Manes 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 767 (taq) / 772 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4691 |
| Religion | Iconoclast |
| Locations | Isauria; Boukellarioi; Boukellarioi (officeplace) |
| Titles | Strategos, Boukellarioi (office) |
| 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) |
Manes 2 was one of the strategoi appointed by the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7) in 766/767 (indiction 5) because they were supporters of iconoclasm; he became strategos of the Boukellarioi; the others appointed were Michael Melissenos (Michael 4) and Michael Lachanodrakon (Michael 5): Theoph. AM 6258 (στρατηγοὺς ὁμόφρονας αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ ἐπαξίους ἐργάτας ... εἰς δὲ Βουκελλαρίους Μάνην, τὸν τῆς κακίας ἐπώνυμον). See also Michael 4. He may be identical with Manes 1; if not, he was presumably a relation (perhaps a son or nephew). In 772 he was still strategos of the Boukellarioi (τὸν τῶν Βουκελλαρίων with strategos understood), when on orders from the emperor he, Michael 4 and Bardanes 2 marched to oppose Banakas 1 in Isauria; they seized the narrow passes on his route home but were nevertheless defeated by Banakas 1 and routed with heavy losses: Theoph. AM 6263. See Rochow, Konstantin V, pp. 224-225.
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