Anastasios (co-emperor of Thomas)

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Anastasios ( Middle Greek Ἀναστάσιος ; † approx. October / November 823 ) was the adopted son and co-regent of the Byzantine counter-emperor Thomas the Slav .

Life

After Emperor Leo V was murdered in December 820 at the instigation of General Michael , Thomas rebelled against the new ruler in Constantinople and was crowned emperor in Asia Minor with the backing of Caliph Al-Ma'mun . Shortly afterwards he adopted one of his military leaders under the name Konstantios and most likely crowned him co-emperor, but soon afterwards he was killed in a battle in Asia Minor.

In order to close the gap, Thomas took another of his generals in place of his son and raised him, allegedly a former monk , to co-regent under the name Anastasios. When Thomas besieged Constantinople from the end of 821, Anastasios commanded the troops that were deployed against the Theodosian wall . After the siege failed at the end of 822, Anastasios fled to Bizye , but was extradited to Michael II in October 823 after Thomas was captured and impaled and executed in the same cruel manner.

Two supporters of Thomas, Choireas and Gazarenos Colony , were able to stay in Asia Minor until the spring of 824.

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SURNAME Anastasios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἀναστάσιος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine usurper, co-regent Thomas the Slav
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH 823