Constantine Podopaguros
Constantine Podopaguros ( Middle Greek Κωνσταντῖνος Ποδοπάγουρος ; † August 25, 766 in Constantinople ) was a Byzantine aristocrat and conspirator against Emperor Constantine V. The epithet Podopaguros means "crab foot".
The Patrikios and Logothet of Dromos Constantine led in 766 together with his brother Strategios a large-scale conspiracy against Emperor Constantine V, in which, according to Theophanes, a total of 19 high dignitaries were involved, including several thematic strategists . However, the emperor managed to nip the revolt in the bud. On August 25, 766, Constantine V had the conspirators brought before the hippodrome . Constantine and his brother were beheaded , the others blinded and banished .
Theophanes claims that the stoning of the hermit Stephanos from Mount Auxentios in 765, during the height of the crisis between Constantine V and part of the monasticism , was the trigger for the conspiracy. Today, however, research assumes that the event had a different political background and was only subsequently brought into connection with the iconoclast .
swell
- Nikephoros , Historia Syntomos 83 (in the edition by Cyril Mango )
- Theophanes AM 6259 (p. 438 in the edition by Carl de Boor )
literature
- Leslie Brubaker: Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm . Bristol Classical Press, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-85399-750-1 , specifically pp. 47-49.
- Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Ilse Rochow, Beate Zielke: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 1st department: (641−867). Volume 2: Georgios (# 2183) - Leon (# 4270). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-11-016672-0 , p. 531 No. 3822.
- 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 , pp. 191–192, 204–205.
- Warren Treadgold : A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1997, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2 , p. 364.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Constantine Podopaguros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κωνσταντῖνος Ποδοπάγουρος (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine patricios and conspirators against Emperor Constantine V. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century or 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 766 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |