Philippikos Bardanes

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Philippikos Bardanes ( Middle Greek Φιλιππικὸς Βαρδάνης ; † 713 ) was Byzantine emperor from 711 to 713 .


Life

Philippikos was originally called Bardanes and came from an Armenian family that had been established in Constantinople for a long time . His father Nikephorus had served as an officer under Constans II . Philippikos also entered the military. His ambitions to become emperor had led to his exile during the reign of Tiberios II . Justinian II had called him back, but then also banned him. Philippikos stayed in Cherson in the Crimea in 711 , where he was proclaimed emperor with the support of the Khazars and also took the name Philippikos. When he moved to Constantinople with a fleet, Justinian II fled, but was finally captured and killed shortly afterwards together with his son and heir to the throne Tiberios .

In terms of foreign policy, Philippikos managed a victory against the Bulgarians in 712, but he was unable to prevent the Arab advances in Asia Minor during the years of his rule. Already at the beginning of June 713 some troops rose against Philippikos, overthrew and blinded him.

In terms of ecclesiastical politics , Philippicus confessed to monotheletism , in which he was probably also taught theology. By an imperial edict, he repealed the provisions of the sixth ecumenical council , which had condemned this doctrine as heresy, and had representations of this council removed from the imperial palace. This led to conflicts with the Pope in Rome. The name of the “unbelieving” emperor was not mentioned in church prayer, nor was it allowed to be minted on coins. In Syrian sources as well as with Theophanes , Philippikos, who was evidently well educated, enjoys a better reputation.

literature

  • Judith Herrin: Philippikos 'The Gentle' . In: Hagit Amirav, Bas ter Haar Romeny (ed.): From Rome to Constantinople: Studies in Honor of Averil Cameron . Leuven 2007, pp. 251-262.
  • 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. 641-643 No. 6150 .
  • 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 , pp. 33-34.
  • Graham Sumner: Philippicus, Anastasius II and Theodosius III . In: Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 17 (1976), pp. 287-294.

Web links

Commons : Philippikos Bardanes  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Some researchers are considering a connection to the family of Maurikios , whose son-in-law was also called Philippikos , although the name was relatively rare, see Judith Herrin: Philippikos 'The Gentle' . In: Hagit Amirav, Bas ter Haar Romeny (ed.): From Rome to Constantinople: Studies in Honor of Averil Cameron . Leuven 2007, pp. 251–262, here p. 252.
  2. ↑ Mistress, p. 257.
  3. ↑ See Herrin, p. 262.
predecessor Office successor
Justinian II Emperor of Byzantium
711–713 		Anastasios II
personal data
SURNAME Philippikos Bardanes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philippicus; Bardanes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine emperor (711-713)
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 713