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| ID |
5520 |
| Text |
Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
| Quotation |
Τῷ δ’ αὐτῷ ἕτει Ἰουστινιανὸς τὴν βασιλίδα πόλιν ϰαταλαβὼν ἅμα Τέϱβελι ϰαὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Βουλγάϱων ἠπλήϰευσεν εἰς τὴν Χαγσίου πόϱταν ϰαὶ ἵως Βλαχεϱνῶν. ϰαὶ ἐπὶ τϱεῖς ἡμέϱας πϱοςλαλοῦντες τοῖς ἐν τῇ πόλει ὑβϱίζοντο ϱαπ’αὐτῶν, ϰαὶ οὐδὲ λόλον ϰατεδέχοντο. ὁ δὲ Ἰουστινιανὸς μετ’ ὀίγων ὁμοφύλων πολέμου χωϱὶς διὰ τοῦ ἀγωγοῦ εἰσελϑὼν ϰαὶ ϑόϱυβον ἀνασϰαφῆς βαλὼν τὴν πόλιν παϱέλαβε ϰαὶ πϱὸς βϱαχὺ ἐσϰήνωσεν ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ Βλαϰεϱνῶν. |
| Translation |
AM 6197 (703/4) (p. 522)
In the same year Justinian reached the Imperial City together with Terbelis and the latter’s Bulgars, and they encamped from the Charsian gate as far as the Blachernai. For three days they parleyed with the inhabitants of the City, who insulted them and refused any terms. Justinian, however, together with a few of his countrymen made his way in, without fighting, through an aqueduct and, after raising a shout of ‘Dig up the bones!’, he won the City. |
| Summary |
Justinian II and the Bulgar khan Tervel (Terbelis) stand before Constantinople, and after talks fail, he makes his way in and wins the city. |
| Quotation source |
AM 6197 (703/4) (p. 374.16-23) |
| Temporal Coverage |
704 - 705 |
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