Basil Onomagulus

Basil Onomagulos ( Middle Greek Βασίλειος Ὀνομάγουλος ; † 717/718) was a Byzantine counter-emperor in Sicily in 717.

Basil was born in Constantinople , the son of Gregorios Onomagulos . He was part of the retinue of the strategist of Sicily, Sergios , who crowned him emperor in 717 on the news of the alleged fall of Constantinople to the Arabs . As emperor, Basil took the name Tiberios . After the rapid collapse of the uprising, he was ordered by Emperor Leo III. beheaded together with his monostrategos Georgios, while Sergios was able to flee to the Lombards .

swell

• Kedrenos 1, 790
• Nikephoros 54-55
• Theophanes AM 6210 (p. 398 in the edition by Carl de Boor ).
• Johannes Zonaras 15, 2

literature

• 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 , pp. 284-285 No. 849.
• Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 2: Baanes-Eznik of Kolb . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2008, ISBN 978-2-503-52377-4 , p. 68.