief of the Arabs: Mocie:8
T"IJV 7tpocr1Xyope:U<ilV 36/ 16-18. 22/64.
Me::Al1Xc;, patrician and magister 50/138, Mou8ciq:iocp, son of Manuel proto-
145, 152, 154, 162, 164. patharius 50/121, 124.
Me::A('t""IJ cf. MeAE't"IX. Mouv8ocpoc;, son of Zinaros {= Ni-
Me::At't""l)V~ (Tj), city in Asia Minor
zaros) 14/5, 6.
50/138; Me:kniv~&-rlXt (ol) 50/114, Mou v 8 p iX y IX, city in Bulgaria: xcicr-rpov
147. -ro ).e:y6e:vov - 40/11.
Me:).t-rl)vt&-rlXt cf. Me::At-r"l)V~. Mouv-rt'ijpoc;, prince of the Serbs
32/43, 52, 59, 65.
Mev1Xv8poc;, dramatist 23/25.
MoupiXv, city of the Venetians:
Me:a"l][3pl1X (1)), Mesembria 9/102. x&:cr't"pov - 27 /93.
Me:cro7to't"1X(1X, province 45/47, 50/117, MoupyoU'.A"IJ (ij), county in the province
126, 128, 129, 131. of Chaldia: -r?j Moupyou).ri 46/119.
M'Yj'.Atyyo(, Milingoi 50/2, 15, 20, 23, Moucre::A (-r6), emirate 2o/73.
28, 48, 61, 68, 70 [Mt:A"l)yyo( variant
Mou x :Aw, chief of the Croats 30/64.
in P].
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 177 (2nd
Mt'.A"l)yyo( cf. M"l]'.AtyyoL.
ed. p. 203).
Mt:Atvlcrx.1X (ij), city in Russia: Mouxoue:-r cf. MouiXe:-0- 1.
ri)v Mt:AtvlCJ'Xixv 9/6.
Muptox.ecp1XAov (-r6), garrison in
Mtp6cr3-).1X[3oc;, prince of the Croats:
the province of Charsianon: -ro7to-
Mtpocr&M.[3ou (gen.) 31/77.
't""IJP'YjCJl1X Muptoxe:cpif).ou 50/103.
Mtcr','(tol, Mischians 46/48. Mwcr~c;, Moses 17/8.
MtXIXii)., l. emperor {II): MtXIX~A o NIX 7t p e: ~ ~ cf. I:-rpoux.ouv.
Tp1XuA6c; 22/41, 29/61. Nixpcr'ijc;, patrician 27/15, 17, 19, 27, 32.
2. emperor {III) 50/7, 9, 223. N &.cr1Xp, patrician and lord admiral
3. prince of the Zachlumi 32/87, 51/75.
33/16. Nfo 'Ex.x)."l]CJ(IX (~), church in the
4. protospatharius and collector imperial palace at Constantinople
43/176. 50/237.
5. chief oarsman, spatharocandi- Ne:ci7toAtc; (7)), Naples 27/4, 10, 49, 51,
date, protospatharius of the basin 58, 59, 60, 60, 67.
ol/89, 106, 127, 138, 154, 158, rni. Ne: oc cr ~ -r cf. 'Aetcp6p.
6. cf. B1Xp:K1X).Cic;, Bop(CJ"l)c;. NE:x"l](c;), clan of the Turks {= Ma-
Mocie:8 cf. Moucie:-9 2. gyars): lle:u-rEpix -rou N~x.ll 40/4. -
Moxptcrx(x. (-r6), city in the territory Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 182 (2nd ed.
of the Zachlumi 33/21. p. 210).
Mox.p6c; (6), zupania of Pagania N ~ x. p 6 7t l1). ix cf. Ne:x.p67tUAIX.
30/106, 107. Ne:xp67tuAIX (ci), gulf near the Dnieper
M6x.pov (-r6), city in Pagania 86/14. river 42/5, 69, 79 [Ne:xp6rr'Y)AIX
Mol)ioue:ca(IX (7)), city in Asia Minor everywhere P].
22/20. Ne:oyixp8r:ic;, city in Ru'3Sia: -rou
MopocfHIX, Moravia 41/1, 2, 42/19; Ne:oyCpMc; 9/4.
7j e:yci)."1] Mopoc[3loc 13/5, 38/58; 7) Ne:6x1XCJTpov, city of the Venetians:
e:yci). "IJ Mop1Xfj(1X, ii ci[3ci7t-rtcr-roc; 40/33. xcicr-rpov - 27 /92.
304 Index
Nl~cxpoc;; cf. Ztvetp6c;. Ou~oL, Uzes 9/114, 10/3, 37/4, 5, 8, 52.

NL x. ~ -r ix c;, 1. protospatharius and - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 197 (2nd
military governor 50/206, 208, 213, ed. p. 228).
216. Ou&iXv, chief of the Arabs 20/1, 13,
2. cf. 'Oopucpixc;. 21/52, 66.
NLX.1Jcp6poc;;, emperor (I) 49/4, 41. Ot>Lp lcx&oc;;, chief of the Lusitanians
NL>t0~8e:Lix (Tj), Nicomedeia 46/54, 24/8 [OupLcl:&ou P].
65, 51/37, fi3/123. Oux.poux (o), river on the frontier
NLx.67t"o)..Lc; (Tj), city in Asia Minor of Zichia 42/96, 97.
40/147, 50/123. 0uA13 o p cr , barrage of the Dnieper
Nlxo~Lc; 1. (6) river on t.he frontier river: e:lc; -rov E:npov cppixy6v, -rov
of Zichia and Abasgia 42/97, 109. em:Ae:y6e:vov 'Pwmcr-rt ev Ou:A~opcrl,
2. city on the frontier of Zichia :EX.AIX~'r)VLO"TL oe 'Ocr-rpo~ouvmpci.;(, o1t"e:p
and Abasgia 42/98. tpYJVEUETIXL '-ro VYJO"lov 't"OU <ppixyou'
Nvix (Tj), zupania of Croatia 30/93. 9/39---41.
Ni:voc; (o), river Rhine 26/30 [recte: OuAvou-rLv (-r6), city in Armenia
'Pljvoc;]. 43/181, 185.
No~~pLoc;;, November 9/105, 50/44.
Ou:A-ri:voL, tributaries of the Rus-
N 6vci (Tj), zupania of Croatia 30/92. sians: Ou:A-rlvoLc;; (dat.) 37/44.
Nouypcl:8e: (-r6), city in Diocleia
0 uix p l. chief of the Arabs 18/5, 19/1, 2.
30/13.
2. chief of the Arabs 22/51, 52, 53.
Nouvo(v), city of the Venetians:
xoccr-rpov TOU Nouvou 27/74. Ouplix.:toc;; cf. OuLpEix.&oc;;.
N ucrcret (Tj), garrison in the province 0 up [ix c;;, Uriah the Hittite: Ouplou
of Charsianon: -ro7t"oTY)p'!jcrix N UO"C11J<; (gen.) 45/3.
50/110. Oucrocv, emir of Palestine: OucriXv (acc.)
N wvix (f,), city in Croatia 31/69. 21/41.
"OJ..u7toc; (6), mountain in Bithy- "Oijicipcx (-riX), city in Dalmatia 29/52,
nia 51/38. 288, 30/135.
'01JphixL, Homerites: ol /..e:y6e:voL II ix yix v l oc, Pagania 30/104, 31/56, 32/21,
'01)pi:-retL, -rou-rfo-rLv 'Aixvi:-retL 14/10. 84, 36/14.
'OvwpLOc;, emperor 26/20. Ilixy1Xvo(, Pagani 29/65, 30/102, 122,
36/3, 5, 22; 'Ape:v-rixvol, ol x.ocl.
'Opfo-r'r)c;; cf. XocpcrLcivlnic;.
Ilixyocvot 7tpocrcxyope:u6e:voL 29/57-
'Op6c; (-r6), city in Terbounia 34/20. 58; rn 8 Ilixyixvol, ol xixl. -tjj 'Pc.)ixl-
'Op6vnoc;; (6), river on the frontier wv 8Loc:AE:x.-rcp 'Apev-.ixvot x.ix).oue:vot
of the Zachlumi and Pagani 30/101, 29/79-80; Kixl. y:Xp Ilixyixvol. x.ix-riX
104. TI]v -rwv ~x.M(?>wv y/..&crcrixv '&(3iX1t"-rL-
'Ocr-rpo~ou\lmpiXx cf. Ou/..~opcrl. cr-roL' p'Y)Ve:ue:'t"IXL 29/81-82; Ile:pl.
"Ocr-rpwx (-r6), city in Pagania 36/15. -rwv Ilixyocvwv, -rwv x.ixl. 'Ape:v-rixvwv
Ouoc:>.e:vnixv6c; cf. OuciAe:v-rLVLetv6c;. xix:>.ouevwv 36/1-2; Ilixyixvol. 8 xix-
OuciAe:vnvLix116c;, emperor (III) 25/3, /..ouv-rixL 8LiX -ro ~ xix-rix8e!;cicr&ixt ixuwJ.;;
7, 10 [Ouoc:Ae:v-rLetv6c; everywhere P]. -ri:ii 't"On: XcxLp(i> ~CX7t't"LO"&'ljv1XL, /)n; XCtL
7t"iine:c; ot l:E:p~)..or. E:~et7t"Ttcr&'Tjcretv. Kocl.
Ouci)..8, chief of the Arabs 22/33, 49. yiXp Ilocycivol. 'tjj -rwv ~x.M[3wv 8LIX-
Oucxv8lj:AoL, Vandals 25/17, 29, 34, /..6<-rci> &:(?>1btTLO"'t"OL' Ep'IJVE:UOV't"CXL, 'tjj
39, 47, 48, 53, 27/62; cf. 'AcppLxo. 't'WV 'Pwci(wv 8e 8LixA!:x.-rcp 1j xwpoc
Ouywv, I. Hugh, king of Italy 26/1, CXU't"WV ,, Ape:V't"IX XIXAEL't"IXt, E:~ OU xocx.e:i:-
3, 16, 44, 57, 63, 69. vot 1t"1XpiX -rwv ixl'.i-rwv 'Pwcilwv 'Ap1::v-
2. Burgundian marquis 26/43. -rixvol. X.IXAOUV't"CXL 36/9-13.
Ou~ci, Uzia 37 /38, 45. - Cf. Byzan- IIiXy1J (1}), place in Zichia: 1t"poc; -rov
tinoturcica p. 197 (2nd ed. p. 228). -r67t"ov rij.;; II&.Y"J.;; oS/495.
Index 305
Ilixyxp&noc;, 1. Saint 29/235. 56, 61, 66, 39/6, 40/7, 15, 17, 25,
2. son of David, ancestor of the 25, 43, 42/85, 63/ 531; TI1X-r~r.v1X
Iberians (cf. 6.m.1t8 2.) 46/34, 34. Xh'Y)c; (a) 6/10, 9/78; cf. K&y-
3. patrician and military gover- 'flXp. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica pp. 213-
nor, son of Krikorikios, prince of 214 (2nd ed. pp. 247-249).
Taron (cf. KpLxopbuoc; 1.) 43/150, II &-r p IXL (1Xl), city in Peloponnesus
164. 49/1, 1, 57, a2/5.
4. ma.gister, eon of Symbatios TI1Xu">.oc;, 1. Saint, apostle 36/19, 20.
(cf. 1::urJ.[3&.noc; 2.) 46/3, 5, 6. 2. imperial agent 22/15.
5. brother of Asotios (cf. 'Acrw- 3. grandson of Muntimer, prince
noc; 5.) 45/147, 153, 46/27, 39. of the Serbs 32/94, 99, 103, 105, 107.
IIixyxpoc't"oi.'.ixlXc;, military governor Tiix<p">.1Xyov(1X, Paphlagonia, province
00/121, 122. 42/32, 53/518, 533; II1X<pAIX"(O\ltX6c;
II IX~ o u v 'ij c;, brother of Baasakios: 53/523.
II1X~ouv'ij (gen.) 50/140, Ile:/.o7t6vvfjcroc;, Peloponnesus, pro-
IllXAIXL<l"'t"LV't) (1)), Palestine 14/14, 16, vince: lMIX Ile:AOTt"OVV~O"OU 49/5,
19/2, 6, 21/18, 40, 41, 67, 26/9. 50/1, 6, 11, 14, 65, 52/2; Tie:AOTt"OW~
IIixvtix cf. Il1Xvc,)\lloc. crou (gen.) 50/22, 35, 52/12; E:v Tie:).o-
II1Xvvovl1X, Pannonia 25/24, 27/31, 1tovvficrcp i>0/34, 55, 51/201.
30/77. Tie:AOTt"OW'Y)CJIXLOL (ol) 51/200, 202.
IIixnoxphc.up, The AlmightyP/31. Tie:v-r1X8&.x-ru/.oc;, mountain in Lace-
Il1Xvc.uvtix, Panonia 24/13 [recte: II1Xv(ix]. daemonia: opoc; XIXAOOe:vov
- 50/17.
II &7t IX y L, place in Zichia: Ev 't"ij>
Tie:pl y'ijc;, work of Apollodorus 23/3.
't"6m:i 't"<!> XC>:">.ouevCJ> - 53/499.
TiocTiixy(ix, Papagia 42/12, 100, 100, IIe:p(7t:Aouc;, work of Marcianus 23/28.
53/496. Tie:pxpl (-r6), city in Armenia 44/2,
Tiii7tLIX, Papia 26/13, 14, 18, 20, 26, 11, 15, 21, 54, 102, 126.
42, 27/11, 15, 17, 48, 28/18, 41; cf. Ilepcr1X\, Persians 23/19, 46/18, 25, 26,
'l'tIXALIX. 28; Ile:pmx6c; 44/126.
TI ix 7t l IX c;, father of Chrestus, primate Ile:pcr-ltJ.&~oc; cf. Ilpe:cr-ltAii{3ot;.
of the Chersonites: Il1X7t(ou (gen.) Tie:pcrl1X, Persia 25/65, 67, 76, 79,
53/25, 44. 46/138; Ile:pcr(c; (~) 21/24, 22/63,
Il 1Xp IX-lt IX). IXCJ CJ( IX (~), zupania Of Croatia 38/27, 62, 44/8, ll, 27, 51, 117,
30/92. 45/12, 22, 66.
Il1XplHnoc;, author 23/18. II e: p cr ( c; cf. Ile:pcrlix.
n ii p .it 0 L, Parthians: II&plhxoc; 6/9 IIe:crenix (1)), zupania ofCroatia30/92.
[7t&p8LXIX PJ.
IIhpoc;, 1. Saint, apostle 27/85, 31/36,
I11Xpwvu1X, l. work of Apollonius 42.
23/31. 2. prince of the Bulgarians 13/148.
2. work of Habra 23/38. 3. prince of the Serbs 32/61, 69,
lI IX 't" ~ L\I cX XIX L cf. lIIXT~LVIXY.L't"IXL. 73, 77, 86, 89, 92, 95.
Il1X't"~W1Xx(oc, Patzinacia 7/2, 4, 7, TI e: 't" p w v & c; cf. B60,1Xc;, K1Xix""Y)p6c;.
8/4, 37/15, 45, 42/3, 21, 62. - Cf.
II 1J y IX l (IXl), place near Constantinople
Byzantinoturcica p. 212 (2nd ed.p. 247.)
with imperial palace 51/15.
Il1X-r~Lv1Xx1:-r1XL, Pechenegs 1/1, 17,
25, 2/1, 2, 6, 9, 17, 22, 3/1, 3, 5 Ille:pe:c;, Pierians 23/19.
[Ilcx-r~L'JcXXIXL PJ, 4/1, 3, 9, 6/1, 5, II L~oux, deserted city in Dalmatia:
6, 11, 6/1, 2, 11, 7/8, 8/5, 9, 14, 16, - 29/291.
26, 30, 34, 9/50, 67, 71, 94, 96, 114, n (v e: "'IXL, city of the Venetians:
13/4, 9, 11, 31/87, 37/1, 2, 6, 8, xiicr-rpov IH VETIXL, orre:p Atye-rlXL ~Tp6-
20, 34, 50, 60, 68, 38/20, 24, 31, {3t:Aoc; 27/83.
306 Index
Ilrn'tvoi;;, king 28/17, 18, 20, 23, 27, IlHHIXL (~t), place in Zichia 42/107.
31, 33, 39, 47. nu.& L oc ('t"OC)' city in Asia Minor 01/38.
IT h IX up IX, city of the Ragusaioi: Ilup7)vocfa ('t"oc), Pyrenees mountains
xfoTpov 't"O tm/.e:y6e:vov - 29/223. 28/13, 15.
ITt't"~7)x1Xu87)t;;, imperial envoy: 'Iwiiw'1)t;; IT u p 1) v 1) (1i), Pyrenees mountains
o t7t'LxA7)V fit't"~7)X1Xu8'1)c; 21/11. 23/4.
ITAIX~enoc, city in Italy; 't"o xiicr't"pov Ilup6't"toc, deserted city in Dal-
-26/13. matia: - 29/291.
IT I. IX x t 8l IX, mother of the emperor Ilwywvii't"oc; cf. KCt.lV<J't"IXV't"Lvoc; 2.
Valentinian III 2o/10, 43, 44. 'P oc [3 8 o ux o c;, magister and foreign
IT I. IX 't"U 7t' 681) c;, protospatharius : Bocp8oc minister: Awv o 'Poc[38ouxoc; 82/83.
wu l!A1X't"Urr681J (gen.) 50/54, 57. 'P oc [3 l IX t;;, son of Zinaros ( = Nizaros)
ITAIX't"Ut;;, captain-general of the Mar- 14/6.
dait;es of Attalla: :l:'t"1Xupocxmc; o 'P ii [3 /.e cf. cl>tl.tcrT7).
Ill-1X't"Vt;; o0/171, 176, 218; k't"IXupiixrnc; p IXOU <JOCL o Lcf. 'P1XoU<JLOV.
60/180, 182, 184, 192. 'P1Xoucrtov ('t"6), city in Dalmatia
IlH~IX (1)), zupania of Croatia 80/91. 29/231, 234, 80/138; 'Pcioucrt 29/217;
Ilo8iipwv, protospatharius of the 'Pcioucrtv 29/51; 'Pocoucr(ou (gen.)
basin, vice-admiral and military go- 29/93, 100, 114, 217, 30/99, 100.
vernor 01/71, 73, 94, 104, 126, 131, 'Pocoucr1Xfot (ol) 29/94, 110, 222;
133. "O't"L TO xoccr't"pov 't"OU 'P1Xoua(ou OU
ITon1xlj (1i), northern coastal dis- xocl.e:t't"ciL 'Pcioucrt tji 'Pwcilwv 811X-
trict of Asia Minor 53/9. AEX't"<J>, &ll' t7td t7tocvw 't"wv Xp1)vii"lv
tcr't"ci't"cit, MyeTIXL 'PwIXr:a't"t 'o xp1)voc;
Il6not;; (o), Pontus 42/6, 91, 03/524.
J.ciu' xJ.1).&1)aciv 8e ex 't"ou't"ou A1Xu-
Ilopyiic;, prince of the Croats: Ilopyii cr1Xf:ot, ~youv 'ot x1X.&e:~6evo1 de; 't"Ov
(gen.) 31/21; Ilopyii (acc.) 31/25. xp7)v6v'. 'H 8e xow~ 01.wfi.&e:toc
Il6pwoc;, prince of the Croats: 'Pcioucr1Xlouc; 't"OU't"ouc; ~xoc/.e:crev 29/
Ilop(vou (gen.) 30/90. 217-222.
Ilpii~e:tc; 't"WV cho<n6J.wv, Acts of 'Piia1) (~), place on the frontier of
the Apostles 36/17. Serbia 32/53.
Ilpe:a.&:AcX.~oc; (~), city in Bulgaria: 'Poccr't"w't"~IX (1i), zupania of Pagania
Ilpe:cr.&M(3ou (gen.) 40/10; Ile:pcr.&- 30/106, 107.
M~ou (gen.) 32/130. 'Pljytov ('t"6), place near Constan-
Ilpe:crtcX., prince of the Bulgarians tinople: 't"OU 'P7)ylou 51/9, 19.
32/39, 46. - Cf. Byzantirwturcica 'Pljvoc; cf. N'Lvoc;.
p. 220 (2Dd ed. p. 257). 'PL [3 IX Ae: v a 'ii c;, city of the Venetians:
Ilpt~fo.&)..oc(3oc;, prince of the Serbs xoccr't"pov - 27/82.
32/66, 68, 70, 101. p([3cil.'t"ov, city of the Venetians:
II pt~ouvle>:c;, ban of the Croats: xcicr't"pov 'Pl[je>:A't"OV, 8 &p7)ve:Ue:'t"IXt
Ilpt~ouv(e>: (gen.) 31/78. ''t"67toc; O\ji1j:A6't"OC't"oc;' 27/93 ['PtfjocV't"6v
P],
Ilptcr't"'7)Ve>:L, city of the Venetians:
xcX.cr't"pov - 27 /86. pt [3 oc V't" 6 v cf. 'PlfjQ:A"C"ov.
IlpocrT,y61)c;, prince of the Serbs pt v 6't" '1)'t"O c; cf. 'Ioucrnvt1Xv6.;.
32/34. 'Plcre:ve>: ('t"cX.), city in Terbounia 84/20.
Ilpouae>: (lj), city in Aeia Minor 61/8, 'Po8civ6c;, river Rhone?: t lj 8top68e>:-
18. vo.; t 23/11.
II pwre:uwv, protospatharius and 'Po86:Acpoc; cf. 'Po8oi3:Acpoc;.
military governor: 'IwcX.vv'Y)c; o 'P68oc; (-Yj}, Rhodes 20/4, 7, 21/54, 57,
fipw't"e:UcuV 60/27, 35, 61/201. 61.
Index 307
'Po86cr&/.ci(3oc;, prince of the Serbs 'Pcii'Tj, Rome 2iJ/7, 23, 49, 51, 26/11,
32/34. 22, 27/6, 16, 28/12, 29/4, 6, 103,
'Po8ou/.<poc;, king of Italy 26/23, 105, 273, 30/89, 31/12, 13, 22, 33,
27 ['Po861.tpou P], 29 [Pou8oul.rpoc; 39, 32/27' 33/4, 36/4, 36/4, 63/2, 70,
P], 32, 35, 38, 40, 56, 60, 64. 84, 108, 124; ~ e:ycX.l.1J 'Pw"'I) 21/32.
p ou 8 o u/.<p o c; cf. 'Po8oi3/.<poc;. 'Pwc; (ol), Russians 2/1, 2, 5, 9, 12, 17,
19, 4/1, 4, 11, 8/20, 9/1, 16, 16, 21,
'Poucrt&vo(v), city in Italy: 't"OU 30, 71, 79, 104, 106, 109, 13/25,
'Poucrtcivou 27/49. 42/61, 77; 'Pwcrtcr'!'l 9/25, 40, 46,
'Pwix,x-1) Xtl.t&c;, work of Quadra.tus 58, 62, 64.
23/36. 'Pa(ix, Russia 2/4, 8, 6/5, 9/1, 5, 67,
'Pwoci."ot, Romans Tit../2, P/15, 22, 24, 37/42, 43, 47, 42/4, 62; ~ ~~w 'Pwcr(ix
112, 16, 2/16, 4/3, 4, 6, 8, 6/4, 7, 9/3.
11/5, 13/107, 114, 119, 121, 136, 'Pwaaix (fi), city in Dalmatia 29/92.
146, 175, 16/5, 21/14, 47, 53, 22/4, I:&ffap-i-ot &crcpocl.ot, ancient name
12, 30, 32, 41, 61, 82, 23/14, 29, of the Turks ( = Magyars) 38/9, 28.
24/5, 7, 26/20, 33, 42, 51, 27/5, 14, - Cf. Byzantinoturciea pp. 223-224
26, 30, 68, 69, 28/36, 29/54, 58, 62, (2nd ed. pp. 261-262).
65, 73, 79, 86, 87, 95, 116, 170, 177,
180, 186, 198, 207, 214, 217, 263, I:ocfjcic;, Saint 22/74.
272, 30/12, 59, 131, 31/9, 16, 27, I: &(3 oc c;, Saracen general: 't"OU I:&(3oc
34, 60, 32/9, 12, 16, 23, 27, 30, 38, 29/90.
88, 91, 109, 110, 113, 114, 116, 133, I:&ffac; (o), river in the country of
136, 140, 141, 143, 147, 33/3, 6, the Turks (= Magyars): :E&.(3e>: (gen.)
36/6, 36/12, 13, 37/66, 40/14, 42/61, 42/20.
43/5, 8, 13, 13, 16, 86, 90, 116, 174, I:ixxixx&-i-cu (-ro), deserted city on
44/33, 46, 4-8, 58, 63, 88, 124, 45/24, the river Dniester 37/63. - Cf. Bymn-
36, 42, 46/115, 133, 166, 48/24, 29, tinoturcica p. 225 (2d ed. p. 264).
31, 49/4, 50/72, 131, 164, 53/6, 46, !:ocl.ciiic; ('t"6), city in Armenia 44/4,
47, 50, ll8, 122, 141; 'Pwoccx6c; 16.
13/115, 151, 21/33, 22/18, 53/107; I:ix/.e:pw6v (-i-6), city in Italy 27/4,
'PCJ>1xXcr't"l 29/218. 52, 57.
'Pwocv(e>:, Romania 9/113, 22/22, I:ci:A'T)vtc; ('!'6), city in Serbia 32/151.
44/126, 127, 46/15, 135, 139, 47/24,
I:ci:Acixct'l'e>:t ('t"o), deserted city on
53/530.
the river Dniester 37/63. - Cf. By-
'Pwiivot, Romani 29/14, 20, 22, 27, zantinoturciea p. 226 (2d ed. p. 264).
34, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49, 52, 30/121,
::Eix:Ao1h~-'l~ cf. 'A:>.01h~1Ji;.
31/11, 13, 15, 32/24, 33/4, 35/3,
36/4 ['Pwoclwv PJ; 'Pwiivot 7tpo- ::Eci:Awvcx (fi), city in Dalmatia 29/26,
O"'l)yope:u.&1Jcre>:v 8tc>: 't"o cX.rro 'Pw'T)c; 30/14; ::Eci:A&ve>: (acc.) 29/45, 233,
e:-rmxtcrIHjve>:t 29/5-6. 30/17, 30; :Ee>:A<:ive>:i; (gen.) 31/29;
::Eci:Awvoc; (gen.) 30/20, 34, 46.
'PwC>:v67to:Atc; (fi), frontier pass in
the province of Mesopotamia o0/II3, ::E e>: fj e>: -r oc i; cf. Kix~oc;.
132. ::Eciwviii;, patrician and chamberlain
60/228, 239, 246, 250.
'Pwcxv6c;, 1. emperor (1) 13/147, 149,
170, 192, 32/100, 106, 43/89, l l 8, ::Ee>: v (ex vix, county in the province of
131, 45/41, 55, 67, 75, 102, 46/49, Charsianon: -roupix fi vuv Lotv(ixve>:
60/26, 28, 37, 61, 131, 168, 232, :Aeyofrl) 60/105.
01;162, I 75, 199, 02/2. ::Ee>:~ ( e>: cf. pe>:yy(e>:.
2. emperor (II) Tit./3, 26/67. ::Eixrrix~l, village in Zichia: xwp(ov
'Ptuocnvoc, city of the Venetians: E7t'ovooi:~6Evov ~ixrre>:!;(, o ~Pfl-"l'"<:'.ie
x&cr-rpov - 27/83. -rcx~ 'xovrnp't'oc;' 53/500.
308 Index
:Eo:nlxto(v), village in the province 7t'TLO"TOL I:rfpl3AOL 31/6, 34/4, 36/6;
of Derzene: TOU x(l)pou TOU [TIX: P] ci13cirrTLO"TOL :EE:p(3)..ot, ot Xe>:l &crrrpot
:Eo:mx[ou 53/507. rrovoo:~6e:vot 32/2; :EE:pl31.ot 8E: Tfl
:Eo:po:X1)\lo[, Saracens 14/3, 16/2, 6, 8, Twv 'P(l)o:l(l)v 8tocMx.TCJl '8ou).m' rrpo-
17/2, 12, 21/36, 85, 88, 113, 115, cmyope:uovTe>:L 32/12-13.
25/63, 29/89, 99, 117, 43/10, 14, 17, :Epe:Toc; (o), river in the country of
25, 45/28, 45, 50, 55, 58, 61, 150, the Turks ( = Magyars) and Peche-
46/132, 138, 47/3, 22, 48/31, 49/9, negs 38/71.
00/112, 113, 115, 165, 202; :EapOCXl)- :Esptov (T6), Sirmium 25/22, 40/31.
\16<; (6) 50/202; cf. 'AqiptxoL :E.&>..oc~oL cf. }:xAci~oL.
:Ecipch (T6), place on the frontier of :Etyyt8~v, Singidunum: }:tyyt8&ve>:
Patzinacia 42/63. (acc.) 25/22.
:l:ocpxe:/. (T6), city on the river Tanais :Etypto:vi} cf. 0e:oq>civ7)c; 1.
11/8, 42/4, 22, 29, 40, 54, 56, 88;
:EtypT~1)c;, general of Symeon,
'Ep7)ve:ue:TC>:L 8E: rro:pc>: C>:UTotc; TO :EocpXe:A
prince of the Bulgarians: :Etyph~TJ
'&cmpov ocrrrhtov' 42/24. - Cf. Byzan-
0e:68CJ>pov (acc.) 32/93; :Etyph~TJ
tinoturcica p. 229 (2nd ed. pp.
0e:o8wpou (gen.) 32/112. - Cf. Bymn-
268-269).
tinoturcica p. 234 (2nd ed. p. 275).
~e>:pciTe>:L, Sarmatians 53/5, 9, 12
14, 19, 23; LC>:Up6e>:TOL 63/42, 45, :E (a p cq oc (1i)' zupania of Croatia
121, 203, 232; :Eciup6ci-roc; (o) 63/3. 30/92.
17, 20, 27, 46, 50, 53, 55, 59, 60. :Exo:p8oc;, prince of the Lombards
62, 64, 72, 75, 76, 82, 86, 87, 91, 27/52, 55, 57.
93, 96, 97, 99, 104, 104, 107, 162, :Etxe:/.(o: (~) Sicily, province 22/45,
163, 169, 171, 173, 173, 177, 180, 27/9, 59, 61, 50/89.
183, 184, 188, 190, 193, 193, 194, :E(xCJ>v, prince of the Lombards 27/55,
196, 198, 204, 205, 209, 215, 215, 56.
216, 218, 221, 221.
:E Lv o u T1) c;, eunuch, chief clerk to the
:Eo:up6e>:TOL, :Ee>:up6e>:TO<; cf. :Eo:p- foreign ministry, envoy 43/36, 41, 47.
ciTC>:L.
~t7te:v86c; (7)), city in Italy 27/57.
:Ee:~cicrnte>: (Tj), city and province
~x.e:p8ci, deserted city in Dalmatia:
50/134, 149, 167.
- 29/291.
:Ee: fj E: p Lo L, tributaries of the Russiana: :Ex11p8&xtcrcroc, deserted city in Dal-
:Ee:(3e:p[wv (gen.) 9/108. matia: - 29/291.
:Ee:f-(3 w, deserted city in Dalmatia: - :Ex)..ocfjocpx ovnc; cf. :ExMl3ot.
29/291.
:ExA.e>:fj7)ve>:L (cit), Slavonic regions 9/10,
:Ee:f.tvcic; (o}, river, branch of the 107, 28/19, 29/68, 30/94.
Danube 'J/79, 92, 94, 97.
:Ex'Acx(3ijvot, Slavenes 49/15, 30, 41,
:Ee:rrTE:(3ptoc;, September 16/6, 8. 65, 70; :Ex),e>:[ji}vtxoc; 29/17; ~X.AC>:~TJ
~e:p('f.le>:, Serbia 30/98, 100, 104, 117, vtcrT( 9/25, 40, 44, 46, 58, 62, 65.
117, 31/15, 32/7, 21, 43, 58, 76, 85, :Ex'Ae>:~1Jcrtocvot, Slavisians 50/59, 64.
92, 95, 96, 102, 102, 123, 130, 146,
:Ex.)..cifjot, Slavs 9/9, 109, 29/40, 43,
34/6, 12, 35/8; ij fje>:7t'TLO'EV7) Le:pfj),fa
69, 82, 224, 294, 30/120, 125, 129,
32/149; Tj c):(jOC7t'TlO'TO<; ~e:p(jALC>: 34/6.
133, 31/6, 7' 33/11, 34/12, 16, 36/11,
~ep(3)..toc (Tif.), place in the province 37/45, 49/2, 50/1, 6, 14, 38, 60, 72;
of Thessalonica 32/11. ~x)..ci(3ot, ol xocl. "A!3e>:pot xci)..oue:vot
~ep(3)..ot, Serbs 29/55, 57, 63, 31/9, 29/33; ~xM!3ot, OL (xcxl) "A~e>:pot
84, 32/1, 2, 6, 15, 17, 26, 36, 40, 29/37; :E&t.&(3ot 50/66; :Ex)..cx(jtx6.;
47, 49, 51, 108, 137, 33/!), 36/10; 30/7, 13; ~xAixfj&pxoVTe:<; 29/113.
I:E:p(3),oc; (6) 29/ 109, 32/31 ; c>:[joc- ~x6p8ovoc (T6), city in Croatia 31/69.
Index 309
:Exo.S-1u, Scythians 43/2, oS/129; ~>rpooxouv, barrage of the Dnieper

