Rostom 1 was patrikios; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century: Zacos and Veglery 2343. The name and title read: Ρωστὼμ πατρικίῳ. See also I. Barnea, "Noi sigilii bizantine de la Dunarea de jos", Studii si Cercetari de istorie Veche 17 (1966), pp. 277-279, no. 8, and cf. P. S. Nasturel, "I. Barnea, Noi sigilii bizantine de la Dunarea de jos", BZ 60 (1967), pp. 238ff. ("n. 8 Rosto(n)? patrice"). The name is perhaps a Greek form of the Persian name "Rushtem". Cf. also Rostomios 1.

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