The chronicle of Theophanes Confessor
Subtitle: Byzantine and Near Eastern history, AD 284-813
By: translated with introduction and commentary by Cyril Mango and Roger Scott, with the assistance of Geoffrey Greatrex.
Contributors: Mango, Cyril A.; Scott, Roger, 1938-; Greatrex, Geoffrey.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 744
Subjects: Byzantine Empire -- History -- Isaurian dynasty, 717-811.
Description: This is the first complete translation into English (or any other modern language) of the Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (d. 818), which covers the period AD 284-813 and is one of the most important sources of Byzantine history, that of the Arabs under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties and of other neighbouring peoples (notably the Bulgarians). The Chronicle is a compilation of earlier sources, many of them now lost: in order to use it critically the historian needs to know what texts Theophanes had in front of him and how he handled them. These have consequently been indicated in the text in so far as they can be identified. Full annotation has also been provided on points of historical and topographical interest. The career of Theophanes, the character of the Chronicle, its manuscript tradition, and the use of earlier sources are discussed in the Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.