Damianos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 789 (taq) / 790 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1206 |
| Locations | Apollonias (near Dyrrachion) (exileplace); Apollonias (near Dyrrachion); Constantinople |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity) |
| 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) |
Damianos 1 was a patrikios (Δαμιανῷ πατρικίῳ); in 789 and 790 he was one of the close allies of the emperor Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8) who plotted with him against the all-powerful eunuch Staurakios 1 (see also Petros 8 and Theodoros 14); their plot was discovered and in early 790 they were punished by the empress Eirene 1; Damianos 1 was flogged, tonsured and exiled to the West to the fortress of Apollonias (perhaps Apollonias, near Dyrrachion): Theoph. AM 6282.
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