Nikephorus (son of Artabasdos)

Nikephoros on the lapel of a solidus of his father Artabasdos

Nikephoros ( Middle Greek Νικηφόρος , * after 717; † after 742/43 in Constantinople ?) Was probably the second son of the Byzantine counter-emperor Artabasdos (741 / 42–743) and his wife Anna. After the successful usurpation of his father against Constantine V, he was raised to the rank of co-emperor ( basileus ) . The date of the survey, 741 or 742/43, is controversial in research. After November 2, 743, the day of the reconquest of Constantinople by Constantine V, Nikephoros was blinded together with Artabasdos and his older brother Niketas , presented in the hippodrome and, according to the legendary vita of Michael Synkellos , went to Chora with the whole family . Banished monastery , where he is said to have died and was buried.

swell

• Kedrenos 2, 6 (without naming)
• Liber Pontificalis 1, 93
• Nikephoros , Historia Syntomos 64–66 (in the edition by Cyril Mango )
• Theophanes p. 417 and 420 (in the edition by Carl de Boor )
• Johannes Zonaras 15, 5 (without naming)

literature

• Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Ilse Rochow, Beate Zielke: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 1st department: (641-867). Volume 3: Leon (# 4271) - Placentius (# 6265). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-11-016673-9 , pp. 363-364 No. 5260.
• Ilse Rochow: Emperor Constantine V (741–775). Materials on his life and afterlife (= Berlin Byzantine Studies. Vol. 1). With a prosopographical appendix by Claudia Ludwig, Ilse Rochow and Ralph-Johannes Lilie. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1994, ISBN 3-631-47138-6 , p. 248 (sv Nikephoros, son of Artabasdos ).
• Paul Speck: Artabasdos. The orthodox champion of divine teachings. Investigations into the revolt of Artabasdos and its representation in the Byzantine historiography (= Poikila byzantina . Vol. 2). Habelt, Bonn 1981, ISBN 3-7749-1857-0 , p. 421.
• Warren Treadgold : A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1997, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2 , p. 357.