Andronikos 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates793 (taq) / 793 (ob.)
PmbZ No.431
LocationsArmeniakoi (officeplace);
Armeniakoi
OccupationSoldier
TitlesSpatharios (dignity);
Tourmarches, Armeniakoi (office)
Textual SourcesTheophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle)

In 793 Andronikos 1 was spatharios and tourmarches of the Armeniakoi when they were in rebellion against the emperor Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8); after the emperor defeated the Armeniakoi on 26 May 793, Andronikos 1 was captured and executed, together with Theophilos 4 and Gregorios 30: Theoph. AM 6285 (Ἀνδρόνικον, σπαθάριον καὶ τουρμάρχην αὐτῶν).

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