Artabasdos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 743 (taq) / 743 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 634 |
| Variant Names | Artauasdos |
| Locations | Constantinople (officeplace); Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
| Titles | Domestikos of an asekretis (office) |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
In late 743 Artabasados 2 was domestikos (δομέστικον) of the asekretis (ἀσηκρήτην) Athanasios 2, serving in Constantinople under Artabasdos 1; Artabasados 2 and Athanasios 2 were sent by sea to fetch fresh corn supplies when the city, besieged by Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), began to run short; they were both captured by Konstantinos 7's fleet, taken to Konstantinos 7 and blinded: Theoph. AM 6235. Cf. Artabasdos 6 and Artabasdos 9. See Rochow, Konstantin V, pp. 209-210.
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