Stelle Αὖθις οὖν ἐπιστρατεύει Χοσρόης ὁ τῶ...; (Historia syntomos, 12.1-12 (pp. 54-55)) [5014]

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Text Historia syntomos (780 - 828) Nikephoros I of Constantinople
Quotation Αὖθις οὖν ἐπιστρατεύει Χοσρόης ὁ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλεὺς κατὰ Ῥωμαίων, Σάρβαρον ἡγούμενον τῆς στρατιᾶς ἐκπέμψας, ὃς κατεδῄου πᾶσαν τὴν ἀνατολικὴν χώραν. (...) ὁ οὖν Ἡρέκλειος ἔκ τε Περσῶν καὶ Ἀαάρων θορούμενος ἅμα καὶ λιμῷ πιεζομένης τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς πολιτείας καὶ λοιμικῷ θανάτῳ φθειρομένης, προσεκαλεῖτο Σέργιόν τε τὸν τῆς πόλεως πρόεδρον, ἔτι τε καὶ ἄρχοντας καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν τοῦ μέρος, καὶ παρατιθεται αὐτοῖς τοὺς παῖδας (...)
Translation Once again Chosroes, king of Persia (ho tō̃n Persō̃n basileùs), made war on the Romans (Rhōmaíoi), having placed his army under the command of Sarbaros, who devasted all the eastern lands. (...) Finding himself troubled by both the Persians (Pérsai) and the Avars (Ábaroi), and the Roman State (politeías) hard pressed by famine and decimated by plague, Herakleios called in Sergios, the bishop of the City, along with the noblemen and the rest of the people, and placed his children in their care.
Summary The Eastern Roman Empire is attacked by both Persians and Avars. Heraklios leaves the defense of the capital to the patriarch Sergius, the patrician Bonus, and his son Constantine III.
Quotation source 12.1-12 (pp. 54-55)
Temporal Coverage 623 - 624
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