Salibas 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VII/E VIII |
Dates | 704 (taq) / 695 (tpq) |
Locations | Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (residence); Cherson (Tauric Chersonese); Bulgaria |
Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history); 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) |
Salibas 1 lived at Cherson and was one of the followers of the exiled emperor Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1); he accompanied Ioustinianos 1 when he went to the Bulgars for help (in 704) in regaining his throne: Nic. Brev. de Boor 41, Mango 42, Theoph. AM 6196. To judge by the names, he was either related to or even identical with Theophylaktos 4 Salibas. See Barasbakourios 1.
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