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5507 |
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Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
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οἱ δὲ Βούλγαϱοι τοῦτο ϑεασάμενοι ἐπεδίωϰον ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ϰαὶ τοὺς πλείστους ξίφει τοῦ Δαβουβίου ϰαὶ τοῦτον πεϱάσαντες ϰαὶ ἐλϑόντες ἐπὶ τὴν λεγομένην Βάϱναν πλησίον Ὀδύσσου ϰαὶ τοῦ ἐϰεῖσε μεσογαίου, τὸν τ΄πον ἑωϱαϰότες ἐν πολλῇ ἀσφαλείᾳ διαϰείμενον, ἐϰ μὲν τῶν ὄπισϑεν διὰ τοῦ Δανουβίου ποταμοῦ, ἔμπϱοσϑεν δὲ ϰαὶ ἐϰ πλαγίων διὰ ϰλεισουϱῶν ϰαὶ τῆς Ποντιϰῆς ϑαλάσσης, ϰυϱιευσάντων δὲ αὐτῶν ϰαὶ τῶν παϱαϰειμένων Σϰλαυινῶν ἐϑνῶν τὰς λεγομένας ἑπτὰ ζενάς, τοὺς μὲν Σέβεϱεις ϰατῴϰισαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἔμπϱοσϑεν ϰλεισούϱας Βεϱεηάβων ἐπὶ τὰ πϱὸς ἀνατολὴν μέϱη, εἰς δὲ τὰ πϱὸς μεσημβϱίαν ϰαὶ δύσιν μέχϱις Ἀβαϱλιας τὰς ὑπολοίπους ἑπτὰ ζενεὰς ὑπὸ πάϰτον ὄντας· ἐν τούτοις οὖν πλατυνϑέντων αὐτῶν ἐγαυϱίασαν, ϰαὶ ἤϱξαντο τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαϊϰὴν πολιτείαν ὄντα ϰάστϱα τε ϰαὶ χωϱία ἑπιϱϱίπτειν ϰαὶ αἱχμαλωτίζειν. ὅϑεν ἀναγϰασϑεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς $εὶδήνευσε μετ’ αὐτῶν, ἐτήσια αὐτοῖς συμφωνήσας πάϰτα παϱλεχειν ἐπ’ αἰσχύνῃ Ῥωμαίων διὰ πλῆϑος πταισμάτων· |
| Translation |
AM 6171 (678/9) (p. 499)
When the Bulgars saw this, they gave pursuit and put most of them to the sword and wounded many others. They chased them as far as the Danube, which they crossed and came to Varna, as it is called, near Odyssos and the inland territory that is there. They perceived that this place was very secure, being guarded at the rear by the river Danube, in front and on the sides by means of mountain passes and the Pontic Sea. Having, furthermore, subjugated the so-called Seven Tribes of the neighbouring Sklavinian nations, they settled the Severeis from the forward mountain pass of Beregaba in the direction of the east, and the remaining six tribes, which were tributary to them, in the southern and western regions as far as the land of the Avars. Having thus extended their domains, they grew arrogant and began to attack and capture the forts and villages that belonged to the Roman state. Being under constraint, the emperor made peace with them and agreed to pay them yearly tribute. Thus the Romans were put to shame for their many sins. |
| Summary |
Roman cavalrymen who had fled are attacked and chased by the Bulgars, who in turn settle in the area near Varna and subjugate the Slavic “Seven Tribes” and stretch their domains as far as the lands of the Avars. Following their attacks on Roman villages, the emperor makes peace with them and grants them yearly payments, viewed as punishment for the sins of the Romans by the author. |
| Quotation source |
AM 6171 (678/9) (p. 359.5-21) |
| Temporal Coverage |
678 - 679 |
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