:Exulhx6c; 13/25. - Cf. Byzantinotur. river: rrpoc; -rov ~~8oov qipciy6v,
cica p. 236 (2d ed. p. 279). TOV eml.e:y6e:vov 'Pwcrtcrrl ev LTpOO
:Exu.S-Eci, Scythia 63/126. x.ouv, l:xA.e>:~1)Vtcr-rt 8E: N(f.rrpz~~. 8
:El.oc~ve:'t~IX (~), city in Pagania i:p 1jVEOETC>:L 'txpoc; <ppe>:y6c;' 9/64-
0
36/15. 65.
:EopvlJ (~),Smyrna 20/11. :Euyyou/. (o), river between the Danube
:Eol.8civ6c;, Saracen general 29/90, and the city of Sarkel 42/58.
102, 117, 120, 122, 128, 130 [~ou>..- :Eu~ocnoc;, 1. prince of princes of
8civ6c; P], 142, 150 [:Eoul.8e>:vou P], Armenia 43/30, 34, 35, 44/7, 18, 22,
156, 163, 164, 175, 176, 180, 183, 26, 35, 50, 119.
191, 205, 209, 212. 2. Iberian ruler of the city of
:Eol.offiv, Solomon 19/10. Ardanoutzi: o eycic; :Eu~&'ttoc; 46/4.
3. son of David (cf. .1.ciu(8 4.)
:Eou/.8ixv6c; cf. :Eo:>.8civ6c;.
46/29, 33, 38, 41.
:Eou/.e:,&v, chief of the Arabs
:Eof3o/.o(v), port near the city of
21/115, 116, 120, 126, 22/49, 50, 52.
Cherson: ev :Euf36J.cp 53/296, 309;
:Eourr6Av)(oc;, father of Byscus, primate -rou :Eu~6/.ou 53/302.
of the Chersonites: :Eourro).(xou (gen.)
~ue:ciiv, 1. prince of the Bulgarians
63/168.
32/80, 87, 92, 111, 117, 138, 40/9, 13,
:Eoucre>:t cf. :Ewcroct.
17, ol/111, 112. - Cf. Byzantinotur-
:EoqiEe>: cf. 'AyEoc :Eo<pe>:. cica p. 248 (2nd ed. p. 293).
:Eo<ptoc, progenitor of Manias, chief 2. patrician and chief of the
of the Arabs 21/111. imperial chancellery 46/68.
:Errciv8tOCT1)c;, ancestor of the Ibe- Lu rr 6 cr LO v (T6), frontier pass, desert
rians 46/14, 14, 33, 37. adjacent to the region of Lykandos
:Err e>: ve>:, part of Iberia 23/29, 29 50/135, 145, 148, 159.
[recte: 'forrocv(e>:]. :Eupe:VT6c; (~),city in Italy 27/49, 67.
:Erre>:'te>:A6 ( v), harbour in Zichia: de; :Eup lei, Syria 21/12, 23, 63, 73, 102,
'tOV -rou :Erroc-re>:A.ou l.teve>: 42/106. 22/68, 25/56, 64, 42/78, 43/11, 14,
:Ep e:x w [3 e>: p & ~ ('t6), village in the 46/45, 47/19, 21.
province of Tziliapert 53/511. kUpoux&/.rre:1), province of the Pechen-
1:'te>:yv6v (-r6), city in the territory egs: -ro &ee>: - 87/35; cf. KouA.7te1J.
of the Zachlumi 33/21. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 248 (2nd ed.
:E "e>: up oc x t o c; cf. IIAocTI'.ic;. p. 294).
:E" e>: up 6 c; cf. Tlrnc; l:-rciup6c;. Lipe:v8orrl.6xoc;, prince of Moravia
:E -re: v1: -r oc t, sailors of the Stenon 13/6, 40/34, 41/2, 4, 19.
1>1/12, 91. Lipe:v8ocr.S-Aoc~oc;, son of Igor, prince
:Eu:v6v ('t6), the Bosphorus 51/13, 92. of RuBBia 9/4.
:E-reqicivoc;, I. Saint 29/236. :Exol.cxcrTxioc;, door-keper and cham-
2. astrologer 16/1. berlain 60/223.
3. protospatharius, son of Valen- :Ewcre>:i (ixr), place near the city of
tine (cf. Bcxl.e:vTi:voc; 2.) 29/233. Oberson 63/263 [Loucr(;}v P], 306,
4. son of Muntimer, prince of 312.
the Serbs 32/52, 67. :EwT1)ptourrol.ic;, city on the frontier
l;T6A.rrov ('t6), city in Croatia 31/69. of Abasgia: xiXcr-rpov LWT1Jpiourr6Aewc;
:ET p e>:" 6 <p t A. o c;, primate of the Cher- 42/14, 110.
sonites 03/471. l:wipp6vioc;, bishop of Jerusalem 19/4, 8.
l;Tp6 (1 tAo c; cf. IHve:-rocL T if~ i ex, garrison in the province of
l;Tpot1)poc;, prince of the Serbs 32/44, Charsianon: -ron:o''lP1Jcrlot Tci~icxc;
63. 50/107.
310 Index
Te>:Ate>:q>pvoc;, Burgundian marquis: Te:p~ouvtiil't'oct, Terbouniotes 29/57,

Tixl.te>:ippvou (gen.) 26/43; cf. Oi)ywv 2. 64, 109, 84/l, 3.
Tocl.ch ('t'6), province of the Pechen- Te:poc't"~ouc;, great grandson of
egs 87/18, 23; cf. BopO't'e>:l-1h. - Cf. .Arpad, prince of the Turks ( =
Byzantinoturcica p. 94 (2nd ed. p. 97). Magyars) 40/64. - Cf. Byzantino-
Tixchixpx.ci ('t'o), city opposite to turcica p. 258 (2nd ed. p. 306).
Bosporus 42/11 ['t'il Moc't'ocpxix P], 92, Te:p7t1Ji:'.p1)c;, prinoe of the Croats:
95, 97, 53/493. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica Te:pmip1) (gen.) 81/43.
p. 251 (2nd ed. p. 297). Te:Tpciyyouptv (T6), island and city off
TcX.vcicc; (o), river Tanais 42/34, 87. Dalmatia 29/51, 258, 30/134; TETpixy-
Toc~lc;, grandson of Arpad, prince of youptv ae: XIXAE:L't'OCL 8Loc TO e:Ivixt OCUTO
the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/59, 61. txpov 8LX1)V ocyyouplou 29/260-261.
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 252 (2nd T~ococv86c; (~), mountain and county
ed. p. 298). in the province of Lykandos: opoc;
TocptcX.vo(c;), clan of the Turks (= -rijc; T~rxixv8oi3 o0/157.
Magyars): 7t7t't'1) 't'OU Tocptcivou 40/5. T~ocpffoyocvtv ('t'6), island off Zichia
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 253 (2nd 42/105.
ed. p. 299). T~dcr&)..ocfjoc;, prince of the Serbs
Trxpxe>:'t'~ouc;, son of Arpad, prince
82/65, 75, 119, 121, 129, 140.
of the Turks (= Magyars) 40/54, 56.
T~v~1)VOC (~), zupania of Croatia
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 253 (2nd
30/91.
ed. p. 300).
T~evnvoc cf. Zevnvoc.
Tixppe>:xwv'T)crlix (~), part of Iberia.
23/29. T~e:poc't'~ou (T6), city in Armenia
Tixp't'~O"tot, Iberian tribe 28/10. 44/5, 62.
Tcipwv (To), Armenian principality T~e:pvoc~oucrx.e'TJ ('t'6), city in Serbia
43/1, 7, 27, 38, 46, 47, 49, 56, 62, 82/150.
63, 66, llO, 153, 186; TixpwvlTI)c; (o) T ~ e: pvt y wy oc, city in Russia: &:7to
[= Kptxoplxtoi;] 43/32, 51, 97, 101, T~e:pvtywyocv 9/6.
113, 119, 122, 146, 151, 180. T~t(3t't'ocv6[joc, city in Lombardy:
Tocpwvl't''TJC: cf. Tcipwv, ovocX.~e:'t'OCL T~t[3t't'OCV6fjoc, 't'OU't'foTLV
Tixcr'iji;, grandson of Arpad, prince of ve:6x.occrTpov 27 /41.
the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/61. - Cf. T~tfjt't'&vouf3oc, Venetian island: e:tc;
Byzantinoturcica p. 253 (2nd ed. p. 't'67tov :Ae:y6e:vov T~t~L't'civou~ix, 07te:p
300). ~p'T)veue:'t'oct 've:6xoccr't'pov' 28/4 7-48.
Tix't'~ci't''TJC:, possessor of a suburban T~tx<iv'T)c;, protospatharius and mili-
estate in Keltzini: Toc't'~cl.'t'oU (gen.) tary governor: AfoVToi; T~LXOCV'TJ (gen.)
43/92. 51/194.
Te:~tA'T)c;, grandson of Arpad, prince T~tAtoc7te: p't', province: &oc 't'OU -
of the Turks (= Magyars) 40/63; 03/510.
Te:~tA"IJ (acc.) 40/57. - Cf. Byzantino- T~orr6v ('t'6), province of the Peche-
turcica p. 256 (2d ed. p. 303). negs 37 /19, 24; cf. BouA1XT~orr6v. -
Te:x'ijc; (To), district in the province Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 94 (2nd ed.
of Mesopotamia 60/115, 119. p. 98).
Te: :At o u't'?; oc (7)), city in Russia.: &.rro T~oul;lje:pLi;, prince of Terbounia
Te:ALou-rl;e>:v 9/6. 34/11.
Te:vljv ('t'6), city in Croatia 31/70. T~oup ('t'6), province of the Pechenegs
Te:p~ouvlix, 1. Terbounia 30/99, 139, 37 /17, 21; cf. Koue>:p't'~L't'~oup. - Cf.
142, 32/22, 34/8, 11, 15, 19, 33/9; Byzantinohtrcica p. 147 (2nd erl. P
Te:pfjouv[C>: ae 't'1) 't'WV ~xM[jwv 8toc- 165).
AtXT 1:p'T)ve:uE't'e>:t 'tcrxupoc; 't'orroi;' Ttfjeptoc;, emperor (Ill): 'A~le>:pov
34/12. 22/7; 'A~tcX.pou . . . TOU Tt~e:plou
2. city in Terbounia 34/20. 22/31.
Index 311
Ttfj ('r6), city in Armenia 44/15; Tt[jl TpouHoc; (o), Domed Hall in the
(gen.) 44/4; Tt[jlou (gen.) 45/57. imperial palace 48/2.
Ttxpl't ('t6), emirate 25/74. TpouA.>.oc; (o), river in the country
Ttlicr1Jc; (b), river in the country of the Turks ( = Magyars) and Pechen-
of the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/39. egs 38/70.
Tltoc; :E't'cxup6c;, garrison in the T purr ( cx (T<i), desert on the eastern
province of Charsianon: To7to't'l)- frontier of the Byzantine Empire
p1Jcroc Tou Ttlou I:Tcxupou 50/ 104. 60/146.
Tl't'~cx (fi), river in the country of the Tpuqiwv, Saint 29/269.
Turks ( = Magyars) 40/40. Tup6xcxcr't'pov ('t'6), city in Iberia.
Tv-fivcx (lj), zupania of Croatia 30/92. 46/14.
Topvlx1)c; cf. Topvlxtoc;. r~ul. (o), river between the Danube
Topvlxtoc;, patrician, son of Apo- and the city of Sarkel 42/59.
ganem 4tl/136, 139, 139, 166, 179; '18peVT6c; (~), cit.y in Italy 27/48.
Topvx11c; 43/100. ocyyoue:i:c; (o!), illustrious Cypriots
Top't'~e:/.&v ('t'6), city and trading 47/18.
station of the Venetians 27/93. <l>ocf.e:fjep't'oc;, murderer of king
Touy& (fi), chieftainess of the Croats Berengar 26/55.
30/65. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 267 oc A1j c;, grandson of Arpad, prince of
(2nd ed. p. 317). the Turks ( = Magyars): cx/.1jc; 40/61;
Touyyoc't'OCL (T6), deserted city on ocl..(T~W (acc.) 40/58. - Cf. Byw,n-
the Dniester river 37/62. - Cf. By- tinoturcica p. 278 (2nd ed. 'P 331).
zantinoturcica p. 267 (2nd ed. p. 317). cxl.tep11c;, prince of Terbounia 34/10.
Toupyocv1Jpx ('t'6), island off Zichia ocl.lT~tc; cf. ocl."ijc;.
42/105. <l>&poc (T6), island off Dalmatia 36/20;
Toupx.loc, Turkey (= country of the <Mpoc; (o) 30/110.
Magyars) 31/5, 32/3, 37/42, 47, 38/55, ocpvocxoc;, I. father of Pharnacus,
40/28, 36, 53, 65, 42/3. - Cf. Bymn- primate of the Chersonites M/187.
tinoturcica p. 269 (2nd ed. p. 320). 2. primate of the Chersonites
Toupxot, Turks (= Magyars) 3/1, 2, 03/187, 192, 196, 204, 205, 208,
5, 4/2, 5, 11, 8/21, 24, 29, 13/2, 214, 215, 216, 218, 220, 222, 228,
3, 7, 8, 9, 24, 27/31, 30/23, 75, 230.
31/87, 32/89, 37/11, 38/1, 3, 9, IO, oc p o c; cf. 11>&pcx.
16, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32, 38, 47, 48, ll>cxcrtcxv~ (~), district of Armenia
48, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 67, 45/44, 50, 53, 58, 61, 63, 66, 100,
39/6, 8, 10, 40/2, 6, 16, 16, 17, 19, 100, 158.
19, 23, 25, 33, 41, 45, 41/21, 25, <l>iicrtc; (o), river in Armenia: o
42/18, 51/111, 114, II5, 116, 120, "Epix~, ~Tot O l!>iXmc; 45/130, 158, 173.
121. - Cf. Byzantirwtiircica p. 270 fl> CX Tt Cf. <l>cxTte.
(2nd ed. pp. 321-322).
 cx Te 1), di~trict of Libya: TOU
Tou-r1Jc; (o), river in the country of cx-re7) 16/3.
the Turks ( = Magyars) 40/39. <l>cx-re:iTcxt, Fa.temites lo/I, 3, 26/60
Tpcx"icxv6c;, emperor 40/28. [<l>cx'toufrcxt P].
Tpcxrre:~ouc; (fi), Trapezus 46/43, 60/124. <l>cx't'tAiXvo (v), mountain on the
Tpcxu:A6c; cf. Mtxcx-fi:A I. eastern frontier of the Byzantine
Tptcic; cf. 'Ay(cx Tptcic;. Empire: Tou 5pouc; -rou <l>cxTt:A&vou
Tp(rro:Atc; (7)), city in Africa 25/40. 50{114.
TptcpcXA1J<;, comedy of Aristophanes cl>ocne, daught.er of Mahomet, the
23/21. prophet 21/70, 25/59; <l>cxTe 15/2.
T po(~ 11 v (6), Troezen 23/35, 35; <l>cx'toU t'tcxt of. <l>cXTe: t-rcxi.
Tpo(~"f)voc; (o) 23/35; Tpot~l)voto <1>1:Atcr-r(71 (Yj), emirate: TiJv <1>1).11TT(1),
(gen.) 23 /35. ~Tot -ro 'PiXf3A.e: 20/69.
312 Index
 LI. 6 o u cr o c;,

