Baianos 4

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VIII
Dates767 (taq) / 772 (ob.)
PmbZ No.732
EthnicityBulgar
LocationsBulgaria;
Bulgaria (officeplace);
Bulgaria (residence)
Textual SourcesNicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history)

Baianos 4 was a leading Bulgar, brother of Toktos 1; Baianos 4 and his brother Toktos 1 both perished in a defeat by the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7): Nic. Brev. de Boor 70-71, Mango 79. For the date, 772, see Grumel, Chronologie, p. 388.

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