Symbatios (lawyer)

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Symbatios ( Greek  Συμβάτιος ) was a Byzantine jurist of the 9th and 10th centuries . It is possible that the patriarch Photios I , who like himself had Armenian ancestors, contributed to the great legislative work of the Byzantine emperors Basil I and Leon VI. , the later so-called basilicas . About two decades later, he was also at the Procheiros nomos of Emperor Leon VI, whom he greatly admired. involved. Most likely he is the compiler of the Epitome Legum .

literature

  • Andreas Schminck : Studies on Middle Byzantine Law Books . Löwenklau-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-923615-08-6 ( plus dissertation, University of Frankfurt am Main 1984), pp. 129-131
personal data
SURNAME Symbatios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century
DATE OF DEATH 10th century