Sittas
Sittas († 539 ) was an Eastern Roman general of the 6th century .
Born in Goth, he was initially an elite soldier ( bucellarius ) and rose to dux under Emperor Justin I before he was appointed magister militum per Armeniam et Pontum Polemonicum by Justinian I in 528 . Sittas successfully fought against the Sassanids . From 530 he held the influential office of magister militum praesentalis . He was considered a very capable military man who, however, in the modern view (probably thanks to Prokopios of Caesarea ) is more in the shadow of Belisarius ; he also seems to have had considerable diplomatic skills. He owed his steep career not only to his undoubted military competence, but also to his connection to the imperial family: He was the brother-in-law of Empress Theodora and possibly the father of the later Empress Sophia . In 535 he won a significant victory over the (proto-) Bulgarians , for which he was probably awarded the dignity of Patricius . Sittas was killed in a skirmish with rebel Armenians in 539.
literature
- Arnold HM Jones , John R. Martindale, John Morris : The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Volume 3: John R. Martindale: AD 527-641. Volume B: Kâlâdji - Zudius. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1992, ISBN 0-521-20160-8 , pp. 1160-1163.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sittas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eastern Roman general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century or 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 539 |