father of Stratophilus, Byzantinoturcica p. 285 (2nd ed. p.
primate of the Chersonites 53/471. 340).
<l>tvc;, city of the Venetians: xcfo't'pov Xocp1h ('t'o}, emirate 25/72.
-27/92. Xcipcx~, author 24/4.
cl>oLv(x'Y) (~),Phoenicia 21/40. X &p 1J c; cf. AiXx'YJc;.
cl>o cre>: wv, city of the Venetians: Xocp('t'(l)V, Saint 22/73.
xifo-rpov - 27/87. X&pxe>: ('t'o), district of Armenia 44/41,
cl>pcxyy(e>:, Francia 13/4, 28/5, 9, 29/105, 87.
118, 162, 165, 30/72, 85, 31/5, X&po~ (o), Charops 23/34, 34; X&porroc;
44, 32/5; i) e:ycil-'Y) <l>pciyy[oc 26/6, (o) 23/34; Xcip6rroLO (gen.) 23/35.
18, 29/134; <l>pciyy[cxc;, T~c; XC>:L ~oc~(occ; XocpcrtcxvlT'l)c;, military governor: 'Opif-
30/74; pocyy(cxt (ocl) 28/7, 19. O''t"Y)<; 6 XixpcrLe>:VL't'7)<; 60/127.
<l>pciyyot, Franks 13/116, 119, 25/30, Xocpi:nocv6v ('t'6), province 60/90, 102,
28/4, 8, 43, 30/79, 81, 83, 87, 31/87, 106, 108, 109, 134, 137, 153.
40/44; cf. re:pcxvoL X ex cr , protospatharius 50/202, 205,
cl>u/.cxpxoc;, author 23/41. 206, 208.
Xcx~ou~Lyyul.&, province of the X.~ ('t'o), emirate: 't'o Xit~, ~ToL TO
Pechenegs: TOU - 37/70; cf. rul.ci. "Eecroc 26/70.
- Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 279 (2nd Xep cr ciiv (~), Cherson, city 1/26, 27,
ed. p. 332). 27, 6/3, 7/1, 3, 6, 16, 8/8, 9/67, 11/1,
Xci8~p (o), river on the eastern side 8, 10, 12, 22/30, 37/38, 49, 42/7, 32,
of the Maeotic lake 42/89. 33, 41, 51, 53, 63, 70, 72, 81, 85,
Xci8ty&, wife of Mahomet 14/12. 63/l, 168, 271, 276, 294, 512, 525,
Xcx~cipe>: cf. X&.~e>:pot. 527, 528.
Xci~cxple>:, Chazaria 6/5, 10/1, 5, 8, Xepcrwv'i:Toct, Chersonites 6/1, 4, 6,
12/2, 13/61, 134, 37/38, 45, 38/3, 9/67, 42/71, r,s;2, 18, 22, 25, 25, 35,
15, 32, 34, 42/27, 77. - Cf. 37, 38, 61, 65, 67, 71, 77, 79, 81,
Byzantinoturcica p. 280 (2nd ed. p. 89, 90, 93, 95, 101, 102, 106, 108,
334). ll8, 127, 128, 130, 131, 154, 154,
X&~cxpot, Chazars 10/3, 7, 11/3, 5, 11, 160, 164, 167, 170, 177, 181, 187,
12/3, 13/24, 37/4 [Mix~&.pouc; P], 188, 191, 225, 235, 237, 238, 241,
5, 38/13, 14, 22, 52, 39/2, 8, 40/3, 242, 248, 257, 268, 445, 452, 471,
42/22, 27; Xci~&:pci (1)) 38/17, 19 472, 478, 484, 515, 530, 535; Xe:p-
[Xci~cipou P]; Xci(ocp\xoc; 42/4. - crwv[TIJc; (o) 6/10, 53/484; Xe:po-wvht-
Cf. Byzantinoturcica pp. 281-282 :xoc; 53/514, 520.
(2nd ed. pp. 335-336). Xl:pT (To), city in Armenia 44/4, 16.
Xix:Allloc, province 43/61, 176, 41>/48, XtyyLl-oui;; cf. XL8&.i;;.
60, 46/74, 77, 50/117. XLll&c; (6), river in Lebedia:
X1He:rr ('t'6), emirate 25/71. Xtll&.c;, 6 xe>:t XLyyLl-ouc; l:rrovooc~oi;;
Xcx),t0:T cf. XAL&.'t'. voi;; 38/8.
Xix:AxorrplXTde>:: Xix:A:xon:pcxTe:lrov vixoc;, X:Ae~l:ve>: (T6), city in Croatia 31/69.
church in Constantinople 29/279. X:Al:~Evoc (1)), zupania of Croatia
Xcioux, I. village in Zichia 53/503, 30/116; X:Ae:~[cxve>: (1)) 30/91.
505. Xh~tixvoc cf. X:Al:(kvix.
2. founder of the village called X:AtO:T (To), city in Armenia 44/3,
Chamuch 53/503. 20, 57, 102, 108, 114, 125; Xe>:AtocT
Xocv~lT (To), frontier pass in the pro- 44/3, 11, 15, 53.
vince of Mesopotamia 50/113, 132. X:Aou (To), city in the country of
Xocpixf1of) (To), province of the Pechen- the Zachlumi 33/14.
egs 37/18, 22, 42. - Cf. Byzantino- X:Aouoc;, mountain in the country
turcica p. 285 (2nd ed. p. 340). of the Zachlumi 33/11 ; cf. Zcxx:AouoL.
Xcxpi1.x0u:A (To), river on the eastern X6~ixvov, province: TO Tou Xo~ocvou
side of the Maeotic lake 42/88. - Cf. -3-l:oc 1>0/111.
lnde:c 313
Xorr6v (-r6), province of the Pechen- XpCJ>(3choL, Croats 13/7, 29/55, 56,
egs 37/19, 24; cf. I'toc~Lxorr6v. - 63, 113, 30/61, 68, 70, 71, 75, 79,
Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 107 (2nd ed. 81, 82, 86, 103, 124, 31/1, 3, 8, 18,
p. 112). 20, 24, 24, 26, 29, 35, 40, 41, 46,
XpljO'-roc;, primate of the Chersonites 50, 52, 55, 61, 64, 64, 65, 80, 32/
53/25, 44. 128, 33/5, 35/5, 40/44, 41/25; Xpw-
XpLO'nocvo(, Christians lS/33, 77, (3ci't'oc; (b) 29/109; ol rt(3iXrr-rLa-roL Xpw-
81, 86, 113, 125, 138, 142, 159, (3ocwL, o! xocl oc0'1't"poL trrovoci~6e:vm
160, 14/16, 17/IO, 22/71, 32/29, 31/4; Be:J.oxp(l)(3ii't'm 30/63; Be::Aoxpw-
45/32, 151, '00/76; XpLO''t'LIXVLX6c; ~oc-roL, ~youv &arrpot Xpw(3oc-roL 30/
13/145, 22/79, 48/6. 72---73; ot ~ocrr't'taevoL Xpw(3choL
XpLO''t'6c;, Jesus Christ Tit./2, 17/6, 31/31 ; To 8 Xpw(3&-roL 'tjj -riiiv :ExAti-
22/72, 29/96, 31/42, 49/58; 'l7Jaouc; ~wv 8LocMX-rCJ> ~p7)VEUE'r1XL, -rou-rfo-rLV
Xpta't'6c; 13/43, 45/31. 'ot 7tOAA1jv xwpocv XC>:'t'exovnc;' 31/t>--8.
XpovLxoc, work of Charax 24/4. Xpw(3&rnc;, chief of the Croats 30/65.
Xpovtx6v, work of Theophanes 17/l,
21/1; Xpovoypocqioc; 22/1. Xwocpe>: ('t'oc), island off Dalmatia
Xpovoypocqioc; cf. Xpovtx6v. 36/22.
Xpua6yovoc;, Saint 29/278. Xwpoca&v (-r6), emirate 22/64, 66,
Xpuao't'pLXALVoc; (o), hall in the 25/67, 79.
imperial palace at Constantinople 'I'woc&e:uc;: ~ wu 'fwe>:&Ewc; ov~,
50/215. monastery 43/177.
Xp(J)~IX't'LIX, Croatia 30/70, 78, 94, '.Ox.e:ocv6c; (o), Ocean 25/40; b forreptoc;
113, 118, 31/14, 44, 58, 76, 32/62, 'Qx.e:ocv6c; 25/32.
69, 72, 120, 125, 127, 136, 35/8; ~
'.Oopu<pocc;, patrician and admiral of
e:yOCA7) XpCJ>~IX'tLOC, 1j xoct &arrp'I) trro-
the fleet: 't'ov. . . N tX~'t'cx, . . . oi'J TO
voe>:~oeV1) 31/83; Yi e:yoc:A 1) Xpw(3e>:-
E7tL'KA7)V 'Oopuqie>:c; 29/97-98.
't'Le>:, 1j &:(3oc7t't'ta-roc;, 1j xocl 1forrp7) rrpo-
ae>:yope:uoev'IJ 32/5-6,; Yi (3ocrr't'Laev'1) ".O't'(oc;), king of Francia, or Saxony:
XpCJ>(3e>:'t'loc 31/68, 71, 86. ''.0TCJ> (dat.) 30/73.
GLOSSARY
The Glossary contains 1. words which occur in D. A. I. only (these are marked
with an asterisk), 2. words peculiar to Byzantine civilization, 3. words of the Postclassical
and Byzantine periods, 4. uncommon ancient words or ancient words used in an altered
sense in the Byzantine period, 5. words of foreign origin.
Passages are cited by chapter and line in the chapter. P, in such citations, stands
for Proem.
Abbreviation: Byzantinoturcica = Gy. Moravcsik, Byzantinoturcica II. 8'/'ach-
re,ste der TiirkvOlker in den byzantinischen Quellen, Budapest, 1943 (2nd ed. Berlin 1958).
&~ci'Ae: 53/483. chi8l~oocL 53/4 7 5.

OC~cX7tTLO"TOt; 13/116, 29/69, 71, 75, 81, oc&'Al'jcrtc; 49/ 58.
82, 30/74, 31/4, 6, 83, 32/2, 5, 33/18, octpe:crtc; 14/28, 17/14.
34/4, 36/5, 11, 40{33. octpe:Tl~oocL 61/202, 63/490.
&.ycX:it'Y) 30/75, 41/14, 46/64, 73, 172, octpe:nx6c; lS/138.
46/161, 51/170, 63/243. rxlxoc/.wcrloc 29/21, 116, 45/135, 49/42,
&yye::Aoc; 13/33, 50, 77, 79, 14/20. 53/165, 238.
&.yyouptov 29/261. octxocAc.>'t'EUW 30/28.
ocytci~w 21/89. octxe>:AW't'L~(J) 29/226, 33/7, 36/6, 36/8,
&ytoc;, 9/72, 82, 88, 13/35, 36, 39, 48, 45/95, 167, 63/24.
49, 59, 78, 84, 98, 112, 113, 118, 130, octxcX:l-wToc; lS/159, 21/16, 63/91, 92, 94.
131, 141, 168, 19/9, 21/5, 67, 125, octwv P/48, 13/88, 88, 27/35, 36.
22/71, 73, 74, 74, 77, 27/81, 84, ocxe>:&oc(pe:'t'oc; 19/7.
29/23, 235, 236, 241, 241, 244, 245, cXXOCLVO't'6l')TOt; 48/9.
262, 269, 276, 277, 2i8, 279, 282, OCXOC't'OCyWVLO"'t'Oc; 41/15, 49/35.
30/48, 88, 31/36, 49, 32/79, 36/18, &xocToccX:X1JToc; 15/10.
19, 20, 40/30, 43/81, 45/32, 46/55, 69, &.xepe>:Loc; 29/269.
72, 47/6, 12, 13, 48/1, 49/26, 50/97. &:xii-'fiv 29/142, 30/70.
&ypcici-roc; 13/150, 51/100. &:xoJ.ou&(e>: 40/48.
&ypcipLov ( - Latin agrariensiB, agrariUB?) &xpoc 49/13, 60/78, 116.
51/7, 12, 17,25, 28,48,49,50,58, 63, &.xup& 13/137, 1>3/366.
65, 67, 77, 102, 108, 178, 187, 190. ii:Ae>:c; ('t'6) 42/71.
*&ype>:ptWT'Y)c; ( - Latin agrariensis, agra- &:Al')lhv6c; 6/9.
rius ?) 51/181. OCALEUW 42/89.
&Sta:lpem;; 41/15. &:J.AocyLOV 29{22, 32.
&~M.xpnoc; 61/149, 159, 185. cXAA67tLO"'t'O<; 13/116.
cXeLV'l)O"'t'Oc; 29/89, 95, 49/72, 50/118, &:Aoyov 7/12, 17, 29/129, 63/261, 265.
235, 51/143, 192, 196. iXix!;lix 34/ 17. - .
ci.e:m&p&e:voc; 21/124. &11-i::pou.vljc; ( - Arabic amir al-mumi-
&.l;;ocToc; ( - Armenian azat) : &~ci.Tou (gen.) nin) 25/56, 64, 80, 84,43/15,33, 47/16,
45/103. - Cf. De thematibus, ed. 19, 20; &:e:pouv'ij (gen.) 2'0/74, 78,
Pertusi p. 75/7; N. Adontz, Byzan- 43/23, 44/118.
tion, 13 (1938), p. 161. oce:TC>:O"cXAEUTOc; 46/112.
G'losaary 315
&1jpoc8(oc ( Arabic amir) 25/67, 68,

N liv&pocC: 18/64.
68, 69, 69, 70, 70, 71, 71, 72, 72, .Xv&Urroc-roc; 38/16, 43/44.
73, 73, 76; &.1)poc8locc; , ~'t'OL cr-rpoc't'1)- .Xvlax.upoc; 22/20.
yl8occ; 26/66. &.wfuvoc ( Latin annona) 63/152, 155.
N
oc'Y)pocfoc; ( Arabic amir) 21/102. -

N &v-rocAAocy~ 43/143.
Cf. Theophanes, ed. de Boor p. 335 13 .Xv-rocoL~~ 63/238.
etc. &v-rocrro><plvoocL 21/98.
oc'Y)poci; ( Arabic amir) 21/41, 25/75,
N OCV't'OC7tO<J't'tAA(J) 43/179.
79, 82, 83, 44/8, 27, 42, 51, 82, 45/132, .Xv-rocpcrlix 22/42, 25/9.
139; &.1)p&:8wv (pl. gen.) 44/121. - .Xv-re:taE:pxoocL 22/7.
Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 71-72 (2nd &.v-rL81)AW 29/166, 45/74.
ed. 66-69). ocv-rlA"f)ijiLc; 61/l 76.
&.'Y)peuw ( Arabic amir) 18/4, 21/36.
N OCVTL'Y)VO(J) 27/19.
- Cf. Theophanes, ed. de Boor p. &v-rlm:pix 42/21.
33628 etc. .Xv-rme:poo 29/lOl, 51/115, 53/12; cf.
&qitoccrtc; 30/52. Grammatical Notes.
&v&: cf. Grammatical Notes. .Xv-rmlrr-rw 29/138, 50/178.
OCVIX~AOC<J't'N 43/110. &.v-rtafi><watc; 43/107, 46/14, 20.
&v&:yAuq>oc; 60/249, 252. OCVTL<J't'ptcp(I) 13/4 7.
&.vocyw 43/90, 123, 127, 135, 46/ll9, .Xwrr68e:-roi; 26/50.
159, 60/27, 182, 187, 63/522. .Xwmhoc><-roc; 00/14.
&.voc8d><vut ( = proclaim) 08/122. .Xwijioo P/38.
&.voc8po~ 40/31. &.vwnpoc; 40/36.
&voc~e:uyvuL 53/ 107. &;~ 13/86, 38/6, 43/53, 58, 66, 46/148,
&v&:&e:oc 13/125. 61/140.
&.voc&eoc-rl~w 13/54, 88, 140. &.~lClloc 37/27, 30, 40/52, 68, 43/152,
&.vocl8'Y)v cf. &.ve81)v. 44/47, 50/125, 52/11.
&.vocxAlvooct 63/434. &.ol8Loc; 18/189, 29/73, 83, 89, 80/127,
.Xvoc)(pocmc; 13/177 [.Xvocxpt<J'Y)v P]. 127, 40/8, 43/19, 42, 45/43, 50/76,
OCVOCXU7t''t'W 27/21. 61/5, 22, 34, 52, 69, 78, 157.
&.vococv&cXvw 13/105, 30/40, 46/136, 49/51. .Xmx&eLoc 49/12.
&vixfoov 21/85. OC7t'OCt't"l)crtc; 61/193, 197, 62/1.
&voce:a-roi; 60/192. OC7t'IXL't'W 4/7, 60/52, 52/12.
&voce:-rocC:u 38/24, 60/17 5, 61/58. &rrocpocrro('Y)TOc; 13/112.
&.vocrrA&craooct 60/ 189. &.7rocpyupl~w 49/74.
&.vocppuooct 13/160. &.mxp-rt 29/273; cf. Loc e!poc.
&voc-ro/..fi 27/79, 38/26, 62, 43/86, 44/23, &rrocp-rl~oocL 43/78.
46/109. .Xm:><8exooci 37/31.
OCVOC't'OAL><6i; 37/37' 40/41, 42/86, 49/18. &m:1t'oAfil cf. Grammatical Notes.
&.voc-rporreuc; 13/142. &.1t'1)vwc; 29/244.
&.voccpopoc 46/120, 60/33, 34, 193, 63/147. lim<JToc; 13/106, 143, 45/79.
&vixcpwvfil 14/32. &.rr/..><-rov ( Latin applicatus) 44/128,
N
&.voclji'Y)AOCq>fil 37/9. 46/86 [OC7'A7jl<TOV, ~7t'A1)it't'(I( P].

civ8pocyoclhioc 26/5. OC7t'AOi:><6c; 1/9.
civ8pocyoc.S.w 51/94. OC1t'A6c; cf. Grammatical Notes.
&v8pet6i: i)v8pe:Lwevoi; 16/8, 38/37, 46/75. &.7r6 cf. Grammatical Notes.
&.ve:ydpw 03/457. &rro(3tw 17/2, 21/35.
&ve81Jv 7/9 [&vocl81)v P]. &.rro(3tCllcrtc; 43/160.
&ve:x8[><1)Toc; 13/97. &rro&e:pocrre:uCll 46/142.
ocvexooct 13/97, 46/72, 60/244, 63/249, &rro><oc-3-Lcr't'w cf. Grammatical Notes.
258, 277; cf. Grammatical Notes. &.rro><e:cpoc/..t~Cil 44/7, 52, 63/222.
<Xv-fi><w 6/7, 61/76. &.7roK7JpU't"t'Cll 18/54, 140.
cXVYjAL>toc; 43/103. OC7t'Ol<LVW 9/20, 23, 80, 92.
Gwssary
316
42, 45, 50, 120. - Cf. K. Amantos
oc7toXp'Y)vl~w 9/29.
177 'lcr-ropoc -rou ~u~ocvnvou xpchouc; II.~
oc7toxptcrtocptoi; 1/19, 21, 29/70, 172 (Athenes, 1947), p. 428.
180. &c; 45/81, 82, 83.
OC7tOXTtVVCll r; /17, 21/45. cXO"cXAE:U't"Ot; P/33.
oc7rom:pixlvo1xt 9/103. &crfje:cr-roc; 42/38.
OC7tOp~'Y)TOt; 19/7. ocO""Y)><pljnc; (.., Latin a secretis) 50/174.
OC7tOO"Y.0CAWV(J) 9/90. &cr~tv 28/42, 50/248, 252.
&7tocrxo11e:uw 49/I 8. &crnpoc; 30/72, 31/4, 83, 32/3, 6, 42/24.
OC7tocr~x.w 53/467. &cr-re:n-roc; 26/19.
oc7tocrwcr[oc 39/3, 50/37, 40. &.cruyxpt-roc; 17/20.
cX7r6crTOAOt; 27/85, 31/36, 36/18, 49/26, OCO'\.lVOCPTIJTOc; 22/65.
31, 37, 40, 46, 49, 52, 57, 62, 65. &crcpoc).l~ooct I. ( = give surety, confirm)
oc7tocruvocyooct 9/22, 28/44. 13/68, 22/15.
*oc7tOO"WO"T7jt; 7/11. 2. (make fast [the doors]) 03/398,
cX7t01"p0Cjl~ 53/151. 427, 438.
oc7toxoctpe:Tl~w 46/94. *&crcpoc).oc; 38/10, 28.
&7toxocpl~ooct 4o/l 53, 46/116. &-re:xvoc; 45/37, 46/9.
chp6cro8oc; 50/77. ciTTtXL~W 1/1 l.
OC7tWAE:LIX 29/151, 169, 53/197. cxoyoucr-roc ( ... Latin augusta) 51/49, 50,
&pt.&6i; 51/42, 53/156, 158. 51, 65, 67' 68, 103, 176, 180, 180.
ocpX'rtx6i; 37/ 40. cxuyoucr-rtocnx6c; ( .., Latin augusta) 51/
ocpX'rcjioi; 42/76. 102, 181, 187, 190. - Cf. De ceri-
&pocToc (-r&) (..,Latin arma) 32/113.
moniis, ed. Bonn. p. 423 20
&pe:vov 9/85.
ocU&e:nloc 47/9.
&pv'Y)TI)i; 29/96.
*&pxtBt&xwv 29/232, 262. cxU&e:v-rwc; 44/28. - Cf. Eustathius metro
&pxte:mcrxorri; 52/8. polita, Opuscula, ed. Tafel p. 40w
&pxtrnlcrxonoi; 31/23, 47 /4, 12. 54' 16423.
&pxte:pe:uc; lS/56. ocu-re:~oumoc; 30/77, 34/10, 45/131, 50/186.

