Gazarenos Coloneiates
Gazarenos ( Middle Greek Γαζαρηνός , also Zagorenos ; † approx. March 824), nickname Kolon (e) iates , was a Byzantine rebel and a follower of the opposing 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 . During the uprising, Gazarenos Koloneiates - the nickname suggests an origin from Koloneia - was in command of the fortress Saniana near Ankyra on the west bank of the Halys in the border area of the subjects Bukellarion , Anatolikon and Armeniakon .
After the capture and execution of Thomas and his co-regent Anastasios in the autumn of 823, Gazarenos refused to hand over the fortress to Emperor Michael II. The latter offered him the dignity of a Magistros for the task of his resistance by Chrysobull , but Gazarenos refused and continued to carry out raids from his base. Michael managed to move a clerical subordinate of the Gazareno named Oikonomos to betrayal by promising him the appointment of Metropolitan of Neokaisareia . Oikonomos then made sure that Gazarenos was no longer allowed to enter Saniana. While trying to flee to the Abbasid Caliphate in Syria , the rebel was caught and executed.
Another supporter of Thomas, Choireas , was also able to assert himself in Lycaonia until the spring of 824, only to then suffer the same fate as Gazarenos.
swell
- Johannes skylitzes 41
- Theophanes Continuatus 2, 20
- Johannes Zonaras 15, 23
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. 608-609 No. 1941.
- Warren T. Treadgold : The Byzantine Revival, 780-842 . Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1988, ISBN 0-8047-1462-2 , pp. 242-243.
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SURNAME | Gazarenos Coloneiates |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Γαζαρηνός (Middle Greek); Gazarenos; Zagorenos |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine rebel, retainer of Thomas the Slav |
DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century or 9th century |
DATE OF DEATH | at March 824 |