Presiam 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
PmbZ No.5906
EthnicityBulgar
LocationsSerbia;
Bulgaria;
Bulgaria (residence);
Bulgaria (officeplace)
TitlesRuler of the Bulgars (office)
Textual SourcesConstantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history)

Presiam 1 was a ruler of Bulgaria (ἄρχων Βουλγαρίας) in the mid ninth century; he waged war for three years against Blastimeros 1, ruler of Serbia, without success: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 39ff. He perished in the war and his son, Michael (= Boris 1) later made war on the Serbs to avenge him: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 42.

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