&pxov-r[oc 27/2, 30/98, 100. - Cf. Nice- OCIJTo8tcr7toTO<; 30/88, 45/131, 50/30.
phorus patriarcha, ed. de Boor p. OCU't"OXE<jlOCAO<; 29/62, 66, 87, 44/28.
40 23 ; De cerimoniis, ed. Bonn. p. 635 3 ocOTOXpocToploc 51/136.
&pxovT6nouJ.oi; 32/94, IOI. - Cf. Anna a.u-roxpll.-rwp 13/161, 21/9, 25/47, 50/198.
Comnena VII. 7., ed. Leib II. p. ocu-r6vooc; 6/11, 30/88, 50/30.
10812 etc. ocu-r6c; I. bt TO OCO't"O 27/46, 46/153.
ocpxwv 8/29, 9/5, 106, 13/90, IOI, 29/66, 2. cf. Grammatical Notes.
76, 79, 127, 136, 142, 149, 153, 154, a.u-roupy6c; 29/211.
155, 165, 196, 30/73, 77, 78, 84, 87, ocuxevtov 9/85.
90, 141, 142, 31/21, 25, 43, 44, 58, &cpocvtcr6c; 3/4, 49/42.
60, 62, 76, 32/30, 33, 40, 42, 45, 52, licpoc't"oc; 53/458.
58, 80, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 95, occptAe:toc 29/59, 85.
96, 102, 102, 115, 118, 121, 135, <XcpYJvtocl;;Cll 29/65.
145, 146, 148, 33/9, 17, 34/5, 6, 7, licp.&oc 53/494, 496, 501, 502, 508, 511.
9, 11, 12, 36/6, 37/20, 32, 33, 38/11, occp(1Jt cf. Grammatical Notes.
15, 32, 38, 45, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56, OC!pU7tVW 53/437.
39/12, 40/13, 45, 48, 50, 58, 65, &xpa.v-roc; 21/125.
41/2, 42/44, 43/7, 27, 38, 45, 56, f3ocye:uw ( Latin vagor ?) 51/61.
N
63, 86, 110, 111, 46/75, 78, 136, f3ocAA.tcr-rocptoi; (... Latin ballistarius)
49/16, o0/31, 58, 80, 51;20, 25, 21, 53/152.
39, 111, 112; tycxi; OCp)(W\I 37/16, (3oc).).(cr-rpoc ( Latin ballista) 53/151.
N
40/53, 41/6; &pxwv TOO\I ocpx6vTWV

43/30, 34, 112, 44/6, 7, 9, 13, 18,
(3ocATW81Ji; (.., Slavic *bolto) 28/4. - 0'
Anna Comnena VIII. 3., ed. Leib
19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 35, 37, 38, 39, II. p. 135 21
Glossary 317
~iiv8ov ( - Latin bandum) 60/94, 97, 99, 175, 175, 178, 183, 183, 44/30, 33,
103, 106, 109. 44, 46, 48, 58, 63, 88, 110, 115, 119
f3ocrr-rl~w 29/69, 72, 74, 76, 83, 84, 30/89,
124, 126, 41>/4, 6, 22, 24, 26, 36:
31/24, 31, 34, 35, 68, 71, 86, 32/28, 41, 44, 56, 67, 79, 81, 101, 114 1
149, 36/10, 10, 60/76; cf. Gram- 46/49, 61, 63, 67, 68, 12, s1, 83 1
matical Notes. 88, 97, 99, 103, 108, 112, 115, 117
~&rrwroc 30/88. 118, 120, 122, 127, 130, 142, 159:
~ocp~ocpoc; 43/18, 49/32, 34, 48; cf. Index 160, 160, 165, <l7/6, 10, 15, 21, 23
of Proper Names. 48/8, 49/40, 50, 72, 50/7, 26, 36:
~ixp~ocptx6c; 48/5. 61, 65, 118, 122, 156, 164, 170,
~occrocvl~w 29/244. 171, 177, 194, 196, 199, 205, 208
~ixcn).e:loc I. (rule, reign, kingdom, em- 209, 211, 214, 218, 220, 222, 225:
pire, throne) P/9, 36, 40, 22/6, 30, 228, 229, 235, 240, 243, 244, 249
32, 35, 82, 26/25, 28, 26/37, 29/54, 254, 51/6, 6, 8, 14, 21, 22, 29, 33:
59, 65, 72, 88, 31/58, 32/78, 146, 34, 37' 44, 52, 63, 68, 69, 77' 78,
43/90, 46/40, 55, 60/9, 25, 75, 136, 80, 86, 94, 98, 100, 104, 125, 141,
227, 61/5, 51, 77, 163, 63/ll9, 122, 149, 155, 157, 162, 165, 169, 174,
233. 176, 177, 180, 184, 192, 53/8,
2. (= imperial majesty) 8/27, 17, 21, 26, 47, 108, 110, 112, 115,
43/107, 161, 46/68, 75, 102, 107, 120, 135, 159, 166, 247, 249; E[cxr;
109, 124, 132, 138, 142, 152, 161, ~MLAe:oc; 13/83, 141, 168, 22/79.
167, 172, 46/131, 132, 60/210, 214, ~OCO"LAE:U(i) P/43, 48, 1/23, 13/33, 81, 188,
245, 51/183, 53/141. 21/47, 25/54, 26/6, 71, 27/6, 8, 29/
~occrlAE:LOV 13/150, 27/6.
277, 32/82, 43/20, 53/2, 124, 236.
~occrtALl<oc (-roc) 30/16.
~occr).e:tor; P/48, 13/26, 124, 152, 165,
61/147. ~OCcrLALXorrJ.1!iCor; 51/13.
~occn).e:uoucroc 2/16, 43/21, 52, 63, 70, 81, ~occrtAL><Oc; 1/23, 8/11, 17, 24, 13/41, 165,
150, 47/5. 21/114, 29/111, 42/31, 43/96, 109,
f3cxm).e:ur; Tit./2, 2, 4, P/5, 48, 1/2, 16, 114, 154, 60/29, 38, 125, 61/1, 6,
4/3, 7, 9, 5/4, 7, 6/4, 7/13, 8/19, 12, 46, 48, 53, 85, 88, 91, 105, 125,
25, 11/4, 5, 13/32, 45, 49, 51, 57, 188, 190, 52/8, 10, 53/142, 513.
61, 68, 77, 89, IOI, 107, 109, 109, (3occnJ.t><6.; (6) 7/2, 3, 12, 8/2, 7, 10, 13,
ll4, 121, 126, 130, 146, 147, 149, 16, 29/74, 43/43, 45/82, 84, 85, 47/
162, 21/10, 15, 46, 122, 22/4, 10, 18, 23, 49/66, 53/517, 523.
14, 17, 23, 43, 80, 81, 25/12, 14, (3occrt).r; 27/14, 27.
33, 27/12, 68, 28/6, 11, 11, 36, ~occr(ALO"O"OC 27 /23 .
29f3, 7, 12, 54, 62, 70, 74, 83, 87, (38eJ.uyoc 19/8.
8~ 9~ 97, 104, 106, 106, 108, (3e:p~lwtov ( - Bulgarian?) 42/88. - Cf.
116, 170, 171, 174, 176, 180, 186, Byzantinoturcir,a p. 88 (2nd ed. p. 89).
188, 189, 198, 207, 212, 238, 242, (3~crcrocJ.ov (Latin bessalis) 29/246, 42/36,
252, 80/15, 127, 128, 131, 31/8, 53/329, 331, 340, 347, 348, [(3~crcx).ov
10, 12, 16, 11, 19, 21, 27, 28, 33, 59, everywhere P].
59, 82/9, 10, 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, (3iyJ.oc ( - Latin mgilia) 9/49, 50, 29/175,
27, 31, 38, 79, 88, 100, 107, 108, ol/29; cf. Bpouyyocpmc;.
110, 113, 116, 133, 136, 140, 141, (3J.ocnlov ( - La.tin blatta) 6/8.
143, 143, 147, 147, 33/4, 6, 9, 34/5,
*(3oocvo.; ( - Turkish ban?) 30/93; (3oe:oc-
85/4, 5, 7, 10, 36/4, 6, B, 40/8, 13,
vou (gen.) 31/78. - Cf. Byzanti.no-
28, 31, 42/26, 28, 29, 40, 44, 47, turcica p. 178 (2d ed. p. 204).
43/8, 9, 12, 19, 22, 31, 36, 42,
50, 52, 57, 58, 73, 77, 82, 85, 89, *(3oe:<Xvor; cf. (3oocvor;.
93, 95, 100, 102, 113, ll8, 120, 129, *(3oe(3o8or; ( - Slavic voje:voda) 38/5, 5,
131, 137, 138, 139, 145, 146, 152, 7, 12, 12, 16, 29, 34, 43. - Cf. By-
154, 158, 162, 167, 169, 169, 174, zanti.noturcica p. 91 (2nd ed. p. 93).
318 Glossary
[3oi."Aiic; ( Bulgarian boila): ~oo,&:8wv (pl.

N
87)00-((i)c; 58/393.
gen.) 32/48 [~oAtoc8wv P]. - Cf. 87joTE:A~r; 13/38.
Byzantinoturcica p. 91 (211d ed. P 93). 8toc[3ci~w 2/2 l.
~ouv6c; P/37, 33/12, 13, 14. 8toc~11cx P /32.
[3poc8uc;: [3poc8foTe:pov 68/304. 8tocyoyyt)~w 43/113.
[3poccroc 9/62. 8tix8exooct ( = supersede) 00/200, 201,
~pumc; 53/501, 502. 51/165.
~upo-&ptov 53/531. 81cxlpw: 8t11pevov 1/11.
ye:tTVtoc~w 1/25. 8tocxovoc; 13/46, 31/23.
ye:ve:cx/.oyouoct 14/2. 8tocxpocT1Jo-tc; 29/14, 46/165, 174.
ye:vtx~ 23/25, 30, 31. 8tcxxpcx-rw 22/48, 32/85, 37/10.
"(E:Vtldlc; 14/3. 8tll:Ae:XTOc; 26/18, 27/69, 29/80, 218, 264,
ytw>1oc 53/534. 272, 31/7, 32/12, 33/II, 34/12, 17,
ye:cpuptOV 29/259, 61/9. 36/11, 12, 39/9.
ye:(i)ypcxcplcx 42/1. 8tcxep(~ocxt 27 /7.
ylvocxt: ye:voce:voc; 32/58, 50/56. 8toceptv& 1/7. -
Cf. Genesius, ed.
y).wcro-oc 29/82, 265, 89/8, 10. Bonn. p. f>4i 8 ; Constantinus Porphy-
"(\IY)crt6TI)c; 53/145. rogenitus, Narratio de imagine Edes-
yo\ivcx ( Slavic guna) 32/56. - Cf. De
N
sena., cap. VIII., ed. Migne, P. G.
cerimoniis, ed. Bonn. p. 38111, 1s Il3. c. l29n = E. Dobschutz,
yp&oc'Toc (Toc) 4/10, 291221, 43/15, 21, ChristWJbilder, (Leipzig, 1899), Bei-
31, 50, 80, 46/136. lage II. B, p. 49**.
ypoccptx6c; 14/17. 8toc7tpbtw 60/172.
*yu).iic; (""Hungarian yil,a ... g'ila) 40/49,
8trxaxop7tli:w 32/138, 41/23, 49/33.
51, 68.-Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 109.
8t&o-wmr; 32/51. - Cf. De cerimoniis,
(2nd ed, p. 115).
yUVOCtoV 4/12. ed. Bonn. p. 68313
8tcxcr wo--r"f)r; 7/ 5, 7.
y\Jpoc 9/107,
yup6&ev 9/75. 3tcxTcx~ 13/155, 169.
8ocp6c; 51/165. 8t&:-roc~tc; 13/60, 111, 141, 158.
Mo-oc; 42/84. 8toc't'OCO"O"ooct 43/173.
8tY)crtc;: 0 TWV 8e:~O"E:{l)V 61/3 l. 8toc't'U7tw 48/22.
8EtAOCV8pw 29/206. 8toccp6p(i).; 43/l l, 44/31.
8eC:touoc1 32/88, 43/58, 162. 81ocxpuo-o.; 60/248, 252.
8fotoc; 29/165, 30/43, 32/48, 104, 43/30.
*8t(3ocptoc (..&) 28/42.
8e:o-w 32/98, 123.
8ecrnowcx 21/124, 53/337, 341, 344. 8t80Ccrxw cf. Grammatical Notes.
8e:cr7toTdoc 45/124, 127, 8(8wt cf. Grammatical Notes.
8e:crn6TI)t; 26/68, 72, 44/28, 60/87, 92, 8te:ye:lpw 21/39, 71, 53/18.
101, 131, 133, 136, 160, 168, 226, 8tEye:pcrtr; 51/97.
227, 231, 232, 232, 51/8, 76, 108, 81e:x8txfil 27/26, 32/45.
137, 164, 177, 199, 1>2/2, 53/79, 113. 8tE7t(i) 16/5, 25/35.
8e:0"7tO"rtXOt; 13/38, 63. 81e:p"f)ve:u(i) 13/200.
*?>e:u-re:poe:),chrir; 51/107, 125. 8te:u&uvw 27/26.
8e:i.>Te:p(;i 53/212. 8t-fiyYJoc 26/4.
8exocxt ( = be instructed, receive a 8t'l)pEVOV cf. 81oc(pw.
reply) 45/83, 46/160, 50/39, 53/522, 81xoc(<>.)oc P/44.
526. 8toyxi;i 1/11.
8T)Ao7totw 8/25, 26/23, 27/33, 29/94, Bmp(~orxt 13/35, 51, 46/145, 49f54.
43/16, 122, 46{72. 81x6votoc 31/78.
?>~oc; 13/ l 7 l, 53/278. 8twploc 22/44.
8f)6mov 27 /13, 18, 50/32, 53/527. 8t&lpocpoc; 29/254.
8w6cnor; 22/69, 53/522. 8oxtii~(i) 63/55, 472.
G'lossary 319
8ofom<oc; ("" Latin domesticus) 60/237; ty><o'Arr[~oocL 63/ 431 [&y><oci.um1icroca&ocL P].
8ofonxoc; -rljc; un-oupyla.c; 43/43; ~y><pLw; 13/ 145.
8oforn<oc; 'TWV trt_OAWV 44/33, 46/51, ~y><pucx 29/38, 63/31.
46/128, 60/151, 61/32, 43. &rx6p7)yoc; 29/24 7.
8o~cX~W p /48, 34/9. *&rxu'Atoc~w 29/250.
86p><oc 26/31, 61/83. - Cf. Hesychius !8poc~(l) P/32.
B. V. 86pKOCL. t&vtx6c; 13/96, 31/40, 48/5.
8ou><ocov (,., Latin ducatus) 28/47, 49, dBYJmc; 44/lOl, 48/25.
60/88. e:t8w'Ao'A&:':'p1)c; 60/74.
Bou'Ae(oc 6/4, 7, 12, 8/20, 13/27, 166, d8w'Aov 60/7 5.
29/25, 179, 185, 32/86, 34/18, 48/ e:txov(~w 29/280.
115, 46/69, 81, 48/6, 60/32, 61/61, e:!xovo.oc:x,oc; 13/138.
93. dAY).OC 29/254.
Bou'Ae:ow 26/53, 32/ll6, 134, 49/2. d'A1).ocw<6c; 29/243, 252, 271, 282, 284.
&u"A"fl 63/337. e:t.(, e:!t cf. Grammatical Notes.
8ou'ALx6c; 32/13. e:lc; cf. Grammatical Notes.
Bou'AL><wc; 31/59, 32/147. e:t<ri)nmc; 13/124.
daxot8~ 27/19, 21, 22.
8ou'Ao1tpe;7tNt; 32/143.
e:!axol~w 27/18, 21, 60/52, 63/515, 521.
80\i'Aoc; 21/6, 22/13, 28/36, 32/12, 16, dcrcp&pw 63/307.
44/46, llO, 46/141, 151, 157, 60/204. t><y6v1) 13/148. - Cf. Malalas, ed.
8ou'Aw 44/123.
Bonn. p. 413 9 = Chronicon Paschale,
8ooA.waLc; 29/215, 30/132, 32/37, 79,
ed. Bonn. p. 613 18
45/ll2, 46/132.
~yovoc; 21/28, 28, lll, lll.
800~ ("" Latin dux) 27/60, 77, 94, 28/45,
~x8Lxw 13/67, 53/166, 185.
46.
8poL><6c; 29/279. t><d&e:v ( = beyond) 8/34, 28/21, 29/16,
Bp6.oc; cf. 'Aoyo&e'TY)t;, xa.p-rou"A&pLOc;, 18, 33, 30/21, 24, 62, 31/5, 32/3,
BpociivLov 61/2, 3, 6, IO, 11, 20, 20, 46/165, 50/79.
22, 25, 35, 35, 39, 52, 54, 58, 63, txe:i:voc; (= oc><o:plTY)c;) 13/32, 32/93,
78, 81, 82, 89, 90, 106, 107, 125, 38/32, 42/27' 43/7, 36, 101, 152,
128, 142, 144, 145, 182, 189, 189. 45/14, 46/12, 50/118, 127, 140, 236,
8pouyy&:ptoc; ("" Latin drungarius) 61/ 51/89, 106, 150, 168.
no; 8pouyyocpLoc; TOU 7t"A(l)t.ou 29/97' ~><.&oc(3oc; 49/34.
99, 46/50, 53, 65, 77, 61/30, 75, 85, t)(XAlJaloc 13/35, 40, 48, 50, 54, 55, 59,
87, 96; BpouyyocpLOc; tjc; (3ly'AYJc; 61/29. 84, 98, ll3, 127, 139, 144, 154, 172,
8ua~M!;o8oc; 9/42, 103. 19/6, 7, 22/72, 27/42, 45, 37/65,
8u!Jl<o'A(a. 46/20. 45/45, 49, 48/15, 49/1; cf. Index
8u!Jl<o/..oc; 60/19. of Proper Names (Neoc 'E><><AY)crloc).
8u!Jl<pa.aloc 61/ 147. t><><A1)atocan><6c; 13/168.
8ua1t'EL9-eLoc 60/38. hxorr~ 43/120, 50/69.
8uaae:(31}c; 14/2. hxcnmol 43/129, 131.
8ua(l)1t'W 29/187, 60/239, 249. be 7rpoa1!mou cf. np6a(l)7rO\I.
8u-rt><6c; 13/4, 37/40, 38/29, 63, 40/43, t><a-rpoc-.do: 49/53.
60/13. hnw 60/248, 249.
8(l)pocpopiii P/38. t>tx6v1u 53/448.
&yyl~w 63/320. tAOCLo<p6poc; 50/77.
lyyovoc; 22/37, 81, 40/61, 53/162; ~yywv EAIXLWV 30/ll l.
32/32. tMTYJc; 61/11, 48, 54, 58, 63, 81, 91,
lyypa.cpoc; 21/13, 22/16, 43/87, 46/93, 102, 145, 182, 189.
149, 63/144. t'l.e:u&e:ploc 29/181, 53/114, ll6, 140, 144.
lyywv cf. yyovoc;. Ae:u&e:p6c; 6/11.
tye:lpw 26/36, 29/252, 53/232, 491. t'l.e:l>lte:pw 45/49, 48/5.
ty><<ip8toc; 43/136. i.e:umc;; 49/21, 51/91.
320 Glossary
*e~A~crxooct 9/56. - Cf. ex~).~cncecr-l}cxt evc.l>mov P/44, 50/36.

Theophanes, ed. de Boor p. 18410 ; e~cx8e)..cplJ 46/38.
~'A1Jcrocv Phrantzea, ed. Papado- e~<i8e:Acpoc; 32/70, 37/25, 29, 29, 40/6 l
poulus p. 141 26 43/29, 145, 165, 180, 181, 182 185
7t"opeu'nx6c; 31/88. 188, 46/86. , ,
E~a.rr ~cr/ 'TtAA(l) 13/ 34, 29/7 4, 42/48, 52,
4
n-6prnv 27/93, 96, 31/55.
en-opoc; 20/9. 0 42, 134 , 13 8, 163, 46/120.
1tpl)cr6c; 50/9, 03/387. e~lipncrtt; 9/16.

Ev cf. Grammatica.I Notes. ~a.pxoc; 53/IO.
evocy wvrnc; 53/217' 463. t~omcpoc)..~oat 18/84, 45/70.
evilloc'(f-i 29/221. S~LO)'.UW 11/13.
EvOC1tO~Ae1t(I) 37 /37. e~oat&~w 27 /l 7.
EvCX7tO'(pii<pw 13/112, 49/73. i1:~oA6&peucrtc; 60/45, 66.
evrxno8txooct 38/41. - Cf. Ioannes e~o)..o-l}peuw 41/18, 22, 50/41.
Chrysostomus, Hom.ilia. in Gene- e~oplcx 50/137' ol/166.
sim XLIV., ed. Migne, P. G. 54. e~optcrToc; 29/143.
c. 406 [ = 447E) e~ol}&e:vw 13/173.
vocn-o8tc!lX(l) 31/11. - Cf. M'Y)voctoc 'TOU e~oucrtoc~w 13/167, 29/196, 42/42, 61/50,
OAO\J evLCX\J'TOU, ~E1t''TE~ptoc; II''' 0EO'TO- 59, 189.
xtov, vol I. (ev 'Pfil:n, 1888), p. 150. e~oucrtoccrtjc; 46/77, 46/17, 18, 19, 26.
il:vcxn-ox).e;[(l) 29/244, 63/516, 521. i1:~oucrtoccrnx6r; 13/153.
vcxrrn).oc~ocv(l) 29/14. e~oucrLoKpOC'Tc.>p 10/4, 11/3, 9. - Cf. De
vcmoevw 37/51, 61/43. cerimoniis, ed. Bonn. p. 679,.
*evcx1tOVEUW 29/60. il:~ucpcx(vw 27/30.
*evoc7torr'Afo 9/57. en-oc(p(l) 13/52, 26/58, 46/11, 28, 53/327,
*il:vcxnocne).Aw 42/28. 329, 340, 347, 430.
vocrro<ptpooct 29/7. *emXLX<XAW'TL~W 30/122.
*i1:voc7tO<ppiicrcrw 28/26. E7t"OCVW 29/218, 251, 254, 283.
*il:voccpLX\IOUOCL 38/34. bcxpxlcx 24/3, 48/4, 14.
i1:v86ttpoc; 14/9, 22/63. il:rre).eumc; 49/35.
veyxocevri 53/136. - Cf. Constantinus err( cf. CXU'TOc;, rrpoc;.
Porphyrogenitus, Narratio de ima- em~oc'T'Y)c; 49/27' 53/515.
gine Edessena, cap. XXIV., ed. emyoc~pdoc 53/240.
Migne, P. G. 113. c. 4450 = ed. emycx{3pEuc.> 53/244, 251, 259, 269.
E. Dobschiitz, Christusbilder, (Leip- err~e:crn(~w 31/51.
zig, 1899), Beilage II B, p. 75**; ertfaA"f)V 21/11, 29/98, 50/10, 51/70, 109,
Cecaumenus, ed. Vasiljevskij- 135.
Jernstedt p. 39; Vita Niconis 'TOU E7t"LXOU'T~OUAOV 50/241.
Me:Tocvoe:he:, ed. Sp. Lampros, E7l"LA'Y)l't"TLX6c; 14/19.
Nfoc; 'Ehl.."1)vovfiwv, 3 (1906), p. 135; tmA'Y)tji(oc 14/18.
Vita Theodori Studitae, ed. Migne, il:mvbM ('Toc) 32/114.
P. G. 99. c. 320A; Anna Comnena emcrxo7te:tov 29/240.
V. 3., ed. Leib IL p. 16 30 emcrxort~ 1. ( = visitation) P/41, 49(45,
~v~~lloc; 50/248. 49.
~v-&e:v (= on this side) 29/19, 37/39, 2. (= bishopric) 52/9.
58, 42/19, 45/130, 165. enlcrxonoc; 19/4, 27/64, 30/89, 31/23,
~v&eaoc; 13/162. 47/7, s, 48/13, 14, 17, 18, 20, ;,2/5.
evtocucnoci:oc; 53/274, 315. emcruvocyw 9/8, 22/37, 49/71.
ev6p8woc; (-Latin ordo) 22/26. emcrwpe:uw 47/22.
evopxw 46/59. emtjp"1)crtc; 51/19.
~Vcr'TOC<JLt; 29/154. *emcpop-r& 21/65.
*vroc)..ocnxwc; 43/45. E7r(l)<pEA"~c; 48/3.
wn-6crTCXTOt; 13/36. lpoc cf. tii.
Gl,ossary 321
il:pya.).efov 53/516. 13, 116, 32/11, 87/15, 16, 17, 21,

