Theophilos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 781 (taq) / 781 (tpq) |
| Locations | Constantinople; Sicily |
| Titles | Spatharios (dignity) |
| Textual Sources | 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) |
Theophilos 2, a spatharios, was sent to Sicily by the empress Eirene 1 when allegations of disloyalty were made against the strategos Elpidios 2 in April 781; Theophilos 2 was to bring Elpidios 2 back but was unable to do so: Theoph. AM 6273 (Θεόφιλον τὸν σπαθάριον). See also Elpidios 2.
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