Pankratios 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 792 (taq) / 792 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 5680 |
| Locations | Markellai (Thrace) (deathplace); Markellai (Thrace) |
| Occupation | Astrologer |
| 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) |
Pankratios 1 was described as a false prophet and an astronomer -- that is an astrologer -- (Παγκράτιον τὸν ψευδοπροφήτην καὶ ἀστρονόμον), he foretold that the Romans under Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8) would be victorious against the Bulgars in the battle of Markellai (20 July 792); the Romans were defeated with very heavy losses and Pankratios 1 himself was among those killed in the battle: Theoph. AM 6284. He was apparently an astrologer at Konstantinos 8's court.
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