tp1)6><occr-rpov ("" Latin castrum) 27/62, 23, 24, 32, 35, 35,35, 36,40, 41, 42,
29/290, 30/111, 36/11, 87 /59. 43, 69, 43/12, 49/5, 14, 50/1, 6, II,
il:p~(l)<nc; 19/8. 13, 14, 27, 54, 59, 60, 64, 66, 93, 93,
ep1)veuc; 43/170. 96, 96, 102, 102, 105, 106, 109, 111,
ep1jve:u~c; 43/42, 137. 112, 117, 126, 128, 129, 131, 167,
ecr-rp(l)evoc; cf. cr-rp@wut. 174, 183, 51/132, 193, 197' 62/2, 5,
ha.tpetocpx"1Jc; 61/31; eyocc; ha.tpet&px1Jc; 63/507, 510, 517, 518, 519.
43/44. .lteoc-r(~(l) 16/I. - Cf. Cedrenus, ed.
hcup(~ooct 26/29. Bonn. p. 497 18
euocyye).wv 26/51. &eocw 16/8.
eUBoKw 49/25. .lte67t't'"1)c; 17/8.
eU&etoc 23/30, 31, 32. .!te6c; cf. Index of Proper Names.
efota.tpoc; 22/ 4 7. &eocr-re:cp~c; Tit./4.
eu;>._a.~~c; 21/88, 90, 93, Sl/45, 47. &eo"t"6><oc; cf. Index of Proper Names.
eu).oyw P/8. .fteocpLA~<; 48/13, 19, 53/159.
e:uvouxoc; 43/37. .lteocp6poc; 48/10, 16.
euq>poc(vooct 63/281, 316, 385, 394, 412, &eoqio).ocxToc; 1/21, 8/1, 43/65, 83, 171,
415, 423. 50/53.
eucppa.crf.a. 63/279, 284, 292, 385, 390, &epoc (Toc) 61/8, 18. - Cf. Ph. Kukules,
396, 410, 411. 'Erre't'"1)plc; 'E't'ocipelocc; Bu~ocv-rtvwv
eoxa.ptcrda. 38/41. l:7tou8wv, 11 (1935), p. 202.
euxocptcr't'w 63/110, 137. &YJAU><6v 23/25.
i1:cpoc7tAw 13/42. &),(ljitc; 32/49.
il:cpopdoc 61/64, 66. -ltp"f)crl<etOC 17/7 .
i1;x&pocf.voa.t 60/192. .ltpta.~Eu(l)22/8.
i!:x&p@~ruc; 60/181. &ucnoccr~ptov 13/40.
q(l) cf. Grammatical Notes. loc ~pa. ( - Latin iam era): toc ~poc, orre:p
~(l)c; cf. Grammatical Notes. ep"1)VeUE't'OCt 'ocmzp't'L ~'t'ov' 29/273.
~ocxa.vov ( - Slavic zakon) 8/17, 38/52. t8toc~(l): l:v 'TO ~c; l8t&:~oum v 63/356.
- Cf. Suidas s. v. aa..6v; P. Kretsch- *l8w><ocf3illoc; ( - Latin cahallus) 63/506.
mer, Arckiv fur slavische Pkilologie, *l8w><poc'T<7i 25/75.
27 (1905), p. 232; S. B. Psaltes, tMppu-0-oc; 26/79, 84, 29/66, 60/8.
Grammatik der byzantiniscken Ckro- (8toc; 26/17.
niken, (Gottingen, 1913), pp. 36-37. E8t6xetpov 31/35.
*~ou7ta.v(a. ("" Slavic Zupan) 30/91, 105, l8t6)(etpoc; 61/169.
106. l.epeu.; 29/74, 31/22, 34.
~ou7tocvoc; (- Slavic Zupan) 29/67, 32/ l.ep6c; 13/41, ll3.
120, 34/8. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica txa.v<ho.; 60/122.
p. 121 (2nd ed. p. 131). tvoc cf. Grammatical Notes.
~uyfi 60/247, 251. tv8txwfiv ( - La.tin imlictio) 16/6, 27/54,
~w cf. Grammatical Notes. 29/234, 46/40.
~CllOl'WLO<; 46/60. hrn&:pmv 61/202, 62/1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7,
~v8pet(l)evoc; cf. &v8petw.
8, 9, 10, 11.
lrrrro8po(oc 22/8.
fi't'ov cf. toc !pa.. - Cf. Grammatical
bmo8p6tov 9/68, 31/28.
Notes.
brn68poo.; 61/41, 44.
i)nw 6/9, 40/10.
lO"Top(oc lS/31, 21/35, 23/6, 25/1, 33/5,
&ei:xoc; 13/60. 36/5, 47/2, &3/1.
&e:Loc; 18/133, 19/5, 26/51, 68/160.
tO"Topt><oc; (o) 21;31, 33.
&e:to't'"1)c; 68/139.
la'Tw cf. Grammatical Notes.
WA"1)oc 63/345.
&~;>._ricrtc; 21/82, 87/51, 47/15. ><a.~oc'-Aocpt><6v ( Latin caballarius) 81/
N
&eoc 27/I, 47, 29/224, 293, 30/I, 12, 71, 79, 82, 85.
322 Glossary
l<OC~CXAALXE:UW (,., Latin caballico) 16/10. xtXcrcrl8tov (,..Latin cassia) 03/219.

xcx8'ijc; ( - Arabic qiidi): ofouc; txe:Lvot xtX<JTe:>J..tov ( - Latin castellum) 27/96,
).eyoum ><cx8'ijc;, -rou-rfo-rw mcr-rouc; ><tXt 30/95, 93/28, 29, 41, 105.
~yttXcrtvouc; 21/89. - Cf. Bymn- xoccrTpov (,.. Latin ca.strum) 7/6, 9/6,
tinoturcica p. 133 (2nd ed. p. 145). 8, 21, 11/l, 2, 26/13, 19, 21, 27/38,
><oc.&cxcx~e:U(i) 1/8. 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 50, 64, 73,
xcx.&e:~'ijc; 26/77, 32/33. 73, 73, 74, 74, 76, 79, 80, 80, 82, 82,
xtX,(hcr-rw cf. Grammatica.I Notes. 82, 82, 83, 83, 84, 84, 85, 85, 86, 86,
l<OC&oAtXO<; 13/113. 86, 86, 87, 87, 87, 87, 91, 91, 91,
xcx.&otJ..w 1/12. 92, 92, 92, 93, 93, 95, 28/9, 29/8,
xoc&umcrxvoucxt 43/105. 11, 26, 26, 29, 46, 49, 61, 86, 91, 92,
xcx&un-o-roccrcrw 16/8, 31/60, 32/148, 40/ 92, 93, 100, 101, llO, ll2, 114, 115,
126, 127, 60/13, 22. 118, ll8, 138, 153, 161, 175, 190,
><cx~un-oupyoo 1/22. 197, 200, 217, 223, 224, 225, 227,
)((XLVO't'Of.LW P/24, 13/175, 48/25, 49/69. 230, 235, 236, 237, 241, 245, 246,
)(IXXL"(XOCl<W<; 13/65, 40/19. - Cf. Ed. 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 260,
Kurtz, Byzantinische Zeitschri~, 3 261, 263, 266, 266, 268, 272, 274,
(1894), pp. 152-155; 8 (1899), pp. 274, 275, 287, 293, 30/14, 18, 19, 51,
157-158. 98, ll5, 121, 132, 133, 134, 134,
xixxomcr't'lcx 26/19. 135, 136, 136, 138, 31/29, 30, 55,
><illtyptX<ploc 1/10. 55, 68, 32/76, 149, 33/13, 20, 34/19,
*><ocAOY.CXLpL~(i) 8/35. 36/10, 12, 36/14, 16, 37/60, 61, 62,
l<ocAOl<oc(ptOV 29/267. 62, 63, 63, 40/ll, 42/2, 4, 8, 11, 14,
l<ocAU~LOV 28/10. 16, 22, 26, 29, 34, 36, 37, 40, 41, 54,
><ococpoc 29/243, 252. 56, 72, 87' 93, 98, 110, 44/2, 10, 14,
><ococ-re:poc; 42/33. 15, 20, 28, 29, 31, 34, 38, 40, 45, 48,
xoce:J..ocuxtov: ( - Latin camellaucium) 53, 53, 54, 56, 57' 57' 60, 62, 70, 85,
-roc cr-rE:oc-roc, & n-ocp' ufilv xoce:J..ocuxta. 93, 99, 105, 106, 108, 108, 109, 109,
ovooc~e:-roct 13/29; 't'OC cr-reoc-roc, ocrre:p ll3, 113, 114, 114, 116, 125, 45/45,
ue:Lc; xoce:J..ocUXLOC ).eye-re: 13/34. - 49, 52, 53, 57, 63, 68, 72, 74, 81, 82,
Cf. A. A. Papa.dopulos, 'Erre:niptc; 87, 88, 88, 92, 94, 96, 97, 97, 100,
'E-rcxtpdocc; Bu~ocv-rtvwv ~rrou86iv, 5 109, 116, 123, 130, 139, 145, 149,
(1928), pp. 293-299. 155, 160, 46/2, 32, 33, 34, 42, 46,
xocrj).eu(i) 14/13. - Cf. Georgius Mo- 56, 61, 71, 73, 76, 97, 99, 102, 104,
nachus, ed. de Boor p. 698 10 ; Theo- 105, 108, 113, 116, 123, 127, 134,
phanes, ed. de Boor p. 333 25 140, 146, 150, 157, 49/14, 17, 28,
><oclvtov 42/36. 29, 33, 44, 60/4, 71, 154, 158, 53/1,
xocn-oc; ( - Latin campus) 29/47. 493, 512, 527, 529.
xocv8L8ii-roc; (,., Latin candidatus) 61/151, *xoc-rocyv6i'1) 13/173.
156. Koc-r&yom 14/4, 26/4, 31/5, 32/3, 34/4,
xocvLmtLOV 46/87. 36/6, 38/2, 46/3, 5, 8, 29.
><ocvvocf3oc; 53/150. l<OC't'OC8EJ(Ooc~ 13/146, 36/9, 46/130.
l<OCVOV(~(i) 22/77.
xoc-roc.&ocppw 63/36.
xocvwv 13/144, 167, 16/I. l<OC't'OCXOAOU.&oo 13/155.
xocpocf3Lov 29/91, 114, 42/34, 53/514, 520, xoc-rocxupte:ow 25/63.
520. XOC't'OCAE:\JXO<; 37/61.
xocpocf3oc; 53/296, 297, 306, 310, 312. XOC't'CXA'Y)t~oocL 28/7, 43/26.
xocpf3ocvLov (,., Persian karvan) 46/88, XtX't'etV't'W 26/13, 46/56.
89.--Cf. Praecepta Nicephori, cod. XOC't'OCVU<JO"(i) 63/334.
Monac. gr. 452. fol. l27r. l<OC't'OC7tOAOCU(i) 2/15.
*xocpxiic; (- Hungarian qarxa > karx,a) xoc-rocp-rl~(i) 9/1 l.
40/49, 51, 65, 66, 67, 67, 68. - Cf. xoc-rocp-rLov 9/85.
Bymntinoturcica p. 139 (2nd ed. p.155). XOC't'OCpJ(c.>V 43/10.
Glmsary 323
XOCTCX!JKlJVMrtc; 32/10, 20, 37/9, 40/37. ><o.e:p)(tcXp1oc; ("" Lo.tin commerciarius)

Y.OC"t'cXCfTCXCrtc; 13/ 115, 145; l:v l<OCTOCcr't"cXCJe:t 43/176.
63/100. ><oepxtov (- Latin commercium) 46/45.
xocToccrTpom:uw 26/48. *xov8oupcx 31/53, 73, 74, 74, 80, 81,
)(OC"t'OC"t'oA.w 13/102. 88 [><onoupoc variant in P).
l<OCTOCCjlOC\/t~W 40/20. l<OVTOCpLOv 9/35, 46/110.
XOC"t'E:ltcX\/W 27/70, 42/31, 45/147, 60/169, *)(ovro~e:t'.iocxt 9/35.
171, 184, 185, 195, 214, 217, 220. - l<OVT6c; 63/220.
Cf. A. N. Jannaris, Byzantinische xono\ipcx cf. xoviloupcx.
Zeitschrift, 10 (1901), pp. 204-207. ><Ov"t'oupoc; 37/55. - Cf. Michael Psellus,
><ocTe:uo8& P/40. ed. Sathas, Bibl. gr. medii aevi V,
l<OCTI)X.OO.e:voc (Toc) 29/283. p. 532-536; 0. Schissel, Glotta,
XOCTOt)((CX 3 7/67, 42/22, 43/66. 22 (1934), pp. 286-289; K. Amantos,
XOC"t'O\/E:t8(~c.> 46/155. 'EAAYJVLXcX, 8 (1935), pp. 269-270;
><eAe:ucr1c; 8/24, 29/111, 31/19, 43/62, Ph. Kukules, 'Ema't"'1)ov1x~ 'E7te:TI)pk
45/83, 46/96, 99, 101, 144, 152, tjc; cl>t:>..ocrocpt><~c; LJ(OA~c; "t'OU IIcxvs:-
60/29, 61/10, 53, 63/131, 433, 513. rrtcrT'l)lou 'A~h1vwv, 1935-1936, p.
><e:VTI)v&ptov ("" Latin centenarium) 61/ 119; H. Gregoire, Annuaire de l' ln-
203, 62/15. stitut de philologie et d' hi8toire orien-
><e:pOCTcXptoV 28/26, 30. talu et slaves, 5 (1937), p. 450.
xe:cpcXAoctO\/ 13/11, 46/118, 47/13, 48/1. l<Oltplcx 63/449.
><1Jptov 63/531. ><o7riil 58/68; cf. Grammatical Notes.
><Ae:t8ov 63/438; ><Ae:t8lv 46/48. )(OCJ.~TI)c; 29/251.
><Ae:tcroupcx 29/29, 41, 44, 60/113, 156, ><ocrt><oc; 1/7, 31/46,
158, 168. ><6atov 53/431.
xAe:tcroup&:px.1Jc; 60/ 163; ><Aetcroupt&px.YJt; xou~t)(ou:>..ocpioc ("" La.tin cubicularia)
60/144, 144. 63/321, 419, 429, 430, 439; Y.OU
)(Ae:1croup1&px.1Jc; cf. ><Aetcroupocpx'l)c;. ~L)(OUAttp(oc 53/417.
><A1Jptxoc; 8/23, 50/236, 245, 61/173. xoupoc o1/165.
><At~&vtov ( - La.tin clibanum) 15/12,
><oup&v ( Arabic qv.r'an) 26/80. - Cf.
N
51/83.
Byzantinoturcica p. 146 (2nd ed. p.
xA(ocToc ("t'IX), 1/28, 10/5, 8, 11/8, 10,
163).
12, 37/38, 42/8, 72, 82, 86
xoupo7tocAOCTI)c; 43/39, 48, Ill, 130, 45/2,
[x).ijocToc everywhere P]. - Cf. S.
35, 70, 79, 99, 106, 119, 136, 156,
P. Sestakov, naMHTHHKH xpucTiaH-
165, 172, 46/25, 27, 36, 37, 80, 83,
CKaro Xepcona III, (Moekva, 1908),
84, 85, 89, 90, 129, 147, 148, 154,
pp. 69-71; V. G. Vasiljevskij,
164, 165.
)l{ypnaJI'h MHHHCTepcrea HapoJ(Haro
npocein1..1enh1, 185 (1876), hOHb, PP *xovpo7tcxAocT!)(tv 46/88.
419---425 = TpyJ(bl II. 1. (Sankt- xoupae:uw ( - Latin cursor) 1/27.
peterburg), 1909, pp. 195--201; F. ><oucp6TI)c; 61/185.
Westberg, B113anTiMCKiff BpeMeH- )(OJ(Alocc; 29/284 (xox;\(occ; (gen.) P].
HHK'h, 15 (1908), pp. 255-257; E. XOJ(A(81ov 42/38.
Honigmann, Die sieben Klimata und l<pcX~~CXTOt; 63/481.
die 7tO;\Etc; brCTrJot, (Heidelberg, XpOC"t'OCt6c; 49/45.
1929). xpoc"t'oc; 1. ( = majesty) 48/6.
xorxuAe:vtjc; 62/11. 2. ( = state) 53/115.
)(otv6(3wv 22/74. ><pom'O ( = cover space) 9/87, 42/82. -
XOtVWtpE:A1jc; 13/166. Cf. F. D<>lger, Beitrage zur Ge.schichte
XOt"t'W\/ l. (= resting-place, bed-cham- der byzantinischen Finanzverwaltung
ber) 29/242, 03/438. besonders des 10. und 11. Jahrhunderts,
2. ( = treasury) 50/53. (Miinchen, 1927). p. 87-88; Sechs
)(Ot"t'WVfrY)c; ol/33. byzantinische Praktika des 14. Jahr-
324 Glossary
hunderts fiir das Athoskloster Iberon, ocycr8wv ( - Arabic masfid) 21/ll4.

(Munchen, 1949), p. 123. - Cf. Byzantinoturcica p. 161 (2Dd
xpo-rc'ii 25/50. ed. p. 182).
xpucpii ; ev xpuq>f. 53/3 81. ocyLcr-rpihov ( - Latin magistratus) 46/
XTI)VO't'poq>w 14/8. 52, 88, 122.
x-rlmc; 1. (= building) 42/35, 37, 55. ocytcr-rpLcx.v6c; (- Latin magistrianus)
2. (= creation) 16/7, 21/1, 22/62, 22/15, 17.
27/54, 40/40. ocyLcr-rpoc; (... Latin magister) 32/83,
x-rlcroc 37/64. 43/65, 135, 151, 155, 163, 187, 44/10,
xuxA6&e:v 27/77. 36, 46/51, 56, 59, 77, 125, 143, 147,
XUXA<J> 29(267' 53/401, 403, 441. 148, 46/12, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25, 26,
xu).[w 29/124, 63/325, 346. 27, 30, 39,40,52, 66,92,94, 95, 121,
XW1)YW 29/152, 32/132. 126, 129, 129, 153, 154, 60/151, 166,
xuploc 1. ( = lordship) P/5. 61/23, 28, 198.
2. ( = lady, mistress) 68/333, 338, oc&'1)<XTLX6c; (o) 16/2.
370, 476. ixxocptoc; 17/1, 21/35, 22/1, 81, 29/73,
xuptoc; P/3, 39, 13/43, 21/84, 22/57, 59, 32/78, 43/31, 36, 56, 72, 85, 89, 102,
29(197, 40/30, 53/49, 246; XUpLt;; 118, 120, 129, 131, 46/101, 162, 46/
13/147, 149, 170, 32/81, 100, 40/67, 49, 79, 60/171, 196, 199, 218, 61/14,
67, 75, 46/49, 00/28, 61, 205; xup6c; 37.
13/148, 192, 32/106, 44/119, 40/55, ocxocp('t"Y)c; 51/174.
101, 60/26, 37, 207, 51/162, 174; ocxp61h:v 28/13.
cf. Index of Proper Names. *ocxp6Ke:vcrov ( ... Latin [pro ]cessus) 61/37.
XUpLOr;: xupLOV livooc 40/51, 67. &'Y) 26/69, 72.
XUpLO'n'Jt;; 40/124, 127. ocVLOCY.LOV 25/81.
XUpLt;;, xup6t;; cf. XUpLOt;;. ocv(xtov (,..,Latin manica) 37/56.
xuplwc; 42/42, 44/28. ocpx~moc; ( - Latin marchensis) 26/42.
XCUITTJAOC't'W 51/146. ocp-rup 23/34.
).oc).c';i 29/14 7, 209, 46/58, 63, 53/406. ocpTupoc; 23/34.
A.ocv&<ivcu: ev -rii) Ae:J.1)&6-rL 63/429. <f.p"t"1.lc; ( = martyr) 29/262, 278.
/.ocC:tu-r6c; 37/65. cxcr-rpoCA.Y)c; ( - Latin magister militum):
).ocu ( ... Dalmatian lau): Mye:-roct 'Pcu- occr-rpo().7jc; i:p'1)ve:ue:-rocL 'tji 'Pcuoccuv
oc'i<ni 'o xp'Y)vor; A.ocu' 29/219. - 8toc).ex-rcp 'xocnrr&vw -ro\i cr-rpoc-rou'
Cf. P. Skok, Zeitschrift fur Ortsnamen- 27/69. - Cf. De cerimoniis, ed. Bonn.
forschung, 4 (1928), p. 214. p. 69023
A.ocupoc 22/73. ocupor; 12/I, 2, 42/77, 61/49, 50, 64, 66.
AE:lJAoccr(cx 49/42, 50/8. e:yoc).e:rr-fi~oA.oc; P/11 [e:yocA.e:rr(~oA.oc; P].
A.e:f.tjiocvov 27/81, 29/10. e:yixA.oipu~c; P/28.
Ae7!TOe:pfilt;; 49(72. eyocc; ( = old, elder) 21/32, 26/2, 3, 15,
"J..fo(!. ( ... Slavic lka): Aiaocr;, 1)-roL rr).oxouc; 17, 70, 46/4, 117, 151.
61/114, 119. - Cf. Cedrenus, ed. e:ytcr-riXve:c; (ot) 30/17, 46/8.
Bonn. II. p. 591 20 evocu).o( c;) ( - Latin venabulum): -rou
AL&<i.pLOV 9/47. e:vocuA.ou 26/33. - Cf. Theophanes,
A.hpoc 28/42, 43/68, 69, 69, 126, 60/242, ed. de Boor p. 221 3
243, 247, 248, 249, 251, 253, 254, epoc;: ex 't'OU KOC't'<l. epoc; 53/300, 381.
256, 53/527. e:mnucu 60/177, 240.
/..oyocpLOV 51/193, 197, 203. foov 9/27, 30, 34, 26/31, 29/236, 30/139,
A.oyo.fr&nir;: ).oyo.&&nir; -ro\i 8p6ou 32/84, 42/19, 56, 70, 81, 94, 44/127, 46/131,
60/176, 190, 61/30. 61/144.
My 7/10, 10. e:aoupocvc'ii 29/268.
ocyyi..oc~Lov ( ... Latin manuclavium) 61/61. noc cf. Grammatical Notes.
cx.yy/,cx.~lnir; (... Latin manuclavium) e:-roce:A.oc; 32/18.
4-6/51, 140, 144, 01/73, 130. e:TOCO''t'(!.<J(oc't'CX. (TeX) 61/14.
Glo&&ary 325
*e:TOccp&dpw 29/220. ~e:vt&.~w 81/63, 64. - Cf. Ph. Kukules,

expt cf. Grammatical Notes. Bu~oc,mvwv ~oc; xccl 7toAma6c; B',
~xo&e:v 28/50, 80/108, 31/88. I. p. 12.
*l)Tp6&e:toc;; 22/79. b~h1yw P/43.
1)Tp67roAtc;; 27 /80, 49/57, 59, 65, 69, oty<U cf. Grammatical Notes.
o!8cc cf. Grammatical Notes.
62/9.
o!xo8o~ 63/44 7.
1)Tpo7roAh1)c; 49/73, 62/4.
o!xovo(cc 47/5.
toctcpovoc 22/7 6.
o).LyoaT6c; 22/37, 63/32.
t).tccp~cnov ( - Latin miliarensis): LAL o).Lywpw 14/21. - Cf. Georgine Mona-
ccprialwv (pl. gen.) 48/68. chus, ed. de Boor p. 6991 ; Theo-
).wv ( - Latin milium) 9f53, 26/14, phanes, ed. de Boor p. 3349
20, 27/77' 29/30, 265, 42/65, 67' 70, 61..ocrxe:pwc; 22/36.
73, 80, 82, 94, 94, 96, 99, 110, o&.c; 49/7 L
68/226, 305. 66mcrToc; 13/ 161.
tcr&oc7to8ocr(oc 68/455. o6cppwv 60/57.
m&omoMT'IJc;; 29/202. oocpwvw 40/15.
tcr&w-re:uooct 14/ll. - Cf. Georgius ooxpow 58/497.
Monachus, ed. de Boor p. 6988 oo~uxloc 41/14.
tcroITotw ( - Latin missus) 63/396, 397, OITTcccr(cc 14/20.
414, 422. opocatc; 17/20.
v1)6cruvov 29/144. op&68o~oc; 13/137' 21/10.
v1)6cruvoc;; 53/408. *opMrrJ.wpoc 9/48.
ovocatjptov 22/72, 26/9, 62/8, 9, 10. op~w 26/47, 29/141, 42/52, 48/45, 47/11;
ovocx6c;; 14/22, 29/278, 46/54, 59, 62, wpLcrevoc; 9/48.
72, 102. bptcr6c; 31/32.
opx~w 29/199.
ov~ 22/7 8, 43/ 177.
opo-9-e:cr(cc 53/172, 175, 176, 182, 225,
ovoxpchwp 26/5.
226, 227.
ov6~UAOV 9/2, 3, 11, 17, 22, 32, 43, 51,
<Sawc; 26/1.
54, 60, 84, 95, 112. ocrrrnov ( Latin kospitium) 42/24.
N
ucrw<6c;; (6) 61/31. ocrTtcipwc; ( - Latin ostiariU8) 50/223.

voc6c; 13/40, 19/10, 27/84, 29/236, 241, oM ( _ Arabic wa) 14/33; To 8e 'oM'
270, 278, 279, 282, 283, 283, 49f38, &vTt Tou 'xoc(' cruv8foou Ttlleocow
50, 56. 14/34.
ve:oxccaTpov ( - Latin castrum) 27/41, oucroc 61/41, 91. - Cf. De cerimoniis, ed.
28/48; cf. Index of Proper Names. Bonn. p. 5791 , 614 19 , 657 3, 664 7 etc.
ve:p6v 9/62. ocp&ccl.ocpocvwc; 49j3 l, 4 7.
V1)7tL6T1J<; 44/96. ocpcpXLOV ( Latin officimn) 51/46.
N
'hjcr(ov 9/27, 41, 78, 27 /72, 28/49, 50, ax&1J 9/37.

