Anonyma 61 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | L VIII/E IX |
| Ethnicity | Roman |
| Locations | Herakleia (Pontus) (residence); Herakleia (Pontus); Herakleia (Pontus) (birthplace) |
| Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle) |
Anonyma 61 was the daughter of a leading citizen of Herakleia; when the city was captured by Harun al-Rashid (Harun 1, before he became caliph), she was among the captives and was chosen by him as his wife; he began to build for her a new city, close to Callinicum (where he was living), also called Herakleia: Chron. 1234, §187 (II, p. 3). The city was left unfinished at Harun 1's death in 809, but was apparently not begun until c. 806: Chron. 1234, §§191-192 (II, pp. 6-7).
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