Anonymus 55 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 867 (taq) / 856 () |
| Locations | Constantinople (officeplace); Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
| Occupation | Secretary |
| Titles | Protoasekretis (office) |
| Textual Sources | Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Anonymus 55 was protoasekretis and was in office when Photios 1 was patriarch and Michael III (Michael 11) emperor (856-867); he reported to the emperor remarks by Photios 1 that every man had two souls and by way of a joke observed that if that were so the state ought to be charging double taxes on the subjects: Ps.-Symeon 673. The whole account is very hostile to Photios 1 and collects stories detrimental to his reputation.
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