2Dj258, 285, 287, 288, 288, 289, OXA1J<nc; 28/38.
42/95, 103, 103, 60/85; V1Jcrlv 42/ oxuporrOLW 50/155.
103, 106, 106. otjil)c; ( Latin obses) 7/5, 6, 10, 8/13,
N
14, 45/142; o~pouc;, lJTOL Q~t8cxc; 1/21.

vo~wv 1/5.
v6tcra 22/12, 30/134, 134, 135, 135, oljitc;: e7t' o~e:m 68/51. - Cf. Theopha-
136, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 60/23, nes, ed. de Boor p. 1028 etc.; Prei-
23, 48, 49, 50, 50, 51, 51, 68, 68, 82, sigke, W iirterbuch der griechischen
62/13, 14. PapyrU8urk-unden II. p. 217.
v6cp 4/4. rrcxyt8e:u(>) 29/194.
vouve:xwc;; P/9. rrocytw 22/25, 08/286, 289. - Cf. Menan-
vw&p6TI)c;; 29/59, 85. der fr. 3., Excerpta de legationibus,
~e:v&.)..wv 7/9, 43/40, 46. - Cf. De ceri- ed. de Boor I, p. 181 22 ; Theophanes,
moniis, ed. Bonn. p. 461 11 etc. ed. de Boor p. 3648
326 Glossary
7tlXLariptoV 4/12. nocpoccrupw 58/435.

rrixt8ov 8/31, 80/27, 32/52, 60, 131, mlpctUTOC 82/98, 108, 123.
43/168, 174, 46/38. mxp&:<ppwv 14/29.
nixt8orroL6i 38/19. mxp&!J.~o'A~ 21/86.
*rroc>mwTYJ<; ( - Latin pactum) 9f9, 109. 7tctpo~uv6evoc;; 28/33.
- Cf. A. Eck, Annuaire de l'Institut nocpp't}crtoccrnx6c:; 13/20.
de philologie et d' histoire orientales, 2 rtcX.axoc 29/22, 23.
(1934), pp. 343-349. mhoc:; 29/281, 63/228.
7t!XXTLWTtx6i; ( - Latin pactum) 9{21. 7tOCTpLcXpX1Jt; 18/45, 58, 64, 70, 89, 46/32,
mXXTOV ("' Latin pactum) 21/14, 27/18, nocTptocpxtx6c:; 62/8.
28/39, 40, 30/133, 31/65, 82/57' 7tOCTpLocpx& 18/128.
43/128, 44/33, 39, 44, 59, 63, 87, noc-rptx(oc ("' Latin patricia) 43/159.
89, 112, 60/3, 5, 48, 49, 51, 63, 67, rtoc-rplxtoc:; ("' Latin patricius) 26/27,
69, 82, 63/78, 80, 82, 528. - Cf. 27/9, 9, 10, 15, 17, 27, 32, 59, 60,
I. Dujeev, Annales de l'Institut 29/97, 99, 83/16, 43/28, 35, 44, 133,
Kondakov, 10 (1938), p. 147-150. 152, 164, 165, 166, 179, 188, 46/46,
nocxTw ( ... Latin pactum) 44/123. 58, 134, 140, 46/7, 10, 15, 19, 23,
7toc/..ixt6xoccrTpov ( - Latin caatrum) 87/64. 31, 50, 53, 57, 63, 64, 68, 70, 76,
7tOCAcXTLOV ("' Latin palatium) 26/36, 59, 91, 93, 96, 97, 101, 106, 108, 109,
29/9, 102, 237, 239, 253, 81/28, 111, 113, 116, 119, 124, 125, 149,
48/2, 61/16, 42, 162. 149, 155, 162, 162, 60/162, 176, 190,
miq:iocu/..oc; 29/188. 191, 194, 204, 224, 228, 229, 230,
nocvcX.ytoc;; 46/4. 231, 232, 234, 238, 246, 250, 61/23,
rrocVOLXL 63/399, 415. 28, 75, 85, 87, 96, 110, 123, 149,
mX.vcrerrToc:; 49/38. 160, 198.
nocVToxpocT<up cf. Index of Proper Names. 7ta:Tptxt6TI)c; ("' Latin patricius) 43/73.
7t&VTOTE: 25/83, 46/64. noc-rptx6v 46/24.
n&nocc;; 26/12, 27/16, 29/105, 107, 81/33, noc-rpomxpocl>o-roc; 18/ 157.
39, 49, 51. m:~tx6v 81/72, 80, 82, 85.
mxpoc~occrix 63/486. m:/..exiivoc; 9/4 7.
rrocpcX.~occrtc;; 18/97. *m!:)..Aoc (Latin pala ?) 9/18.
7tOCpct~ciT'1)t; 18/92, 124, 142. nbteptc;; ( -tv ?) 6/8.
7tocpoc~Mnm 2/4, 12, 13/10. nepoc.&e:v 42/18.
7tocpoc8e:L Y!J.OCT~(J) 13/88. nepoclwmc;; 68/27 3.
mxpcX.3e:tcroc;; 14/30, 17/17, 18. nepococ 9/66, 68, 28/21, 26, 87/59, 42/93.
7tocpcX.8ocrtc;; 18/168, 37/66. 7tpL1)Y't}crtc; P/21, 13/199.
7tctpct&ocMcrcrwv 42/108. 7tep(n)..ouc; 28/28.
mxpcx&uptov 63/427. neplcr-roccrtc; 13/51, 61/80.
rrctpixxoc&L~ffi 19/3, 26/46, 28/21, 28, m:pt-ro-Ji 17/11.
29/93, 112. ne:pl<pY)oc; 38/I 7.
rrocpctxMl>wv 9J93. nepxwpoc; (f,) 18/4, 80/11, 120, 43/186,
nocpcX.x/..l)<JL<; %/157, 60/250, 63/270. 44/107.
rrocpixxotwe:voc:; 43/67, 60/222, 223, mhoc/..ov 53/220.
224, 226, 227, 230, 239, 250, 51/32, 7tETELV6c; 9/74, 77.
149, 160. rreT!;LvToc (Tei) (- Latin impedimen-
7tctpOCXU7tT(J) 9/69. tum) 9/56. - Cf. De cerimoniis, ed.
7tOCpOCA1J<jiLt; 30/6. Bonn, p. 4748
*rrocpct6vLov 29/24. - Cf. nocpocovJi mex (-Turkish bag) 42/27. - Cf. Byzan-
Theophanes, ed. de Boor p. 376 18 tinoturcica p. 214 (2nd ed. p. 250).
rrocpoo:m'.iALOV 63/265, 307, 401, 440. TC"1)yvl>w cf. Gramme.tical Notes.
rrocpixaocAeuw 45/120. 7tY)81XALOUXW 1/8, 51/147.
mxptxcrTE'A>,<U 22/21. mvocxl8LOv 25/80.
rrocpocn-Jixw 63/403. mcrnx6c; 63/309, 354, 355, 358.
Glossary 327
7ttcrnc; ( = faith) 82/29. N. Popov, Byzantin/J8lavi.ca, 3 (1931),

mcrTorrmw 08/257, 359, 365. pp. 92-96; D. A. I. Commentary,
7t'tCJTWCTLc; 63/492. pp. 59-60.
mT't'cXXtO\I 46/67, 7t'OAUtpoccrToc; 13/ 195.
*rr/..ocywcoc; 63/524. 7t'OAU~e:poc; 49/43.
rr/.&'.11J 14/28. 7toMc;: TO rroM 61/156.
7t'AcXCJCJW: o 7t/..cXCJocc; ( = Crea.tor) P/32. 7to/..uwl>woc; 9/103.
7tAOCTEtOC 68/394, 456. 7t6pToc ( La.tin porta) 30/53, 54.
N
7tA1J~h)\lw 29/230. 7topqiupoytw1JTOI; Tlt./ 4, 26/67, 45/4 l,

7tl..1Jupw 9/28. 43, 01/137.
7t'A1Jpotpopoc 29/151. 7t'oTocloc 46/14.
7l'A1Jpoqiopw 18/80, 29/135, 144, 63/360, 1t'pocyocTdoc 2/18, 46/43, 46, 63/525.
369, 371, 372, 375, 378. 7tpocyoc't'eoooct 6/3, 14/13, 4o/169, 63/
rr).ox6c; ol/114, 119, 122. 532.
7t).6>'io\I 29/98, 100, 46/50, 54, 65, 77, 7tpcxyocTeutj1; 38/63.
61/30, 75, 76, 85, 87, 96, 97, 105, 7tpoct'8oc ( La.tin 'P'aeda) 29/21, 35,
N
110, 113, U3, 124, 131; cf. l>pouy- 30/30, 46/135, 60/8.
ycipt0c;. 7tpoct8e:ow ( Le.tin 'P'aedor) 2/3, o/12,
N
7tl.6>'ioc; 42/31, 61/82, 84. 10/6, 13/10, 29/47, 31/86, 44/32,

7t/..C:)t:oc; (o) 91/12, 117, 122, 62/11, 46/60, 95, 132, 137, 168, 53/95.
68/144. 7tpocm:ipto\I ("' La.tin 'P'aetorium) 21/114,
7tAwp~ 9/34. 27/58.
meuoc 29/270. 7tpci'.18LO\I ("' La.tin brandeum) 6/8. -
Cf. Theophanes, ed. de Boor p. 232 0 ;
mtuCJLc; 61/147.
Eparchicon Biblion IX. 6., ed. Zepos
IT61..tc; 1. ( = Constantinople) 1/22, 2/16, p.382.
8/1, 18/81, 21/125, 29/172, 82/101, 1tflcXCJt\IOc; 29{280.
139, 48/65, 83, 133, 138, 171, 46/60, 7tpeCJ~doc 49/26, 62, 64.
63, 164, 50/119, 61/32, 03/514; cf.
f3ocm/..euoucroc. 7tptCJ[lonpot 31/23, 49/60.
2. &ylix IT6/..tc; ( = Jerusalem) 21/5, 7tpLyxmiito\I ("' Latin 'P'incipatwi) 27{2,
67, 22/72, 45/32, 46/55. 53.
7toAtTdoc I. ( = state, polity) P/23, 7tpofl&.lloocL ( = appoint) 21/42, 29/76,
13/175, 21/53, 123. 38/38, 42/43, 51, 54, 44/46, 60/33,
2. ( = township) 44/48, 54. 55, 127, 150, 153, 170, 171, 199,
*7to/..ul>toc: T&: 7to/..ul>toc, 8 MyeTocL yi)poc 217' 220, 61/104, 106, 127' 132,
9/107. - Cf. K. Nevolin, <l>HHHCKHi 133, 140, 172.
B1>cTHHKb, 20 (1847), No. 8., pp. 7tpofl&.llw ( = break out sc. of war)
1-10 ( = C6opHHKb coqHHeHHi, 40/46.
S. Peterburg, 1870, pp. 521-527); 7tpof3occrtl..euw 43/121.
N. Lavrovskij, )l{ypHaJI'b MttHliC- 7tp6(3oc't'OV 2/6, 53/267.
TepcTBa HapOAHaro npoco1>meHiff, 7tpo(3t~ci~w 43/73, 152.
166 (1873), MapTb, pp. 113-121; 7tpo[lo).~ 46/66, iil/176.
S. Gedeonov, Bap5trli n Pych II. 7tp6Y\ICilO"LI; 46/169.
(S. Peterburg, 1876), pp. 546-547; 7tpoyo\ltX61; 13/136, 43/158.
P. Jurcenko, lfreHi51 B'b 11Mn. 06- 7tpoyo'.16c; 44/56, 76, 77, 101, 104.
ll(ecTB1> 11cTOpiH H ,UpeBHOCTeii 7tpoe8pe:uw 48/13.
pocciiicKHx'h npH MoCKOBCKOM'b 7tp6e8poc; 47/13, 48/4, 17, 19.
Ymrnepc~neT'B, 1877, II., pp. 1-14; rrpoef.e:umc; 13/46, 60/215.
S. Vvedenskij, 11:m1>CTifl 06mecrea 7tpoe~iipxw 39/ 11.
apxeonoriH, HCTopiH H 3THorpalJlili 7tpo.!l-uorrotw ol/144.
npH Ka3aHCKOMb YHHBepcHTerl>, 22 np6xe\IO"O\I ("' La.tin 'jll'Ocesaus) 51/18,
(1906), pp. 149-163; L. Niederle, 40, 45, 142.
Slavia, 7 (1928-29), pp. 979-980; rrpoXTL~Cil 29/274.
328 Glossary
npo v1iow:uw 13/126. 254, 255, MJ70, 71, 72, 72, 73, 74,
rrpov6wv 48/11. 94, 129, 131, 134, 135, 139, 140, 152,
7tpomX.J.aLoc; 50/74. 155, 161, 172, 175, 194, 200, 52/6;
7tporropi;:uoocL 51/122. 7rpw-rocrmx&ocpLoc; -r'i)c; cptocA7Jc; 51/3, 46,
7tpoc; cf. Grammatical Notes. 47, 53, 55, 57, 64, 69, 99, 133, 141,
rrpocravoi7tauw 9/83. 153, 171, 190.
*npomxrroY.Lvw 29/28. 7tUXTEUW 2U{l77.
7tpocrocrroAoyoua~ 46/163. ITUAEWV 53/264, 398, 400, 427.
7tpomwx~ 14/33. rrup: 7rup uyp6v 13/73, 48/30.
npoITT)yopla l. ( = denomination, title) nwpwoc; 37/66.
32/ll, 37/7 l. poc(xwp cf. pex-rwp.
2. ( = greeting) 53/253. *pocmhw ( - Arabic raha<f,) 46/43. - Cf.
np6crxpoumc; 13/184. E. Honigmann, Byzantion, 10 (1935),
7tp0crY.UV1JTIJpLOV 19/11. pp. 148-149.
7tpOcrY.W1J"t"~c; 50/7 4. pe:yewv ( - Latin regio) 53/262, 282.
npocrovooc~w 14/34. pex-rwp ( - Latin rector) 51/174, 184.
7tpocma%<7i 51/178. [poc(x-rwp everywhere P].
7rpocrpbnw 30/82. p1Jyfi-rov ( - Latin regatus) 26/6, 25, 55,
7tp6cr-rayoc 13/38, 53. 28/18, 41. - Cf. Eustathius, De
rrp6crnc~~c; 29/145, 31/17, 32/134, 38/39, Thessalonica a Latinis capta, ed.
46/67, 50/38, 81, 51/100. Bonn. p. 417 4
rrpocr-rpl~oaL 13/136. p~~ ( - Latin rex) 26/l, 2, 3, 7, 7, 16,
rrpocruq:iwvw 6/6. 45, 57, 59, 63, 66, 69, 28/17, 20, 23,
7tpocrq:ie:6yw 28/13, 31/10, 32/9, 31, 33/10, 27, 31, 33, 38, 46, 29/105, 107, ll7,
34/5, 36/7, 41/24, 48/30, 49/38, 50. 119, 122, 132, 133, 143, 146, 152,
7tp6crq:iuyoc; cf. rrp6aq:iu~. 152, 154, 162, 163, 165, 169; eyocc;
xp6crq:iu~ 31/9; xp6crq:iuyoc; 50/138. p~~ 30/74.
7tp6crwrrov: o &x rcpocr i:inou 50/ 17 4, 17 8, pt~Loci:oc; 9/27. - Cf. Praktikon a.
180, 196. 1301, ed. F. Dolger, Seclis byzanti
7'pO"t"EAEU"t"W 53/272. nische Praktika des 14. Jahrhunderts
7tp0q:l1JL 29/84. fur das Athoskloster Iberon, (Miin-
rcpoq:i~"t"Y)c; 14/3, 24, 16/10, 17 /13, 19/9, chen, 1949), p. 52 433 ; Narratio de
%/4, 6, 49/61. Sancta Sophia, ed. N. Banescu,
1t"pWTEAOC"t"1)c; 51/74, 77, 90, 106, 110, 'E7tE"t7JpLc; 'E"tocLpe:locc; Bu~ocv.Lvwv
151. - Cf. De cerimoniis, ed Bonn. l:7tou8wv, 3 (1926), p. 15019
p. 577 l a ( 7tpW"tOEAOC"t"Y)t:;). pm-rocpwv 28/32. - Cf. Leo, Tactica
xpww)w 53/3, 25, 130, 168, 186, 235, V. 3,. ed. Migne, P. G. 107. c. 7llc
275, 470; 7tpffiTEUW'I 42/43, 46, 52, etc.
53/136, 357, 363. p6yoc ( ~ Latin erogatio, raga) 43/68, 82,
xpwooccr1Jxp~"t"Lc; (,., Latin a secretis) 114, 119, 128.
46/68. poyeuffi (- Latin erogo) 7/17, 43/117,
rrpw-ro~i;cmocpwc; (,., Latin vestiarius) 50/242, 254, 256.
61/32. po8w-r6c; 15/12. - Cf. cod. Vindob. theol.
rrpw-roxocpoc~oc; ol/2, 80, 81, 105, 127, 139, gr. 244. f. 201r, ed. A. Delatte, Mis-
146, 150, 155, 161, 167, 171, 188. cellanea Giov. M ercati III, (Roma,
rrpW"tOXA1J"tOc; 49/30, 37, 57. 1946), p. 496; Liddell-Scott, Greek-
xpw-roc; 53/245.
English Lexicon s. v.
poucrLoc; 51/7, 49, 50, 63, 65.
7tpW"t00"7tOClJocpLOc; 29/233, 32/82, 42/51,
43/29, 43, 49, 53, 54, 57, 70, 137, aoc~flnov 29/23, 80/48.
169, 176, 45/103, 133, 146, 46/51, crocy7jvoc (,., Latin sagena) 30/108, 31/52,
139, 143, 00/IO, 21, 26, 33, 35, 39, 72, 73, 80, 81, 87. - Cf. Mauricius,
47, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 120, 173, Tactica, ed. Scheffer p. 3471
195, 205, 206, 216, 240, 242, 245, aocyLov ( - Latin 8agum) 13/41.
G"losBary 329
aocylnoc ( - Latin sagitta) 9/69, 75. a-rocup6c; 37/65, 46/60, 50/104; cf. Index
crocpxtx6c; 17 / l 8. of Proper Names.
cre:f3&crLOc; 49/50. cr-rqv6c; 63/395.
crev6c; 53/265. - Cf. E. Dawes-N. H. crTeoc 13/26, 28, 34, 44, 59, 63, 126.
Baynes, Three Byzantine Saints, cr-revoxwpw 26/47.
(Oxford, 1948), pp. 74, 75. crnvi;i 29/264, 265.
*crepf3u/..oc: mEp~1Jl..oc' ii xow~ cruv~.&e:toc aTevfficrtc; 63/66.
T&: 8ou).txci qi1)CJtV uTtolHioc't'oc 32/13; cr-re:peci 27 /90.
cf. T~e:pf3oul..tocv6c;. crwpcxv1Jcpopw 63/3, 24, 130, 167, 186,
cr1)X6> 38/52. 234, 275, 470.
cr1)ev't'ov ( - Latin segmentum) 6/8. aTecpw 13/68, 70, 26/12, 23.
crty(l..Atov ("" Latin sigillum) 49{59, 72. aToixw 13/157, 20/2, 21/83, 22/15.
crtTocpxw 46/69, 91. crT6tov 9{81, 86, 98, 42/67, 74, 90, 94.
crh1)crtc; 63/ l 53. *crTpcxf)ye:uw 45/60.
axoc/..wvw ("" Latin scala) 9/31, 48, 95. - O'TpOC"tl)y[c; 25/66, 50/83, 84, 85, 86, 87,
Cf. Nicephorus Uranus, Tactica, ed. 88, 89, 90, 91, 161.
A. Dain, Naumachica (Paris, 1943), a't'poc-rf)y6c; ( = military governor) 13/95,
p. 78 5 , etc. 101, 30/125, 128, 130, 131, 32/19,
ax&v8cx/..ov 43/23, 123, 130. 42/43, 45, 47, 51, 54, 43/65, 153,
crxixp6c; ("" Latin scalmu~) 9fl8. - Cf. 45/46, 47, 47, 48, 133, 134, 135,
Leo, Tactica XIX. 5., ed. A. Dain, 140, 49/13, 19, 20,22, 23, 24, 29, 39,
N aumachica, (Paris, 1943), p. 1917 66, 60/11, 22, 29, 31, 34, 35, 47, 55,
axcxpcpov 9/77. - Cf. Journal of Hellenic 80, 81, 12~ 124, 127, 137, 15~ 162,
Studies 30 (1910}, p. 99. 183, 207, 61/132, 194, 53/526, 528;
crxoccpll>tov 9/17. crTpocT1jy6iv 32/82, 50/24, 26, 51/201.
axtoc 63/343. CJTpOC't'lJYWV cf. C1TpocT71y6c;.
a-rpcirnp ( - Latin strator) 51/ 152, 156,
<YXl..1Jpuvooct 30/80.
52/7.
axopTtl~w 30/37. aTpwvwt: foTpwevoc; 51/203.
axou/..xchwp ( - Latin sculcator} 63/57. cruyye:vlc; 13/165, 43/154, 45/9.
axmmxptov ( - Latin scutum) 38/53, cruyypoccp~ 29/56.
51/83, 118. CJU)'XA1)TLK6c; 61/23.
axu/..lov 32/56. CJU)'XAlJTOc; 13/57, 25/41; O'Uyxl..l)TOc; f3ou)..~
aoul>oc ( - La.tin suda) 42/80, 83. - Cf. 13/171.
F. Dolger, Der Titel des sog. Suidas- cruyxorr~ 29/281. - Cf. Scriptores ori-
lexikons, Sitzungsberichte der Bayer. ginum Conatantinopolita.narum, ed.
Akad. d. Wiss., Philos.-hist. Abt. Preger I. p. 14522 ; Theophanes
1936. H. 6, Munchen 1936; H. Gre- Continuatus, ed. Bonn. p. 14323
goire, Byzantion, 11 (1936), pp. 777- crunocpooct 61/24.
778; 12 (1937), pp. 295-300; A. crunwp"t)atc; 26/52, 51/173.
Dain, Annuaire de l'lnstitut de philo- cru)'Xffipw 53/350.
logie et d'histoire orientales et slaves, cruXocpocVTLXiilc; 60/189.
5 (1937), pp. 233-241; F. Dolger, cruJ.Acx:Aw 38/48.
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 38 (1938), auJ.Ae:tToupy6c; 48/3.
pp. 36-57. cru~(~ixcr'c; 46/28, 49/11.
<moc&ciptoc; 61/152, 156, 158, 62/7. 11u~wc; 29/201.
cru.(3wcrtc; 13/182.
<moc&ocpoxocvl>t8&Toc; ("" Latin candidatus)
cru.mx&e:~oc 50/46.
42/25, 30, 39, 49, 60/216, 61/152, 156,
cru.rrcx&w 17/22, 60/62; of. Grammatical
158, 161, 170, 62/6.
Notes.
crrroc&(ov 27/45, 61/118.
aurrev&e:ploc 30/74.
crmivtoc; 7/9.
au.rre:v&e:ptii~w 13/107, 114, 143, 148.
<ml..ocrxv1;ooct 29/97.
!l't'oc8tcr6c; P/21, 13/200. cru.rrJ.ljpwll 29/266.
330 Glossary
cru7tA~pwcnc; 42/108, 53/157. *w~a-re:uw ( - Latin taxatus) 46/127.

