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Text Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor
Quotation Ἰουστινιανὸς δὲ ἀπέλυσε Μαῦϱον τὸν πατϱίϰιον εἰς Χεϱςῶνα διὰ μνησιϰαϰίαν σὺν Στεφάνῳ πατϱιϰίῳ, τὸ ἐπίϰλην Ἀσμίϰτῳ, ἐξοπλίσας στόλον πολύν, μνησϑεὶς τῆς ϰατ’ αὐτοῦ γενομένης ἐπιβουλῆς ὑπό τε τῶν Χεϱσωνιτῶν ϰαὶ Βοσφοϱιανῶν ϰαὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ϰλιμάτων, πᾶσαν νᾶσαν ναῦν δϱομώνων τε ϰαὶ τϱιηϱῶν ϰαὶ σϰαφῶν μυϱιαγωγῶν ϰαὶ ἁλιαδων ϰαὶ χελανδίων, ἀπὸ διανομῆς τῶν οἰϰούντων τὴν πόλιν συγϰλητιϰῶν τε ϰαὶ ἐϱγαστηϱιαϰῶν ϰαὶ δημοτῶν ϰαὶ παντὸς ὀφφιϰίου. ϰαὶ τούτους ἀποστείλας παϱήγγειλε πάντας τοὺς οἰϰοῦντας ἐν ἐϰείνοις ϰάστϱοις τῷ ξίφει ὀλοϑϱεῦσαι ϰαὶ μηδένα ζωογονῆσαι, παϱαδεδωϰὼς αὐτοῖς ϰαὶ Ἡλίαν τὸν σπαϑάϱιον ὀφείλοντα ἄϱχοντα Χεϱςῶνος ϰαταστῆναι. οἱ δὲ τὴν Χεϱςῶνα ϰαταλαβόντες, μηδενὸς αὐτοῖς άντιστάντος, τὰ ϰάστϱα παϱέλαβον ϰαὶ πάντας τῷ ξίφει ἀνεῖλον χωϱὶς τῶν μειϱαϰίων, ὡς νηπίων τούτων φεισάμενοι ϰαὶ πϱὸς δουλείαν πεϱιποιηϑέντων.
Translation ΑΜ 6203 (710/1) (p. 527) Motivated as he was by malice and remembering the conspiracy that had been made against him by the inhabitants of Cherson, the Bosporus and the other Klimata, Justinian sent to Cherson the patrician Mauros and the patrician Stephen surnamed Asmiktos. He fitted out a great fleet of every kind of ship – dromones, triremes, transports, fishing boats, and even chelandia – from contributions raised by the senators, artisans, ordinary people, and of all the officials of them that lived in the City. He sent forth the fleet with orders to put to the sword all the inhabitants of those forts and leave no one alive; and he handed to them the spatharios Elias, who was to be appointed governor of Cherson. Having arrived at Cherson and meeting with no resistance, they occupied the forts and put everyone to the sword, except for the children, whom they spared because of their age so as to make slaves of them.
Summary Justinian II sends a fleet to Cherson, the Bosporus and other regions with the intention of taking revenge on the inhabitants who had conspired against him. The spatharios Elias is supposed to become the new governor of Cherson.
Quotation source ΑΜ 6203 (710/1) (pp. 377.23-378.3)
Temporal Coverage 710 - 711
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