Prokopios 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 866 (taq) / 866 (tpq) |
| Locations | Kepoi (Thrakesioi) |
| Titles | Protovestiarios of Bardas 5 (office) |
| 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); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
In 866 Prokopios 3 was protovestiarios of the Kaisar Bardas (Bardas 5) (Προκοπίῳ πρωτοβεστιαρίῳ τοῦ Καίσαρος) and accompanied him on the expedition against Crete; at Kepoi in the Thrakesion theme he was informed by Ioannes 90 about the plot of Basilios 7 to kill Bardas 5 on the next day and he told Bardas 5 about it; he was sent back to Ioannes 90 by Bardas 5 with the message to stop talking nonsense: Leo Gramm. 244, Georg. Mon. Cont. 830, Ps.-Symeon 678. The date of the murder was 21 April 866 (indiction 14): Theoph. Cont. V 17 (p. 238).
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