Anonymus 255 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 765 (taq) / 765 (tpq) |
| Locations | Constantinople (officeplace); Constantinople |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Titles | Proximos (office) |
| Textual Sources | Vita Stephani Iunioris, by Stephanus Diaconus (BHG 1666), ed. M.-F. Auzépy, La Vie d'Etienne le Jeune par Étienne le diacre. Introduction, édition et traduction (Aldershot, 1997); PG 100. 1069-1186 (hagiography) |
Anonymus 255 was an armed official at the palace with the title of proximos, sent by the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7) to remove Stephanos 2 (Stephen the Younger) from the praitorion to the Maura outside the city; the order was quickly changed and Stephanos 2 returned to the praitorion: Vita Steph. Iun. 165.15 (1169C) (ἕνα ξιφήρη ἄνδρα, τῇ τοῦ προξίμου ἀξίᾳ καταλεγόμενον), 166.5 (1172A) (ὁ δὲ πρόξιμος ἐκεῖνος). The date was during the Brumalia (in November) 765 (shortly before the death of Stephanos 2). The proximos was a junior officer in the Scholai; see Haldon, Byzantine Praetorians, pp. 285-286.
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