Christophoros 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 711 (taq) / 711 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 1093 |
| Locations | Khazaria (deathplace); Khazaria; Cherson (Tauric Chersonese); Thrakesioi (officeplace); Thrakesioi |
| Titles | Tourmarches, Thrakesioi (office) |
| Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history); 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 711 Christophoros 2 was tourmarches of the Thrakesioi (Χριστοφόρον, τουρμάρχην τῶν Θρᾳκησίων: Theoph. AM 6203); Christophoros 2 was sent to Cherson on an expedition with Georgios 3 and Ioannes 8 by Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1) to reinstall Toudounos 1 and Zoilos 1 to office, to send a message of apology to the khagan of the Khazars (Anonymus 176) and to bring back Elias 1 and Bardanes (Philippikos 1); he had three hundred troops under him; after the people of Cherson killed Georgios 3 and Ioannes 8 they sent the others, including Christophoros 2 (καὶ τῷ λεχθέντι τουρμάρχῃ), with the 300 troops to the Khazars; after the death of Toudounos 1 en route, the Khazars killed Christophoros 2 and his 300 troops in his honour (τοῦ δὲ Τουδούνου κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τεθνηκότος, οἱ Χάζαρεις εἰς δοξὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπέκτειναν τὸν τουρμάρχην σὺν τοῖς τριακοσίοις στρατιώταις): Theoph. AM 6203, cf. Nic. Brev. de Boor 45-46, Mango 45 (the same events, omitting to mention Christophoros 2 by name).
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