Nikolaos 84

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexE
FloruitM IX
Dates860 (taq) / 861 (tpq)
PmbZ No.5594
TitlesEunuch of the empress Theodora 2 (office)
Textual SourcesBar Hebraeus, Chronographia, tr. E. A. W. Budge, The Chronography of Abu 'l-Faraj (London, 1932; repr. Amsterdam, 1976) (history)

Nikolaos 84 was a eunuch of the empress Theodora 2; he was said to have been responsible for killing without orders from the empress thousands of Arabs held captive by the Romans and released by agreement with the Arab envoy Nashif 1; the date was allegedly in the year 1172 Sel. (860/861): Bar Hebr., p. 142.

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