Nikaias 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E VIII |
Dates | 716 (taq) / 716 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 5249 |
Locations | Amorion (Galatia); Anatolikoi; Anatolikoi (officeplace) |
Titles | Tourmarches, Anatolikoi (office) |
Textual Sources | Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Chronographia Tripartita (Latin translation of the Chronographia of Theophanes), ed. C. de Boor, Theophanes, Chronographia II (Leipzig, 1885), pp. 31-346 (chronicle); 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) |
A tourmarches (Νικαίαν τὸν τουρμάρχην), Nikaias 1 was sent to garrison Amorion in 716 by Leo III (Leo 3) after the army of Sulayman 1 dispersed from the city; he had either eight hundred troops under him (according to the Latin translation of Anastasius Bibliothecarius: "
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