Leo 10 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 796 (n.) / 797 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 4351 |
| Locations | Constantinople (residence); Constantinople (birthplace) |
| Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters); 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) |
Leo 10 was the son of the emperor Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8) and his second wife Theodote 1, he was born on 7 October 796 (ἐτέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ υἱός, ὃν ἐπωνόμασε Λέοντα); he died on 1 May 797 (τέθνηκεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Λέων, καὶ ἐθρήνησεν αὐτὸν σφόδρα): Theoph. AM 6289, cf. Zon. XV 13. 3-5. He is alluded to in a letter of Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite): Theod. Stud., Ep. 31, pp. 84-88 (τὸ μοιχογέννητον τέκνον: p. 86, line 56).
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