Petros 32 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 866 (taq) / 867 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 6091 |
| Ethnicity | Bulgar |
| Locations | Kepoi (Thrakesioi) |
| Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Petros 32 was a Bulgar (Πέτρος ὁ Βούλγαρος); in 866 he took part in the expedition against Crete and was involved with Basilios 7 in the plot to murder the Caesar Bardas (Bardas 5): Leo Gramm. 244, Georg. Mon. Cont. 830, Ps.-Symeon 678. The date was 21 April 866 (indiction 14): Theoph. Cont. V 17, p. 238. He was one of the assassins who helped Basil I (Basilios 7) to murder the emperor Michael III (Michael 11) (on 23 September 867): Leo Gramm. 251, Georg. Mon. Cont. 837, cf. Ps.-Symeon 684-685 (his name is omitted). His name does not occur in the list of conspirators whose deaths are recorded in Leo Gramm. 253-254, Georg. Mon. Cont. 839-840, Ps.-Symeon 687-688.
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