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Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
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[…] τῷ τῶν Χαγάϱων Χαγάνῳ συνοψισϑὴναι. αὐτὸς δὲ μαϑὼν ἐδέξατο αὐτὸν μετὰ τιμῆς μεγάλης ϰαὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτῷ εἰς γυναῖϰα Θεοδώϱαν, τὴν γυησίαν αὐτοῦ ἀδελφήν. μετ’ ὀλίγον δὲ χϱόνον αἰτησάμενος τῷ Χαγάνῳ ϰατὴλϑεν εἰς Φαναγουϱίαν ϰὰϰεῖ διέτϱιβε μετὰ Θεοδώϱας. ταῦτα ἀϰούσας Ἀψίμαϱος πέμπει πϱὸς τὸν Χαγάνον ὑποσχόμενος αὐτῷ παϱέχειν πολλὰ δῶϱα, εἰ τὸν τὸν Ἰουστινιανὸν ζῶντα αὐτῷ παϱαπέμψει· εὶ δὲ μή, ϰἃν τὴν αὐτοῦ ϰεφαλήν. εἰξαντος δὲ Χαγάνου τῇ τοιαύηῇ αἰτήσει, παταφυλαϰὴν αὐτῷ $ἕπεμψεν, ώς δῆϑεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ϋπὸ τῶν ἵδίων ὁμοφύλων ἐπιβουλευϑῆναι, ἐντειλάμενος Παπατζύν, τὸν ἐϰ πϱοσώπου αὐτοῦ ἐϰεῖσε ὄντα, ϰαὶ Βαλγίτζιν, τὸν ἄϱχοντα Βοσφόϱου, ἵνα, ὅταν δηλωϑῇ αὐτοῖς, ἀνέλωσιν Ἰουστινιανόν. τούτοων δὲ δι’ οἰϰέτου τοῦ Χαγάνου τῇ Θεοδώϱᾷ μηωυϑέντων ϰαὶ τῷ Ἰουστινιανῷ γνωσϑέωτων, πϱοσϰαλεσάμενος τὸν λεχϑέντα Παπατζὺν ϰατ’ ἰδίαν ὁμιλῆσαι, ϰόϱδᾳ τοῦτον ἀπῆγξεν· ὁμοίως δὲ ϰαὶ Βαλγίτζιν τὸν ἄϱχοντα. εὐϑέως δὲ ἀποστέλλει Θεοδώϱαν ἐν Χαζαϱίᾳ, αὐτὸς δὲ ἀπὸ Φαναγουϱίαν λαϑϱα δϱαπετεύσςας εἰς Τόμιν ϰατῆλϑεν. |
| Translation |
AM 6196 (703/4) (pp. 520-521)
[Justinian II] requested an audience with the Chagan of the Chazars. On being informed of this, the latter received him with great honour and gave him in marriage his own sister Theodora. After a short time he obtained permission to come down to Phanagouria, and there he lived with Theodora. When Apsimaros had heard of these matters, he wrote to the Chagan, promising him many gifts if the latter would send him Justinian alive,- if not, at least his head. The Chagan yielded to this request and sent a guard to Justinian on the pretext that the latter should not fall victim to a plot made by his own countrymen. He also gave orders to Papatzys, his representative in those parts, and to Balgitzis, commander of the Bosphoros, that they should kill Justinian when so instructed. These matters, however, were announced to Theodora by a servant of the Chagan’s and so became known to Justinian, who invited Papatzys to a private meeting and strangled him with a cord; and he did the same to the commander Balgitzis. Straight away he sent Theodora off to the land of the Chazars, while he himself secretly fled from Phanagouria and came down to Tomis. |
| Summary |
Justinian II is received by the khagan of the Chazars and marries his sister Theodora, who was probably renamed, before settling in Phanagouria with her. Tiberios III (Apsimaros) then manages to persuade the khagan to enter a plot against Justinian, but the plan fails thanks to Theodora, and Justinian kills the would-be assassins. Theodora is sent to the land of the Chazars, while he goes to Tomis. |
| Quotation source |
AM 6196 (703/4) (pp. 372.30-373.15) |
| Temporal Coverage |
703 - 704 |
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