Anonymus 183 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 815 (c) / 815 (c) |
| PmbZ No. | 11299 |
| Religion | Christian; Iconoclast |
| Locations | Dagisthaeus (House of, Constantinople) (residence); Constantinople (residence); Maurianos (Colonnade of, Constantinople) (residence) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Anonymus 183 was an iconoclast monk living in Constantinople near the colonnade of Maurianos, close to the Domus of Dagisthaeus; in collusion with Theodotos 2 Kassiteras he persuaded the emperor Leo V (Leo 15) to pursue iconoclast policies by foretelling a long and successful reign if he did so: Theoph. Cont. I 15-16 (pp. 27-28) (colonnade of Maurianos), Scyl., pp. 14-15 (Domus of Dagisthaeus), Genesius I 13 (ἐν τοῖς τοῦ Μαυριανοῦ, οἷς γειτνιάζειν τὸν Δαγίστεα διεσαφήνιζεν), Zon. XV 19. 25-32 (τινα μοναχὸν ἑαυτῷ γινώσκων ὁμόδοξον). According to Theophanes Continuatus the story of this was preserved in verse down to the author's date (mid tenth century?): Theoph. Cont. I 16 ad fin. (p. 28) (ταῦτα μὲν εἴρηται καὶ τοῖς πρὸ ἡμῶν διὰ μέτρου ποιήσεως). The author of the verses, according to Genesius, was Theophanes
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