Tiridates 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M VIII |
| Dates | 743 (taq) / 743 (ob.) |
| Variant Names | Teridates |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Locations | Modrina; Modrina (deathplace); Armenia; Armenia (residence); Armenia (birthplace) |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| 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) |
A native of Armenia, Tiridates 1 was a cousin of Artabasdos 1 and was a well- known soldier (καὶ τὸν μὲν πατρίκιον Τηριδάτην τὸν Ἀρμένιον, στρατιώτην γενναῖον ὑπάρχοντα καὶ ἐξάδελφον Ἀρταουάσδου); in August 743 he was one of the notable leaders who were killed in the battle of Modrina fighting for Niketas 4 against the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7): Theoph. AM 6234 (σὺν ἄλλοις ἐπιλέκτοις ἄρχουσιν). He was an Armenian notable and presumably an army officer. See Rochow, Konstantin V, pp. 241-242.
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