Anonymus 633

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE/M IX
Dates829 (tpq) / 842 (taq)
LocationsConstantinople;
Constantinople (officeplace);
Aphousia (Sea of Marmara)
Textual SourcesVita Michaelis Syncelli (BHG 1296), ed. M. Cunningham, The Life of Michael Synkellos , Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations 1 (Belfast, 1991) (hagiography)

Anonymus 633 was an agent of the emperor Theophilos 5, sent to bring Theodoros 68 and Theophanes 6 back from the island of Aphousia; Anonymus 633 reported their arrival to the emperor Theophilos 5 and was told to take them to the Praitorion prison until they were sent for; Anonymus 633 is described as a swift messenger (ταχυδρόμος): Vita Mich. Sync. 18.

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