crucptAtoGat 39/7. -roc~cx-rtwv ("'Latin taxatio) 22/28.
cr\icpwvov 40/ 114. -roc~ii-roc; ("' Latin taxatua) 46/69.
cruljie:u8oapTUp6i 14/22. - Cf. Georgius -roci;e:t8e:uw, -roc~d8tov cf. -ra~t8e:uw, -roc~l-
Monachus, ed. de Boor II. p. 699i. l>tov.
*cruvoc).Ariytov 13/120, 134. -ra~e:ffiTI)c; 30/34, 47, 42/23.
cruvavacr-rpecpoat 14/16. -rcx~(cxpxoc; (-rcxi;t&px1Jc; ? ) 49/36.
cruvrivnimc; 26/46. w;~Ll>tuw 61/43, 195, 200, 202, 63/530
cr\ivl>e:croc; 14/35. [ -roc~e:t8- everywhere P].
cruv8ta-rpt~~ 13/182. -roc~l8tov 30/28, 30, 40/16, 01/92, 62/
cruv8(8wt 30/59; cf. Grammatical Notes. 13 [ -roc~e:t8- everywhere P].
cruv8oofa 49/70. -re:xvw 38/18.
cruv8po~ 32/144. -re:-rpoc7tel>txoc; 29/247. - Cf. Gregorius
cruvetcr-rpexw 30/56. Nyssenus, Epistola XXV., ed. Migne,
cruve:7ta(pw 32/89, 123; cf. Grammatical P. G. 46. c. 1097c.
Notes. *-rCe:p~ou/..tcxv6c;: 1j xotv-1) cruv~~e:tcx ..
cruve:rrocuvooct 29/105, 162. cpY)<nV. . . '-ri:;:e:p~OUAlOC\IOU<;' -rouc; -riX
cruvepye:toc 22/ 51. e:ui;e:/..lj xoct 7ttVLXpci t'.nrnl>~oc-rix q:io -
cruve:-r(~w P/13, 32. poi:incxc; 32/14. - Cf. Praecepta
cruv~fu:toc 1. ( = usage, colloquial) 29/275, Nicephori, ed. Kulakovskij, p. 190
32/13. = cod. Monac. gr. 452. fol. 109v
2. (=regular grant) 53/153. ( -rCe:p~ou/..tcx) ; S. B. Psaltes, Gram-
cruvtcr-riii 13/120. matik der byzantiniachen Chroniken,
cruw8oc; 47/6, 12, 14, 48/L (Gottingen, 1913), p. 74; Ph. Ku-
cruvotxfomv 13/180. kules 'EmaTI)ovtx-YJ 'EITtTI)pLc; T'iic;
cruvotA.a 13/182. tl..oaocptxljc; LXOl..ljc; -rou IIcxve:mcrTI)-
cruvopTI)c; 32/3 7. fou 'A~Y)vwv 1935-1936, p. 124.
criJvopov 30/9, 114, 32/53, 40/158, 161, -rCuxcxvta~pLO\I ("' Persian cougan) 9/27.
164, 173, 46/15. - Cf. Ph. Kukules, 'Erre:TI)p!c; 'E-rocL-
cruvop& (-riw) 48/9. pe:locc; BuCocvnvwv L7t'ou8wv, 13 (1937),
cruvop& (-ecu) 31/6, 37/4, 46/118. p. 114; C. Diem, Aaiatiache Reiter-
cruv-rix~t8e:uw 45/23, 14 7, 50/31 [ --ral;e:i8-
spiele, (Berlin, 1942 2), pp. 111, 260;
everywhere P] A. Pagliaro, Un gioco peraiano alla
criJv-ral;tc; 53/290, 291. corte di Bizanzio, Studi Bizantini e
cruv-rfocroat 53/283. Neoellenici, 5 (1939), pp. 521-524.
<ruv-re:xv(oc 32/96. tfaon 53/88, 374.
criJv-re:xvoc; 26/55, 32/81. -rotou-roc; cf. Grammatical Notes.
crull'nw 43/126. -r6A.'Y)oc 13/67.
cruv-ro(oc: tv crimo(~ 46/70, 53/407 [tv
-r6voc; 23/33.
cruV't"6wc; P).
-ro~da 28/32.
cruv-rooc;: EX cruv-r6ou 53/434 (ex crUVTO
ov P]. -rorro-r1Jp1J<1Loc 50/94, 94, 95, 95, 97, 97,
CT'Jppri7t-roat 60/188. 98, 103, 103, 104, 107, 107, 110.
crup(J) 9/15, 53. -rorroTI)p1J-r~c; 51/105, 126, 130, 133.
acpri~ffi 21/76, 76. -roGpa ( - Latin turma) 46/118, 50/83,
acpov-n'.il-iv 53/325, 345. 85, 90, 100, 104, 107, 109, 116, 116,
aippayl~w 53/148. 128, 129, 134, 134, 149, 167.
ozfotc; 38/40. *-roupapxii-rov ( - Latin turma) 50/159.
a-1.0/,aplxLOv 50/247, 252. - Cf. diploma, -roup.Xpx1Jc; ( - Latin turma) 4li/8l, 83,
ed. M. I. Gedeon, Byzantinische Zeit- 84, 46/78, 50/146.
schrift, 5 (1896), p. 1156 -rpax-rd.1(J) ("'Latin tracto) 53/214.
a-1.oi.+1 cf. oofo-rtxoc;. -rpiX.rre:~a 1. &:yLoc -rprirre:1:a 13/39, 49, 84,
crwcppovtcr6c; 13/193. 131; le:poc -rp&7te:~a 13/42, 113.
Gl,ossary 331
2. b -rljc; -rpomE:~'t)c; 61/51, 66, 68, 44, 58, 63, 46/23, 141, 48/7, 49/12,
103, 175, 179. 1)0/15, 41, 45, 80.
-rp<X7tE~tov 60/248, 252. urr6't'po7toc; 27 /45.
't'pocm:~orrot6c; 49/68. UltOupy(cx 13/27, ol/140; cf. 8otaTtXOc;;.
Tpt&c; cf. Index of Proper Names. {m6cpopoc; 30/132, 37/43.
Tpt~ouvoc; ("' Latin tribunus) 68/10. ()cpoc).oc;; 9/69.
Tp!&T(oc 32/41. i'.ilJlw 291126.
-rptci>poqioc; 29/255. cpix)..x6lvtov (""La.tin falco) 32/55.
Tpomxwuxoc; 49/36. cpoctA(oc ( ... Latin famili.a) 27/37, 29/4,
Tpo7touoct (= deceive) 14/20. - Cf. 40/18, 49/55, 58/16, 20, 24, 41, 59,
Theophanes, ed. de Boor p. 3347 etc. 75, 85, 99, 101, 105, 281, 436.
-rpo7tffi 2/23, 46/26, 49/48, 63/134. cpevocx(~w: necpevocxiaevoc; 14/29.
cpE:pw cf. evty><<Xt\11).
't'Uttoc; 13/22, 67, 22/26, 27/l 9, 29/68,
cpwl: qi't)a((v) 53/37, 66, 165, 291, 303,
37/26, 48/125, 60/169, 219, 61/17,
384.
28, 43, 44, 56, 154.
cpM~w 9/69, 29/207, 63/7, 388.
\,).oypcxqi(oc 29/280. - Cf. Theophanes, cptOCA7j 01/4, 57, 102, 142, 179; cf. 7tpw
ed. de Boor p. 443 25 TOmt<X&ocptoc; Tijc; <pLcXA'T)c;.
()mxp~tc; 49/56. *cpt~A<XTOUpOC (... La.tin fihulat-Orium)
u7t'OC't'Oc; 26/28. 53/142.
um:taepxooct 37/32, 40/138, 154. cpll.oc; (6) ( = 'friend' ac. diploma.tic)
um:pcfytoc; 45/7. 8/18, 9/69, 40/64, 45/108, 157.
u7te:poccm(~w P/31, 46/108. cptAOTtloc 1/23, 43/109, 162, 53/161.
um:p~6pe:t0c;; 25/16. cptAoTtouoci 22/16, 51/93.
ime:p)"t)pw 51/138. cptAO<flp6V"1)atc;; 31/66, 43/22.
*u7te:pe:~cfpxwv 40/78. qitl..ocppovoGixt 43/53, 76, 133.
u7te:p~~wiX~w 51/121. cpiA6xptcrToc; 26/68, 72, 29/70, 46/36,
U7ttpt<1:;(Uw 30/67, 86, 37/6, 39/5. 41, 43, 48/8, 50/87, 92, 101, 118,
uttepvtxw 5/9. 133, 136, 156, 160, 225, 225, 227,
*u7te:pouatoc;; ( = wealthy) 14/27. 231, 235, 51/7, 76, 108, 137, 164,
*u7ttpTto/..e:& 27/26. 192, 196.
umpcooc; 17/16, 43/5, 12, 53/48, ll8. cptoGoct P/29.
U7t1)peal.oc 61/39. cpl..cfou/..ov ("" Latin ftammula) 29/39,
urr1Jpfr1)c; 13/46. 42, 30/44, 46/109, 114, 49/21, 22,
im6ye:wc; 53/330. 25, 27 [cpA&ou- everywhere P].
u7t6.lteatc; 13/111, 29/129, 32/86, 48/38, cpop~iXc; 53/266.
40, 46/67, 100, 159, 161. cpopTlov 53/400.
urroxiX-rw~ev 53/323. cpop-rw 20/9.
urrox/..(vw 43/8.
cpoaaiTov ("" Latin foaaatum) 11/12,
u7t'6xp'Y)voc;; 29/227. 15/9, 9, 80/49, 55, 85, 32/94, Ill,
U7tOXU'TC't'W 63/115. ll7, 38/25, 48/12, 44/126, 128, 46/
U7toiXa&tov 30/81. 134, 138.
u7t6artov8oc; 26/8, 45/109. qioaaocTt><wc; ( ... Latin fossatum) 80/45.
urr6a-rocatc; 43/95, 44/105. - Cf. F. Do1- cppixy6c; ( = barrage) 2/19, 9/24, 26,
ger, Beitriige zur Geschichte der bymn- 36, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 45, 47, 47,
tinischen Finanzverwaltung besondet"s 53, 55, 57, 60, 61, 64, 65.
des JO. und 11. Jahrhunderts, (Mun- ippfotc; 1/11.
chen, 1927), p. 153. <ppUOC't"TOoct 63/191.
urroTocrfi 29/215, 30/131, 32/37, 79, ipl>Acx:xoc; 23/3 l.
43/87. cpuAocl;ic; 40/18, 61/41.
U7tQTCXaO"W P/17, 1/6, 27/47, 29/72, 140, cpu1'ocpxoc; 14/25.
161, 30/69, 79, 31/59, 32/27, 40, cpwAtliffi 9/46.
llO, 116, 142, 147, 43/8, 85, 44/29, <pffi'l"<Xy(J)y6c; 29/257.
332 Glossary
xaycXvoc; ( - Turkish qa.ya.n) 13/134, 38/15, xpicrnctvix6c;, XPLCTTLOCV6<; cf. Index of

32, 34, 36, 39, 46, 42/27.- Cf. Byzan- Proper Names.
tinoturcica p. 279-280 (2nd ed. pp. XPOVLXOV 17/1, 21/l.
332-334). xpovoypci<po<; 22/1.
xr.upxaxoc; 60/200. xp6voc; ( = year) 1/19, 16/3, 21/93,
xixlpw 29/169, 53/291, 391; xalpooct 22/61, 26/26, 28/17, 40, 42, 29/32,
63/206, 409, 424. 30/67, 79, 85, 31/43, 32/33, 68, 72, 74,
xa'Atvw 51/203; cf. Grammatical Notes. 105, 128, 38/55, 41/19, 43/89, 60/
xcipixyix 52/14. 172, 61/131, 63/162, 179, 285, 470.
xixpEpLOV (Arabic /Lrir) 6/8. - Cf. xpucro~OUAALOV ( - Latin bulla) 43/76,
Eparchicon Biblion IX. 6., ed. Zepos 96, 99, 148, 45/101, 105, 118, 60/67.
p. 382. xp1mo~ou)..)..wc; ( ... Latin bulla) 48/87.
xocp[~oo::L 13/53. xpucr6~oullov ( ... Latin btilla) 60/141.
xcX.picrix 46/15. xpucr6c; cf. Grammatical Notes.
xocp-rorcoi6c; 62/11. xucx 13/14.
xocp-rou1ocpLO<; ( - Latin chartularius): xwplov (= village) 32/122, 46/63, 136,
xcxp-rouMpw<; TOU c#w<; l>p6ou 48/37. 137, 161, 166, 63/500, 503, 504, 504,
*XELpo~o).foTpct 63/30, 34, 37, 133. 507, 508, 510. - Cf. F. Dolger, Bei-
Cf. De cerimoniis, ed. Bonn. p. triige zur Geschiclde der byzantinischen
6701 (XELpOTO~O~o/..lcr-rpwv). Finanzverwaltung besonders des 10.
XELpOTOVLct 4 7/8. und 11. Jahrhunderts, (Miinchen,
XELpO't'OVW 21/51, 47/12, 48/14, 20. 1927), p. 126.
xeMv8iov 8/2, 8, 10, 12, 15, 29f98, 42/31, xwp6rcol..tc; 46/43. - Cf. Michael Atta-
31, 33, 61/13, 82, 119. liota, ed. Bonn. p. 1488
XAEU1J 44/112, 53/485. ~e:ul>oxocT'flyop(oc 26/42.
xouc; P/46. ~eu8o/..oy(oc 60/187.
xpeCJmoioucti 8/19. - Cf. Gregentius,
~e:ul>oITpocp~T'fl<; 17 /3.
Homeritarum leges, ed. Migne, P.
lj>e:u8C:>Vuoc; 14/23.
G. 86, 1. c. 612c.
XP~oc 4/6, 13/15, 26/8, 27/20, 29/121, ~uxcX.ptov 9/52, 32/55.
45/32. ljiw(ov 9/75.
XP1Joc-rl~w 13/109, 16/11, 20/3, 21/ll6, wptcrifvoc; cf. op(~w.
48/11, 46/11, 13. ffiT[ov 26/49.
GRAMMATICAL NOTES
Since D. A. I. contains many linguistic phenomena which diverge from classi-
cal usage and illustrate the mediaeval and modern development of the language, we think
it necessary to summarize here the most noteworthy demotic characteristics of the lan-
guage of D. A. I.
Words and names cited without indication of chapter and line occur in the Glossary
and Index.
Orthography:
v8 "' VT: xovl>oupa:, mpovro/..w.
Cf. Critical Introduction, pp. 18-19, 36, 37.
Accentuation:
OCVTlm:poc, &7tocpn, ixu.&en&c;;, .Sepoc, xuptc;, /..0Cf3e: 27/24, iixo&e:v, 7tocpo:u-ro:, "Af3o:petc;,
'Apx&~xix (gen.) 'Ape:vt&xot, "Amtovocc;; (gen.), 6.ixvou(3tv (acc.), M&acxl.o: (gen.), Il&p-
lhxoc;;, Ile::Ao7toVV'f}cr1Xfot, 'Pocouat(v), T&~tocc;; (gen.), TeTpO:)'J'Oupw, Xe:pa(J)vhtxoc;;; cf.
below, Substantives ending in -tv.
Cf. Critical Introduction, p. 18.
Substantives:
nom. -occ;; ( -iic;;); acc. -oc (-ii): B6pe:vo:, Ae:~e:8oc, Atoov-rtxix, Ntxii-ro:, Ile:-rpffivi,
Ilopyii;
nom. -lie;; plur. gen. -cX.l>wv: &'Y)pcX.8wv, ~o\'M8ffiv;
nom. 1Jc; ( -ijc;;, -ljc;;); acc. 'I} {-ii -lj), gen. 1J ( -lj): &e:pouvlj, 'A8pocvocalj, 'ASpo:-
voccrlj, 'AA.ou-r~'f}, 'AIToae'A1J, 'Ap7tix8ii, 'Ap7toc8fj, Be:ptyyep1J, Bouae:f3oo-r~1J, I'to:~ii, Zoup -
(3ocvtl..'f}, Kocl..9'), Kocplj, Kocalj, KtmcocCJ'Y), Koupxev1J, KpocCJ'Y)ep1J, Kptxoplx1J, Me:yep11, Ntx"I],
Iloc~ouvlj, Ill..ocTU7t681J, l::typlT!;'Y), Te:f3e'A'YJ, Te:p7t"Y)ep'1);
nom. -6c;; {< -toe;): xup6c;;
nom. tc;; (< -toe;;): xoptc;;, Llocvouf3tv (acc.);
nom. -tv, -w ( < -(ov, -tov): &afitv, &e:chtv, x/..e:t8lv, xouporra:Aoc-rfatv, V'l)CJ(v, pocrrc1:rw,
crq:ioml..tv, 'Apl>ocvou-r~t(v), Ou/..vouTw, 'Pocou1n(v), Te:-rpocyyoupw, T~ocpf3ocy&vtv;
nom. -;gen. -l: Tt(3l;
nom. -tov; plur. nom. -loc-roc: e:-roccr't'occr!ocToc;
nom. -tc;; gen. -t: Ll&voc7tpt, 6.cX.voccrTpt.
Adjectives:
nom. -oc;, -'fj, -av ("' -oc;, -av): E't'OtIXt (plur. nom.) 63/433, ooqioAoctc; (plur. <lat.)
14/24;
nom. -oc; ( < --fie;): &acpoc/..ot (? plur. nom.) 38/10, 28;
nom. -6c; ( < -ouc;): &.rrMc; 23/33, xpua6c; 42/67;
334 Grammatiool Notes
comparative: ~poc8foT&pov 63/304, &L~oTeptj> 63/258, &A.ocvwnpoc 63/498, 7t'A1J

mfottpov 37/49, Tocxecmpov 63/397, TcXXLov 63/402, 416;
congruence: &uepy&mwv xoc! qnA.onLwv, Twv l:7toc~lwv 7t'cXVTwv 1/23, yuvcwcwv
... 7rocpoVTWV 17/20.
Numerals:
~vocc; ( < de;) ~voc ~~crcrocA.ov 63/329.
Pronouns:
oc1h6c; ( = this) passim, e. g.: 2/11, 6/5, 9/63, 13/75, 14/11, 27/73, 28/11, 29/245,
32/81, 40/27, 44/19;
o oc1h6c; ( = the same, the said, the aforementioned) passim, e. g.: 8/9, 9/104,
16/8, 18/4, 31/8, 32/10, 38/19, 41/3, 42/32, 43/27, 44/20, 49/59, 60/39, 61/8, 63/173;
TO(= OCOT6): 8LiX TO 46/30, 63/156;
o ToLOuToc; (= this, the said) passim, e.g.: 1/25, 2/22, 4/7, 6/7, 8/14, 9/36,
11/9, 13/6, 118, 16/6, 29/32, 68, 246, 30/18, 132, 31/24, 47, 32/23, 144, 33/14, 34/13,
36/9, 38/51, 42/93, 43/88, 157, 44/38, 46/48, 155, 46/35, 140, 60/78, 195, 61/54, 63/216,
505, 523:
otocr8~7t'oTe: TO o!ovl>~ITon 13/82, TOU olou8~IToTE 13/122, TOV otovl>~IToTe 26/38;
otoaouv: o otocrouv 13/89, 102;
o 8e'tvoc: Tov o 8e:'Lvoc 42/48, 48;
Tlc;: Tl 8ouJ.elocv 46/81.
Prepositions:
&vci + gen.: 29/248, 248, 31/73, 74, 74, 41/5, 62/7;
oc7t'6 +
acc.: 9/5, 6, 96, 106, 26/25, 42, 31/55, 32/74, 42/67, 87, 95, 46/44;
de; + acc. ( = in, into, on, at, by, among, about) passim, e. g.: 6/4, 7/6,
9/10, 60, 13/174, 16/9, 16/9, 21/17' 22/63, 26/80, 26/24, 27/39, 28/22, 29/288, 30/16,
103, 31/29, 32/82, 33/5, 36/5, 37/21, 59, 38/30, 39/10, '10/46, 42/86, 44/14, 46/57, 165,
46/55, 00/78, 137, ol/92, 131, 63/214, 264;
ev + dat. (= to, into, at, upon) passim, e.g.: 1/21, 7/2, 8/4, 9/3, 13/98,
21/56, 22/37, 26/9, 27/7, 28/14, 29/118, 157, 30/76, 32/50, 120, 139, 42/34, 43/62, 171,
46/89, 46/60, 79, 60'53, 174, 61/26, 142, 63/52, 266, 3ll, 387, 414, 525;
[iv+ acc. in P: 29/235, 245, 261, 268, 275, 32/92, 61/139; cf. S. G. Kapsomenakis,
V oruntersiu;hungen zu einer Grammatik der Papyri der nachchristlichen Zeit, (Miinchen,
1938), pp. lll-II2];
i'.wc; + acc.: 21/55, 22/48, 42/63;
ETci + acc. ( = with): 26/23, 29/4, 30/75, 46/62, 65;
txp~ + acc.: 37/13, 39/13, 42/53;
7rpoc; E7rt: 7tpoc; e7t! TOUTOLc; 63/149; cf. D. Tabachovitz, Museum Helveticum, 3
(1945), pp. 160-161.
Prepositional adverbs:
with gen.: civoc.foov, &.vocc:Toc~u, &.vTL7repoc, exe'l'&&v, ~v&ev, evwmov, emivw, XUXA<p,
Mycp, foov, ijxo&c:v, v6.cp, 7rtpoc&c:v, u7toxciTw-ll-ev.
Grammatical Notes 335
Verbs:
-aw _ -ero: &m:7toA.oi'.iatv 9/16, ~~ouv 30/121;
-w _ -vw: &vTme:pvocv Gl/115;
augment: &v&A.roae:v 13/99, &:vTe:lt'ocpoc't'a~o:v't'o 63/134, 187, &:7t&'Aaaocv 32/25, tatol>m
01/60 [cf. P: P/35, 13/35, 51, 170, 21/20, 64, 26/5, 26/47, 64, 71, 27/13, 17, 31, 65,
29/28, 141, 233, 30/17, 46, 62, 32/42, 33/10, 34/9, 88/10, 39/7, 40/15, 41/22, 48/51,
46/19, 46/145, 47/11, 25, 49/47, 00/155, 162, 01/36];
reduplication: iX7toO"'t'ocAtv 49/20, ~oclt''t'tO"tvoc; 31/31, 68, 71, 86, 32/149,
xocTocaxe:uocaevocc; 63/34, xomoevot 63/68, e:ToctAl)oct 29/167, Te:Ae:u't'l)x6Toc; 46/146,
xoci..tvwevoc 61/203 [cf. P: 1/12];
aorist: iXJ..ro&e:lO'l)c; 4 7/3, &voclt'oc'ijvoct 68/68, 414, &ve:x&'ijvoct 68/277, aTttA&o:'t'e:
63/69, kmm!:aocv't'e:c; 80/28, e:tx.oce:v 63/45, ~A&ocv 39/5, xoc&e:ua'ijaoct 53/436, ault'oc&lJ~Vo:t
60/62, O'UVE:lt'ocpe:~v 82/89, ult'E:lt'e:aocv 63/201;
e:laocyciyro 21/100 [e:laocyocyov P], tx~aAw 21/96 [lx~o:>.wv P]; cf. S. B. Psaltes, Gram-
matilc der byzantinischen Chroniken, (Gottingen, 1913), p. 244; N. Banescu, Die Entwick-
lung des griechischen FutururrU1 von der fruhbyzantinischen Zeit biB zur Gegenwart, (Buka-
rest, 1915), pp. 72-74; L. Radermacher, Koine [Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien,
Philos.-hist. Kl. Sitzungsberichte, 224. Bd. 5. Abh.], (Wien, 1947), p. 64;
imperative: Yj xotocaoct 9/25;
&c;: &c; cXi'tOO''t'e:lAl) 46/81, &c; xoc&E:~l)'t'O!L 46/82 [xoc&E:~e:TocL P], ac; &e:wpn 45/83 [&e:w-
pe:r P];
ylvooct: ye:v&e:voc; 32/58, 60/56;
8t81Xaxro + dat.: 1/13, 89/8;
8(8wt: OCVTe3wxocv 32/55, ae:awxocv 46/92, lt'ocpeawxocv 63/104, auve8wxocv 30/59;
e:(: '1j't'OV 29/273;
e:!t: O'Uve:!;tOUO'L 61/44;
fy_w: fx.nc; e:t8evoct P/26, ~x.e:tc; &lt'oxpoue:a&oct 13/76, xi..6iaoct ~w 27/29, &TtoaTtAAEtv
fy_e:t 43/94, lx.oe:v ye:vfo&oct 46/76, e:llt'e:tv fy_ouatv 46/78, ~Et e:taeA&e:"iv 46/85, xo:&e~e:a&oct
fy_e:t 46/86, ~xe:tv fy_oe:v 46/133, xtvijaoct ~oe:v 46/134;
i)nw 6/9, 40/10;
twt: &iploe:v 63/ 52, 54, &ipll)ae:v 26/34;
ta't'w ( < fonit): &7toxoc.&ta't'wvroc; 63/313, !a't'wO'tv 21/42, xo:&ta'tlf P/5, lt'o:poc-
a-rljxe:Te: 63/403, O'UVLO''t'OCV 13/ 120 ;
otyw ( < otywt): &votyoevou 9/12;
o!aet.: e:t8ouO'l)c; 63/314, e:taouO'"(l 63/419, 429 [olaoc N daov in P: 45/140, 49/28,
34, 63/193; cf. S. G. Kapsomenakis, Voruntersuchungen zu einer Grammatik der Papyri
der naekckristlichen Zeit, (Miinchen, 1938), p. 91); cf. Critical Introduction, p. 36;
lt''IJy\IUW ( < 1t'"fiywi): lt''IJy\IUOU<JL 9/7 4.
Use of the oases:

acc. instead of dat.: 26/60, 28/45, 29/140, 30/124, 31/84, 32/17, 43/122, 44/33, 45/
75, 152, 46/8, 61, 63, 72, 104, 108, 117, ll8, 139, 157, 49/13, 50/124, 51/120, 58/13, 99, 104,
188, 196, 220, 411, 441;
de; + acc. instead of dat. passim, e. g.: 9/16, 18/85, 21/103, 26/39, 46/59, 49/56,
53/155, 527.
Negation:
7j8Ev &ocuiXan~ 1/10, ou8t:v oux &7tOL7j<JctV 30/37, OU .&A(r) 8ouvocL ThtoT' oi5v 53/88,
l)8tV TC't'OlJ.&Tj~ 53/350, {3ocpu utv T7tO't'E OUX El'tL~7j't'W 53/374.
,,,, . .
. .. .
336 Grammatical Notes
Use of the tenses:

