Theodoros 284 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VIII |
Locations | Thrakesioi; Thrakesioi (officeplace) |
Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity); Strategos, Thrakesioi (office) |
Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Theodoros 284 was a basilikos spatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi; owner of a seal dateable to the second half of the eighth century: DOSeals III 2.53 = Zacos and Veglery 2462. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Θεοδ - ωρω β' .π - αθ' και στρατ - ιγ' τον Θρ - ακησ'. The name and titles read: Θεοδώρῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ το͂ν Θρᾳκησίων. For a parallel seal, Ebersolt 534, see Seibt, ByzSlav 36 (1975) 211. Possibly identical with Theodoros 317; see Cheynet, Morrisson and Seibt, note on Seyrig 167.
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