Arsaber
Arsaber ( Middle Greek Ἀρσαβήρ ; Armenian Արշաւիր Arshavir ; † after 821/824) was a Byzantine usurper .
Life
The Patrikios and Quaestor Arsaber probably came from the Armenian family of the Kamsarakan , which traced back to the Arsacids . His daughter Theodosia was with the future emperor Leo V. married.
Arsaber is said to have attempted usurpation against Emperor Nikephorus I in February 808 . However, the conspiracy was exposed in time. Nikephorus had Arsaber sheared to a monk and put in a monastery in Bithynia . In a letter from Theodor Studites to Theodosia, written between 821 and 824, he is mentioned as a "pious man".
swell
- Joseph Genesius 1, 18
- Johannes Skylitzes 20
- Theophanes , p. 483 (in the edition by Carl de Boor )
- Theophanes Continuatus 1, 21
literature
- Alexander P. Kazhdan (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Oxford University Press, New York NY 1991, ISBN 0-19-504652-8 , p. 186.
- Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Ilse Rochow, Beate Zielke: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 1st department: (641-867). Volume 1: Aaron (# 1) - Georgios (# 2182). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-015179-0 , p. 193 No. 600.
- Ilse Rochow: Byzantium in the 8th century as seen by Theophanes. Source-critical historical commentary on the years 715–813 (= Berlin Byzantine works. Vol. 57). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-05-000700-1 , p. 289.
- Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 1: Aaron - Azarethes . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2007, ISBN 978-2-503-52303-3 , pp. 390-391.
- Christian Settipani : Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du VIe au IXe siècle. De Boccard, Paris 2006, ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8 , pp. 370-392.
- Cyrille Toumanoff : Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle: Tables généalogiques et chronologiques. Rome 1990, pp. 270-274.
- Warren T. Treadgold : The Byzantine Revival, 780-842 . Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1988, ISBN 0-8047-1462-2 , p. 479.
Remarks
- ↑ Cyrille Toumanoff: Kamsarakan. In: Encyclopædia Iranica 15, pp. 453-455.
- ^ Toumanoff, Dynasties , p. 274; Settipani, Continuité , pp. 390-392.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arsaber |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀρσαβήρ (Middle Greek); Arshavir (Armenian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine usurper against Nikephorus I. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 821-824 |