Gregorios 9 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 748 (taq) / 748 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 2383 |
| 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) |
Gregorios 9's death at the hands of the Arouritai is recorded by Theophanes in a brief notice which otherwise records only the triumph of the caliph Marwan II (Marwan 2): Theoph. AM 6239 ("in this year Gregorios is killed by the Arouritai, and Marouam, the ruler of the Arabs, was victorious, as I have already mentioned"). The Arouritai was a group among the Arabs (cf. Theoph. AM 6236, p. 421, line 18, and see al-Dahhak 1) but their precise identity and location are as obscure from Theophanes as are those of Gregorios 9. The year was probably 748.
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