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5517 |
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Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
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Τῷ δ’αὐτῷ ἔτει ἀπέστειλε Παγάνος, ὁ ϰῦϱις Βουλγαϱίας, πϱὸς τὸν βασιλέα αἰτούμενος συνοψισϑῆναι αὐτῷ. ϰαὶ λαβὼν λόγον ϰατῆλϑε πϱὸς αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν βοϊλάδων αὐτοῦ, ϰαὶ ϰαϑεσϑλεντος τοῦ βασιλέως, ϰαὶ τοῦ Σαβλινου συγϰαϑζομενου αὐτῷ, ἐδλεξατο αὐτοὺς ϰαὶ ὠνείδισε τὴν ἀταξίαν αὐτῶν ϰαὶ τὸ ϰατὰ Σαβίνου μῖσος· ϰαὶ ἐποίησαν τὸ δοϰεῖν εἰϱήνην. $ ἀππστείλας δὲ βασιεεὺς λάϑϱα εἰς Βουλγαϱίαν ἐπίασε τὸν Σεβέϱων ἄϱχοντα Σϰλαβοῦνον, τὸν πολλὰ ϰαϰὰ ἐν τῇ Θϱᾴϰῃ ποιήσαντα. ϰατεσχέϑη δὲ ϰαὶ Χϱιστιανός, ἀπὸ Χϱιστιανῶν μαγαϱίτης ϰαὶ πϱὼτος τῶν Σϰαμάϱων, ὃν ἐν τῷ μώλῷ τοῦ ἁγίου Θωμᾶ χειϱοϰοπήσαντες ϰαὶ ποδοϰοπήσαντες ἤνεγϰαν τοὺς ἰατϱοὺς ϰαὶ τοῦτον ἀνέτεμον ζῶντα ἥβης ἕως τοῦ ϑώϱαϰος πϱὸς τὸ ϰατανοῆσαι τὴν τοῦ ἀνϑϱώπου ϰατασϰευήν· ϰαὶ οὕτως αὐτὸν τῷ πϑϱὶ παϱέδωϰαν. $ἄφων δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐξελϑὼν τῆς πόλεως ϰαὶ ἀφυλάϰτους εὑϱὼν τὰς ϰλεισούϱας διὰ τὴν ἀπατηλὴν εἰϱήνην εἰσῆλϑεν εἰς Βουλγαϱίαν ἕως ττοῦ Τζίϰας. ϰαὶ βαλὼ πῦϱ εἰς τὰς αὐλάς, ἃς εὗϱεν, μετὰ φόβου ὑπέστϱεψε μηδὲν γενναῖον ποιήσας. |
| Translation |
AM 6256 763/4 (p. 603)
In the same year Paganos, the lord of Bulgaria, sent an emissary to the emperor requesting a personal meeting. Having received a pledge, he came down with his boyars. The emperor, having taken his seat and having Sabinos seated next to him, received them and reproved them for their disorderly conduct and their hatred for Sabinos. And so they made a semblance of peace. The emperor, however, sent a secret mission to Bulgaria and apprehended Sklavounos, chief of the Severi, who had caused much damage in Thrace. Also arrested was Christianos, a renegade from the Christian faith and leader of the Skamaroi. They amputated his arms and legs at the pier of St Thomas and, in the presence of physicians, dissected him alive from the genitals to the chest so as to comprehend the construction of the human body. Then they consigned him to the fire. Of a sudden the emperor left the City and, finding the passes unguarded because of the nominal peace, invaded Bulgaria as far as the Tounza. He set fire to the courts that he came across and returned in fear without having accomplished any brave deed. |
| Summary |
Diplomatic dealings between the Bulgarian “Paganos” and Constantine V after the Bulgar khan Sabinos had fled to them. Mission to Bulgaria, leading to the arrest of both the chief of the Severi and the leader of the Skamaroi, a former Christian, who is killed in a cruel fashion.
Invasion of Bulgaria, which is depicted as a failure. |
| Quotation source |
ΑΜ 6256 (763/4) (p. 436.9-24) |
| Temporal Coverage |
763 - 764 |
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