Pliska, 332 sq.; Nicephorus I. plunders
(1) 341, (2) 343; 360
Podandos, 246, 256
Podreza, 167

Poetry (see also Political verses), vulgar,
108; of Constantine the Sicilian,
140 7.

Poliane, 411, 412
Poliorcetic machines, 358
Political verses, 82

Ponza, archipelago of, 314
Poson, battle of, 283 $1.9
385
Postmaster, of Caliphate, 236
Praedenecenti, 364
Praenete, 192

Praepositus, 127, 175

Practorian Prefect of Illyricum, 225 sq.
Praktores, 210

Preject of City (Uwapxos), 10, 121, 127;
"father of the city," 128; 137, 345;
Ooryphas, 141, 419

Presiam, 369, 370, Appendix X.
Preslay, Great, foundation of, 367

Ragusa (in Sicily), 306
Rangal, family, 22
Rasa, 337, 374
Katramnus, of Corbie, 205
Receipts, tax, duty on, 214

Regencies in case of minority, 144, 154
8of..

Reggio, 309

Relics, sacred: clothes of the Virgin,
95, 420
Reliquaries, 434

Rentakios, 177 (see Nicetas Rentakios)
Resaina, 258, 474

Rhardestos, 195, 356

Rhegion (in Thrace), 355

Rhegion (in Calabria), see Reggio
Rodentos, 216

Rodsaldus, bishop of Porto, 193, 199
Romanus 1., Emperor, 443, 455, 458
Romanus, strategos of Anatolies, 343
Rome, See of question of appeal to, 114,

183, 199; theory of supremacy of,
115, 180, 194, 198, 199, 205
Rome, attacked by Saracens, 314; pro-
claims Charles the Great Emperor,
318

525

Peloponnesus, 224, 230, 378 ; stratêgoi:
Joannes Creticus, 307; Leo Skleros,
378; Theoktistos Bryennios, 379
Samos, 230

Seleucia, 222, 283
Sicily, 309; stratègoi: Elpidios, 295
8.; Constantine, 295; Gregory,
ib.; Photeinos, 296; Constantine
Kontomytes, 308; Michael, 318
Talaya, Tatla, 224

Thrace, 225, 352; strategos: Leo
Triphyllios, 5

Thrakesian, 226, 283, 346; stratëgoi :
Bardas, 72; Symbatios, 175;
Petronas, 278, 283; Constantine
Kontomytes, 291

Theodegios, astronomer. 439

Theodora, Empress: marriage, 81 877. ;
parentage, 81; speculates in mer-
chandise, 123; children of, 123,
Appendix VI.; intercedes for Lazarus,
140; devotion to images, 141 s.;
regent, 144, 154 847.; restoration of
images, 144 877.; rule of, 154 sqq. ;
fall, 159 $11.9 468 s.; plots
against. Bardas, 161; liberated, 169.
177; 179; Gebeon's slander of, 189;
savings of, 164, 211, 231; 284:
ransoms Theodore Kupharas, 385
Theodore, geometer, 439
Theodore Graptos, and his brother
Theophanes, persecuted by Leo V.,
75; by Theophilus, 136 877.

Theodore, abbot of Studion : his flattery
of Irene, 4; relations to Theoktistos,
26; views on election of Patriarch
in 806 A.D., 32 sq.; creates schism
on Moechian question, 34 877.;
genealogy of, 35; godson of Theo-
phanes, 36; exile, 37; correspond-
ence, ib.; letter to Empress Theo-
dosia, 56; opposition to Leo V.,
64; protest against Caesaropapist,
65; theory of image-worship, 79:
agitation against Leo V., 71 ; exiled
and persecuted, ib, syy, ; ou second
marriage of Michael H., 111;
released from prison, 112; satisfac.
tion at death of Leo V., ib, works
for image-worship under Michael 11.,
118 7.; death, 116; body removed
to Studion, 116 s., 182; doctrine
of ecclesiastical government, 180 sq.;
urges war with Bulgaria, 318; collec-
tions of his letters. Appendix 1.
Theodore Krateros, 266, 267. 271
Theodore Kupharas, 871, 885
Theodore Miros, 197

