Ardagast
Ardagast or Ardagastes ( ancient Greek Ἀρδάγαστος Ardagastos ) was a Slavic military leader who acted between 584 and 593 in Wallachia in what is now Romania (see Landing of the Slavs in the Balkans ).
Ardagast was first mentioned in 584 when he advanced with Slavic fighters into the Byzantine Empire up to Constantinople , where they were repulsed (see also the Balkan campaigns of Maurikios ). In 585 the Slavs reached Adrianople , where they were put to battle by Byzantine troops.
In 593 the Slavs invaded Thrace under Ardagast, whereupon Byzantine troops advanced across the Danube into his area and took many prisoners. Ardagast barely escaped. There are no other reports of him; apparently he was no longer able to act after the heavy losses during the campaign of 593.
swell
- Theophylactus Simokates , I 7, VI 7, 9
- Theophanes , Chronographia 6076, 6085
literature
- John Martindale: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire IIIa (PLRE). Cambridge 1992, p. 106.
- Walter Pohl : The Avars. A steppe people in Central Europe 567–822 AD. 2nd edition. Beck, Munich 2002, pp. 121-123 and pp 136-138.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ardagast |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ardagastes; Ardagastos; Ἀρδάγαστος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slavic military leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century or 7th century |