Anonymus 8 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 642 (taq) / 642 (tpq) |
| Ethnicity | Bulgar |
| Locations | Maeotis (Lake) (residence); Pentapolis (N. Italy) (residence); Maeotis (Lake); Pentapolis (N. Italy) (topographical) |
| Titles | Ruler (office) |
| Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history); Theophanes 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) |
According to the List of Old Bulgar Rulers, the reign of Anonymus 8 s father (Kobratos 1) ended in 642; the family name was Dulo; see Kobratos 1.
Anonymus 8 was the fifth of the five sons of Kobratos 1, who succeeded Kobratos 1 as rulers of the Bulgars living near lake Maeotis; disregarding Kobratos 1's advice to remain loyal to their traditional way of life Anonymus 8 led his people across the Danube and settled with them in the Ravennate Pentapolis as subjects of the Romans: Theoph. AM 6171, Nic. Brev. de Boor 34, Mango 35. See Runciman, First Bulgarian Empire, p. 21.
(Publishable link for this person: )