Apelates 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 867 (taq) / 867 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 576 |
| Locations | Constantinople |
| Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Apelates 1 was styled ὁ Πέρσης, Leo Gramm. 251; ὁ Ἀπελάτης ὁ Πέρσης, Leo Gramm. 253, Georg. Mon. Cont. 837; ὁ Ἀπελάτης ὁ τοῦ Πέρσου, Georg. Mon. Cont. 840, Ps.-Symeon 688; ὁ Ἀπελάτης, Ps.-Symeon 685. He conspired with Basil I (Basilios 7) to murder the emperor Michael III (Michael 11) on 23 September 867; he and Iakobitzes 1 wounded Basiliskianos 1 and threw him down from the imperial bedchamber: Leo Gramm. 251, Georg. Mon. Cont. 837, Ps.-Symeon 685 (the texts show some confusion because they did not recognise that Apelates was a name). He subsequently died of illness, eaten by worms (σκωληκόβρωτος): Leo Gramm. 253, Georg. Mon. Cont. 840, Ps.-Symeon 688. See Winkelmann, Quellenstudien, pp. 88, 89, 94.
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