Anonymus 61 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 823 (c) / 823 (c) |
| Locations | Phygella (Thrakesioi); Thrakesioi |
| Titles | Commander (office) |
| Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography) |
Anonymus 61 was a military commander who fought for the emperor Michael II (Michael 10) against Thomas the Slav (Thomas 7) (τις τοῦ Βυζαντίου στρατηγέτης); an enemy of Thomas 7 and of Zacharias 7, he arrested the latter and imprisoned him under heavy guard (supposedly of one thousand soldiers) on the fortified island of Phygella, in the sea; following prayers from Peter of Atroa (Petros 34) Zacharias 7 escaped: Vita Petr. Atr. 39, p. 149. On Phygella, a promontory (not an island) on the coast of the Thrakesion theme, see Laurent, Vita Retractata, p. 149, note 3. Anonymus 61 may therefore have been strategos of the Thrakesion theme.
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