Konstantinos 13 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 792 (taq) / 792 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 3867 |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Titles | Protospatharios (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); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Konstantinos 13 was also known as Artaser (perhaps a patronymic); Konstantinos 13 was protospatharios in 792 (τὸν πρωτοσπαθάριον Κωνσταντῖνον, τὸν Ἀρτασήρ: Theoph. AM 6285); when the Armeniakoi rebelled after the blinding of Alexios 1 (in August), Konstantinos 13 was sent with the strategos of the Boukellarioi Chrysocheres 1 and an army composed of troops of the other themata to bring them to order: Theoph. AM 6285. In a battle fought in November 792 (November of the first indiction) Konstantinos 13 and Chrysocheres 1 were defeated and both men were blinded: Theoph. AM 6285, Zon. XV 12. 15-16. The name Artaser is Armenian; cf. Winkelmann, Quellenstudien, pp. 156, 199.
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