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| ID |
5525 |
| Text |
Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
| Quotation |
ἤϰουσαν ταῦτα οἱ τῶν ϰάστϱων ἐϰείνων ϰαὶ ἑαυτοὺς ἠσφαλίσαντο, ϰαὶ ἀναγϰασϑέντες ϰατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως φϱονῆσαι ἀπέστειλαν πϱὸς τὸν Χαγάνον εἰς Χαζαϱίαν αἰτούμενοι λαὸν πϱὸς φυλαϰὴν αὐτῶν. |
| Translation |
ΑΜ 6203 (710/1) (p. 527)
The inhabitants of those forts heard these things and put themselves on guard; being obliged to turn against the emperor, they wrote to the Chagan in Chazaria for an army to defend them. |
| Summary |
As a reaction to the attacks by Justinan II’s fleet, the inhabitants of several forts ask for an army to defend them from the khagan in Chazaria. |
| Quotation source |
ΑΜ 6203 (710/1) (p. 378) |
| Temporal Coverage |
710 - 711 |
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