Zoilos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 710 (taq) / 711 (ob.) |
| Locations | Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (residence); Cherson (Tauric Chersonese); Constantinople |
| Titles | protopolites, Cherson (unclear); Protopolites, Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (unclear) |
| 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) |
In 710 Zoilos 1 was one of the leading citizens at Cherson (τὸν ἐκ σειρᾶς καὶ γένους ὄντα πρωτοπολίτην: Theoph. AM 6203; πρωτοπολίτην λεγόμενον: Nic. Brev. de Boor 45, Mango 45:17); he was sent to the emperor Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1) by Stephanos 5 for punishment with Toudounos 1 and other leading citizens of Cherson with their families; in 711 the new authorities in Cherson revolted from Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1) and the emperor sent an expedition under Georgios 3, Christophoros 2 and Ioannes 8 to reinstate Toudounos 1 and Zoilos 1 to their former positions; they were captured by the people of Cherson and sent to the Khazars, who killed those who survived the journey: Nic. Brev. de Boor 45-46, Mango 45, Theoph. AM 6203.
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