LVC( + pres. ind.: 13/54, 86, 87, 30/130, 31/41, 42, 43/94, ll9, 157, 40/127 [cf. p.
13/82, 46/159, 46/62, 03/516]; cf. Critical Introduction, p. 35.
LVC( +pres. opt.: 13/125, 46/169;
tvC( +fut. ind.: 21/84 [cf. P: 29/140, 40/149, 47/20, 60/41, 213].
Genitivus absolutus:
instead of participium coniunctum: 8/7, 27/75, 28/20, 29/44, 89, lll, 17.3, 174,
195, 196, 42/47, 43/64, 66, 175, 46/51, 56, 74, 77, 78, 93, 49/24, 27, 40, 50/163, 239, 61/40,
162, 163, 198, 03/12, 71, 158, 346.
Nomi n at iv us abs o I u tu s:
14/17, 23, 24, 26, 26/8, 26/27, 28, 29/32, 31/15, 32/46, 38/48, 41/21, 46/ll3, ll4,
ll5, 50/130, 51/52, 187.
INDEX OF SOURCES AND PARALLEL
PASSAGES
I. BIBLE
Exodus 32, 14: P/38-39
3, 8: 27/32-34 39, 3: P/32
13, 19: P/41 44, 5: P/43
15, 16: 13/100 54, 6: 13/100
33, 22 : P/42-43 67, 20: P/40
71, 9: P/45---46
Leviticus 71, 10: P/38
20, 24 : 27/32-34 71, 11 : P/38-39
26, 8: P/45 71, 17: P/8
77' 6--7 : 49/62-64
Numeri 88, 37: P/33
13, 28: 27/32-34 108, 15: 29/143-144
ll8, 5: P/44-45
Deuteronomium 118, 133: P/32
6, 3 : 27/32-34 Proverbia
14, 2: P/35
28, 7: P/28-29 1, 5: 1/5
1, 7: 80/2
Reges 1, 8: 1/4
2, 6: P/4
I, 25, 21 : 29/167-168 6, 3: 13/13
II. 11, 3-5 : 40/3--4 8, 15: P/48
IV. 1, 10-12: 13/98-99 10, 1: P/2
17, 13: 29/167-168
Paralipomena
17, 21: P/2-3
I. 21, 3: P/34 23, 5: 18/12
II. 23, 20 : P/5
Sapientia Salomonis
Esdras
3, 1 : P/34-35
1, 2: P/36
4, 3 : P/32-33
lob 19, 8: P/42--43
5, 19: P/34-35 Sirach
9, 2: 29/143-144 1, 25: P/4
Psalmi Isaias
5, 9: P/44--45 10, 18: P/28-29
9, 7; 29/167-168 33, 14: P/31
17, 34: P/36-37 49, 23 : P/45----46
21, 31: 49/62-64 50, 4 : P/3--4
338 Sources and ParaUel Paaaages
Ezechiel Epistola a.d Galatas

40, 2 : P/36-37 l, 15: P/35
Daniel
9, 27 : 19/8-9 Epistola ad Timotheum
Zacharias II. 4, l : 29/203
9, 15: P/31 Epistola Ioannis
Evangelium Ma.tthaei II. 8 : 29/203
l, 6: 40/3-4
Epietola Iacobi
2, 12: 40/ll
5, 14: P/37-38 l, 17: P/4-5
24, 15: 19/8-9
Apocalypsis
27, 8: 53/450-451
20, 9 : 18/98-99
Acta Apostolorum
4, 13 : 13/150 Evangelium Apocryphum
7, 54: 29/210 (ed. London, 1820)
28, 1-5: 36/18-20 p. l 7 : 40/6--8
II. ANCIENT AUTHORS

Aesopus Babrius
(ed. Halm) (ed. Schneidewin)
fab. 103: 41/7-19 fab. 47: 41/7-19
Apollodorus
Charax
(ed. Jacoby, F. Gr. Hist. II B.)
(ed. Jacoby, F. Gr. Hist. II A.)
fr. 324; p. 119: 23/2--4
fr. 3.; p. 483: 24/9-13
fr. 26, 27; p. 488 : 24/4-8
Apollonius Dyscolus
(ed. Schneider)
p. 47: 23/30--36 Cratinus
(ed. Kock, C. A. Fr. I.)
Aristophanes fr. IOI; p. 46: 23/39
(ed. Kock, C. A. Fr. I.)
fr. 550, 551; p. 531 : 23/20-22 Dionysius Periegetes
(ed. Millier, G. G. M. II.)
Artemidorue v. 69; p. 108: 23/26--27
(ed. Stiehle, Philologus XI.) v. 282; p. 117 : 23/20
fr. 21; p. 203: 23/11-17
fr. 22; p. 203: 23/22-24
(Pseudo-) Draco
Asinius Que.dratus (De metris, ed. Herrmann)
(ed. Jacoby, F. Gr. Hist. II A.) p. 99: 21/61-62
fr. 2; p. 448: 23/36----38
Ha bro
Athena.eus (ed. Berndt, Berl. Phil. Wochenschri
(Dipnosophistae, ed. Kaibel) XXXV.)
I. 44 b; p. 102, 15---19: 28/40--44 p. 1454: 23/38
Sources and Parallel, Passages 339
Herodianus Parthenius
(ed. Lentz) (ed. Martini, Mythographi Grtteci II.
I. p. 76, 29-30 : 28/18 I. suppl.)
I. p. 196, 22-29 : 23/30-36, 38, 39 fr. 10; p. 17: 23/18
II. p. 854, 1-9: 28/30-36, 38, 39
Plutarch us
Herodorus (ed. Bemardakis)
(ed. Jacoby, F. Gr. Hist. I.)
De garrulitate c. 18; III. p. 325: 41/ 7-19
fr. 2 a; p. 215: 28/4-11 Regum et imperatorum apophthegtnata
174; II. p. 8-9: 41/7-19.
Herodotus
IV. 3, 20: 42/80-83
Ptolemaeus
Geogr. III. 6, 5: 42/8{}-83
Homerus
Ilias IL 672 : 23/35
Ilias II. 867 : 28/35 Simonides
Odyssea VIII. 492: 13/104 (ed. Diehl, A. L. Gr. IJ.2 5.)
fr. 165; p. 143: 21/61-62
Marcianus
(Periplus, ed. Miiller, G. G. M. I.)
Strabo
II. 7; p. 544 : 23/28-30
XIV. 2, 5; p. 652: 21/61-62
Menander
(ed. Kock, C. A. Fr. Ill.) Thucydides
fr. 79; p. 25: 23/25 I. 22, 2: 46/168-169
III. BYZANTINE AUTHORS

Achmes I. p. 765, 19-766, 6: 21/4--16
(Oneirocriticon, ed. Drexl) I. p. 770, 22-24: 21/46--48
p. 212, 20: 21/81-82 I. p. 771, 4-15, 18-21 : 22/9-26
II. p. 129, 21-130, 13: 42/20-55
Basilius II. p. 218, 22-219, 3: 29/56--69
(Paraenesis, ed. Migne, P. G. 107.) II. p. 219, 4--220, 8: 29/88-116
c. XL D: 29/123-126 II. p. 220, 9-221, 7: 29/7{}-79, 88-116
II. p. 221, 8-225, 8 : 29/116----216
Cedrenus II. p. 254, 24--256, l : 40/7-13
(ed. Bonn.)
I. 717, 7-17: 16/6-9
I. p. 738, 3-739, 15: 14/2-28, 17/2-10 Concilia
I. p. 739, 15-17, 22: 17/10-11, 14--23 (ed. Mansi = Ralles-Potles)
I. p. 744, 9-21 : 14/31-36 Canon XIV. IV. Cone. (VII. c. 364
I. p. 746, 8-15: 19/2-11 II. p. 251): 13/142-145
I. p. 755, 1-5, 8-18: 20/3-10, 21/51- Canon XXXIX. VII. Cone. (XI. c. 961
62, 64-65 = II. p. 395) : 48/3-21
I. p. 764, 18-20: 20/11-12 Canon LXXII. VII. Cone. (XI. c. 976 =
I. p. 765, 11-15: 48/28-32 II. p. 471): 13/142-145
340 Sources and Paralle'l Passages
Constantinus Porphyrogenitus Leo Sapiens

De cerimoniis (ed. Bonn. = ed. Vogt.) (Tact., ed. Migne, P. G. 107.)
p. 5, 2-4 =I. p. 2, 15-17: 1/8-13 XVIII. 42; c. 956 C-D: 40/7-13
p. 456, 3-4 : 1/4 XVIII. 101, c. 969 A-B: 29/82-84
p. 456, 4-5: 30/2 XVIII. 112-115; c. 972 D-973 B: 16/
p. 690, 23 (scholion) : 27/69-70 10-14
De thematibus (ed. Bonn.) Lydus

p. 31, 1-5 (=ed. Pertusi p. 73, IX. 3-6): (De magistratibus, ed. Wuensch)
00/120-126 II. 13; p. 68, 23-24: 6/9
p. 61, 11-62, 18 (= ed. Pertusi p. 97,
18-98,42):29/88-116 Menander
(ed. de Boor, Exe. de leg.)
Eparchicon biblion
(ed. Zepos) fr. 3; p. 177, 12-34: 29/123-126
IX. 6; p. 382 : 6/8-9
Nicephorus
Excerpta cod. Bruxellensis II 4836 (ed. de Boor)
(ed. Davreux, Byzantion X.) p. 32, 23-33, 6: 21/4-16
p. 99 : 16/6--9 p. 36, 16-17: 22/22-26
p. 39, 12-14: 22/27-29
Excerpta cod. Harl. 5624 p. 53, 10-54, 1 : 21/116-125
(ed. Lampros, Nf:oc; 'Ell:11vo.v~.v XV.)
p. 358-359: 17/2-10
Nicolaus III Grammaticue
p. 359: 14/2-28, 17/14-23
(Synodalie epistola, ed. Migne, P. G.
p. 362: 14/31-36
119 = Ra.lles-Potles)
p. 363 : 18/1-6
c. 877 D-890 A = V. p. 72: 49/4-75
Georgius Monachus
(ed. de Boor) Notitiae epeicopatuum
p. 697' 13-699, 10: 14/2-28 (ed. Parthey)
p. 699, IO (apparatus) : 14/28-31 No. 3, 754; p. 130: 9/72
p. 700, 5-6: 17/10-11
p. 706, 1-13: 14/31-36 Procopius
p. 765, 8-14: 13/61-66 (ed. Haury)
Georgius Monachus (cont.) De hello Vand. I. 2--4; p. 320, 18-322,
(ed. Bonn. =ed. Istrin) 4, 311, 5-313, 1, 317, 9-20, 322,
p. 905, 19-907, 5 = II. p. 56, 8-34: 4-326, 4 : 26/3-55
13/147-149
p. 913, 6--8 = II. p. 60, 6--8: 13/147- Socrates
149 Hist. eccl. VII. 43 : 13/98-99
p. 917, 11-18 = II. p. 62, 15-21: 26/
66--72
p. 853, 20-855, 7 = II. p. 27, 20-28 Stephanus Alexand.rinus
11 : 40{7-13 ' (ed. Usener)
I. p. 3-16, II. p. 15---22: 16/1-5
Leo Grammaticu8
(ed. Bonn.) Steph11.nus Byzantius
p. 152, 20-153, 3: 16/6--9 (ed. Meineke)
p. 153, 4-154, 7: 14/2-28 8. V. 'l(jl]p(o:L: 23/2--44
p. 160, 6--10: 48/28-32 8. v. 'lcmo:vlo:L: 24/2-13
p. 267, 15-269, 4: 40/7-13 s. v. Tliqipo:t: 42/80--83
Sources and Parallel Passages 341
(Pseudo-) Symeon p. 402, 19: 22/54-55

(ed. Bonn.) p. 403, 12-13, 24-25: 21/23-30, 22/
36-39, 53-55
p. 695, 3-697, 2: 29/116--216
p. 421, 7-10: 22/55-56
p. 424, 12-16: 21/23-30
Theodosius Melitenus
p. 425, 13-15: 21/23-30
(ed. Tafel)
p. 426, 1-7: 21/23-30, 22/36--39
p. 105, 24-106, 21 : 14/2-28 p. 429, 15: 22/56-57
p. llO, 14-18: 48/28-32 p. 448, 28: 22/57-59
p. 186, 30-188, 2: 40/7-13 p. 449, 1, 4-8: 22/57-59
p. 453, 25-30: 18/61-66
Theophanes p. 461, 7, 10: 22/59-60
(ed. de Boor) p. 465, 27-30 : 22/59-61
p. 484, 5-19: 22/62-76
p. 93, 31-95, 25: 26/3-55
p. 273, 14-27: 29/123-126 Theophanes continuatus
p. 309, 15 : 40/22-23 (ed. Bonn.)
p. 333, 1-334, 19: 14/2-28, 17/2-10
p. 73, 13-76, 7: 22/40-48
p. 334, 17-27: 14/28-31, 17/14-23
p. 74, 21-22: 27 /33-34
p. 336, 4-8, 14-16, 28-29: 18/1-6
p. 122, 19-12'1, 5: 42/20-55
p. 337, 13-17: 18/1-6
p. 288, 18-289, 2 : 29/56--69
p. 339, 15-24: 19/2-ll
p. 289, 2-290, 23: 29/88-116
p. 343, 17-20, 24-28, 30-31: 20/2-5,
p. 291, 1-292, 13: 29/70-79
21/51-54
p. 292, 14-294, 2: 29/88-116
p. 344, 12-15: 20/5-7
p. 294, 3-297, 23: 29/116-216
p. 345, 8-ll, 16--18: 20/3-5 7-10
p. 358, 7-359, 16: 40/7-13
21/54-57, 64-65 ' '
p. 414, 1-415, 9: 13/147-149
p. 346, 20-25: 20/12-13, 21/65-69 p. 422, 10-13: 13/147-149
p. 346, 20-347, 4: 21/16-23, 71-74
p. 431, 11-19: 26/66-72
p. 347, 26--28: 21/16--23, 71-74, 106-
p. 474, 1-7: 22/40--48
llO
p. 353, 14-16: 20/11-12 Theophylactus Simocatta
p. 354, 13-17: 48/28-32 (ed. de Boor)
p. 355, 1-25: 20/12-13, 21/4-16
p. 356, 15-17: 21/35-37 p. 243, 10-244, 17: 29/123-126
p. 360, 13-17: 21/35-37
Vita Sophronii
p. 360, 27-361, 3 : 21/38-46
(ed. Papadopulos-Kerameus)
p. 361, 15-16, 26--28: 21/46-48, 22/
6-9 p. 144: 19/8-9
p. 363, 1-20 : 22/9-22
p. 364, 4-7: 22/22-26 Vita Theophanis
p. 368, 15: 22/29-31 (ed. de Boor)
p. 369, 26: 22/29-31 p. 30, ll-12: 22/77-78
p. 370, 6-8 ; 22/27-29, 35-36
p. 371, 19 : 22/31-32 Zonaras
p. 374, 14-16, 25, 28: 22/32-35 (ed. Bonn. III.)
p. 374, 28-375, 13: 22/6-9 XIV. 19; p. 219, 7-10: 20/7-10, 21/
p. 384, 15-19: 22/48-49 64-65
p. 386, 20-27 : 21/112-113, 115, 22/ XIV. 20; p. 223, 16-224, 4: 48/28-32
48---51 XIV. 20; p. 224, 11-225, 7: 21/4-16
p. 395, 13-396, 23: 21/116-125 xv. 1; p. 252, 9-253, 6; 21/116--125
p. 396, 23-24 : 22/52-53 XVI. 9; p. 425, 1-429, 6 :j~79
p. 398, 5 : 22/52-53 88-216 , ,r_ -
XVI. 12; p. 442, 17-443(~t0~ J

1
p. 401, 4-8, 13-14: 22/52-54

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6. Ile;pt -.:wv IlixT~tvocxt-.:wv xix! Xe;pcrwvt-.:wv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

7. Jle;p! -.:wv &no Xe;pcrwvoc; cbtocrTe:l.Aoevwv (3ixm).txwv i:v IlixT~tvixx~ . . . . . . . . . . 54

11. Ile;pl ":OU XOCO"Tpou Xepcrwvoc; xixl ":OU xoccr-rpou Bo<m6pou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

12. Ile;pl 'rijc; ixup1Jc; Bou).yixpCac; xixl -rijc; Xa~ixpCac; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

13. Ile:pl -.:wv 7t"A1Jcrtix~6VTrov i:&vwv -ro'Lc; To6pxotc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

14. Ile;pl 'rijc; yeveix).oyac; -roli Mouxoue-r ................................. 76

15. Ile;pl Toti yevouc; -rwv <I>a-.:e;t-.:wv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

17. 'Ex Tou Xpovtxou -.:ou ixxapou 0e:oqi&.vouc;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

18. ~e;6-.;e;poc; ocp:x_1)yoc; -.:wv 'Apa(3rov, 'A(3ou(3&:x_ixp, f":"1} -.:pix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

19. TplToc; ocp:x_1)yoc; 'Ap&(3rov, 0i)ixp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

20. TihocpToc; 'Ap&:(3rov ocpJ(l)y6c;, O~&:v 84

23. Ile;pt 'l(3l)p(occ; xixt 'lCJ7t'av(ac; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

24. Ile;pl 'lCJ7t'ocv(occ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

26. 'H ye:ve;a:Aoy(a Tou m:pt(3:Ae7t'Tou pl)yoc; Ouyrovoc; 108

28. Llt~yriaLc;, 7twc; XIXT<Jlx(a.&l) ~ vuv xoc:Aouevll Be;ve:T(oc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

30. Llt~yriatc; 7te:pt Tou .&eaToc; Lle::AocT(occ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

37. Ile:pt Toti f:&vouc; TWV IlocT~WIXXLTWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

39. Ile:pt -rou l&vouc; TWV Koc~iXpwv 174

40. IIe:pl -rwv ye:ve:wv -rwv Ka~iipffiv xal Twv Toopxwv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4

41. IIe:pl T'ijc; ;icwpac; T'ijc; Mopa~llXc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

43. Ikpl T'ijc; xwpocc; TOU Tocpwv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

45. IIe:pl Twv r~~pwv . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

~ocaL:>..txov Bpowvwv, xoct 7te:pt -rwv 7tpffiToxocp6.-

53. 'la-rop(oc m:pt -rou xocaTpou Xe:pawvoc; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Index of Proper Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

translator takes responsibility for everything printed in the English version,

Athlone Press, 1962).

1 Sources in A. Ramba.ud, L'Empire grec au dixieme siecle, (Paris, 1870), pp.

see De Ger., (ed. Bonn.), I, p. 643.

brother-in-law. 5 These made or marred -for the traditions are conflicting6 -

5 Cedrenus, (ed. Bonn.), II, p. 326.

8 Theoph. Cont., pp. 447, 449.

u Cedrenus, II, p. 337; Theoph. Cont., pp. 463ff.

allegation that he was poisoned.

(M. P. G., vol. CXIII), c. 633.; Exe. de leg., ed. de Boor, I, p. l.

30 Bury, in Byzantinische Zeitschrift, XV, 1905, pp. 539ff.

a1 Theoph. Cont., p. 448.

The method of compilation has been elucidated in detail in the General

Byzantinoturcica (2nd ed.) I, pp. 361-367.

48 Bury, op. cit., p. 574.

large. This confidential character of the book, confirmed, if confirmation be

46 See below, p. 32.

1 See Gy. Moravcsik, ''H xe:Lp6ypexq:ioc; rrexpci~omc; '!"OU De administrando imperio''

n.ale, vol. II (Paris, 1888), p. 178.

des manuscrits de la Bibliotheque Nation.ale et aittres bibliotheques, vol. XXXI. 2. partie,

but cf. V. Laurent, Erasmus, 3 (1950) p. 766.

gentium et locorum, ac varia historia ad rectam administrationem tendens. See B. Mont-

.> ' , / > " (\

: J.LM 4 W1I CJ OU tp-f> ~-tu""bo ~~ ~.-

0 ~JJ~ wp ln:Dcr wo~

~~ lr.f ~ JJ ~ t< cu cU J /.n< El 0-C Kev

variants, see below p. 37.

abbreviations by suspension occur rarely, and mostly at the ends of lines.

contemporary pronunciation. There is a curious use of v for y before y, x., x.

13 N. Adontz, 'Tornik le moine', Byzantion, 13 (1938), pp. 148-149.

V =codex Vaticanus-Palatinus gr. 126: codex on paper of 271 number-