Machairas 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
Dates863 (taq) / 863 (tpq)
PmbZ No.4656
LocationsPoson;
Charsianoi;
Charsianoi (officeplace)
TitlesKleisourarches, Charsianon (office)
Textual SourcesGenesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history);
Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history)

Machairas 1 was a merarches in the theme of Charsianon (καθεστὼς ἐν τῷ Χαρσιανοῦ θέματι μεράρχης ὁ Μαχαιρᾶς οὕτω καλούμενος), he captured Anonymus 217, the son of Amer (Amr 2), who had escaped with some followers after the battle of Porson (Poson, Lalakaon): Genesius IV 15. Unnamed kleisourarches of Charsianon; in 863 he served under Petronas 5 at the battle of Poson (Lalakaon): Theoph. Cont. IV 25 (p. 181). During the later stages of the battle he captured Anonymus 217, the son of the Arab commander, Amr 2, with his troops, and delivered him to Petronas 5: Theoph. Cont. IV 25 (p. 183) (ὁ τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ κλεισουράρχης). Identical with Anonymus 214.

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