Theodore, ockonomos of St. Sophin, 117
Theodore, protospatharios, governor of
Naples, 310

Theodore, strategos, envoy of Michael
II. to Lewis, 117

Theodosia, Empress, wife of Leo V.,=
Barca, 27, 50, 55 xq., 66
Theodosiopolis, 261
Theodosius III., Emperor, 339
Theodosius Babutzikos, 273
Theodosius, bishop of Chalcedon, 273
Theodosius of Melitene, Chronicle, 456 sq.
Theodosius Salilaras, 218, 342, 345
Theodote, Empress (of Constantine VI.),
34 kinship to Theodore Stud.,
35; brothers, 41

877.; share in restoring images, 145
sqy.; power under Theodora, 154
sqq.; house of, in Palace, 155;
murder of, 157 sqq.; expedition to
Abasgia, 274; expedition to Crete,
291; patronizes Constantine the
Philosopher, 394, 395, 439; intro-
duces Leo the Philosopher to Theo-
philus, 437
Theoktistos Bryennios, 379
Theophanes, chronographer: tendency
and partiality, 6, 7, 13, 34, 354 ;
on fiscal policy of Nicephorus, 217 ;
last portion of his work, 20, 852,
351, 356, 357; disagreement with
Theodore Stud., 38, 181; perse
ention of, by Leo V., 74; date of
death, i

Theophanes, brother of Empress. Theo-
dosia, 67
Theophanes of Farghana, protovestiarios,
157, 238

Theophanes Graptos, sre Theodore
Graptos; bishop of Nicaea, 138
Theophano, Empress; marriage to Stau-
racits, 15; influence over him, 17 8.;
retires to cloister, 21, 28
Theophano, daughter of Michael 1., 14
Theophilitzes, see Theophilus Paideno.

thenos

Theophilus, Emperor: coronation, 80;

marriage, 80 877.; activity against
Thomas, 95, 99; administration,
120 sq. love of justice, 122 87. ;
laws, 124; family, 126 and Ap
pendix VI.; triumphs, 127 sq7
261; buildings, 129 877.; icono
elastic policy, 135 sqq.; death, 143;
not anathematized, 145 sqq.; ad:
ministrative changes in Themes,
2228.; financial solvency, 219,
231; war with Saracens, 252 sqq.,
472 sqq. ; life endangered in battle,
257, 478; embassies to Saracens,
476; embassies to the Franks, 273,
331 embassy to Venice, 312;
Slavonic movements in Greece
against, 379; relations with Khazars
and Cherson, 416 877. ; encourages
secular art, 430 sq.; encourages
learning, 435 sqq.; coins, Appendix
VI.
Theophilus Paidenomenos, 166
Theophilus, one of Amorian martyrs, 271
Theophobos, General, 143, 146, 252 sq.,
261, 473

Theophylactus, Emperor, son of Michael
1., 14; coronation, 23; becomes
monk, 29; death, 30
Theophylactus, bishop of Nicomedia,
65, 75

Theophylactus, archbishop of Ochrida, 451

Thessalonica, 35, 223, 371, 393, 399,
438, 442

Thessalonica, vicariate of, 194 sq., 197
Thirty Years Treaty with Bulgaria,
360 sq., 462 sy.

Thomas the Slavonian, birth, 11; sup
ports Bardanes, ib.; Turmarch of
the Federates, 46; revolt against
Leo V., 48, 54, 85; civil war with
Michael 11., 847.; coronation at
Antioch, 88 wy.; death, 103 N.;
attitude of leading image-worshippers
to, 116; 252, 288; chronology of
revolt, Appendix V.
Thomas, patrician, 66, 67
Timok, river, 337, 363

Tinnis, 293

Uzes, 411, 415, 424

Valentine, Duke of Venice, 324
Vandals (?), 89
Varangians, 422

Vaspurakan, 264 84.
Veligosti, 876

Venice operations in defence of Sicily,
301.; changes of seat of govern-
ment, 321 ., 327; commerce,
322, 326; history of, in ninth
century, 823 877.; churches, 327;
beginning of independence, 328;
warships, ib.

Verbits, pass of, 339, 314, 368
Veregava, pass of, 339, 368
Verisa, 282