Prosopography of the Byzantine World

Chronology for 1025

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  • 1025: Konstantinos freed political prisoners & promoted the elite to new dignities

    As soon as he was proclaimed sole emperor, he set free all those imprisoned for rebellion, like Nikephoros Phokas and Nikephoros Xiphias. He bestowed rises in dignity, confirming provincial governors appointed by Basileios II. But he (like Basileios II and Romanos III) did not promote Konstantinos (IX) Monomachos, as a man of poor judgement - though, as an imperial relative, he was prominent in the palace

    People involved

    • Basileios 2 κυροῦ Βασιλείου باسيل الملك (BBÖ I.18) Emperor Basileios II Boulgaroktonos
    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII
    • Nikephoros 106 Νικηφόρον τὸν Ξιφίαν الاكسفاوس Nikephoros Xiphias, strategos of Philippopolis
    • Nikephoros 145 الفقاس Nikephoros Phokas, son of Bardas Phokas
    • Romanos 3 κῦρ Ῥωμανὸν τὸν Ἀργυρόν رومانوس الملك (Cheynet: Argyroi 16) Emperor Romanos III Argyros

  • 1025-1028: All unpaid taxes cruelly exacted by Konstantinos VIII

    He exacted two years of taxes left over from the reign of Basileios II, as well as those for the three years of his own reign, despite the fact that these three years had been marked by a very severe drought. As a result the poor were badly worn down

    People involved

    • Konstantinos 8 κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου الملك قسطنطين Emperor Konstantinos VIII

  • 1025 (Uncertain): Capture of Archesh by Nikephoros Komnenos

    Nikephoros Komnenos, governor of Vaspurakan, conquered Archesh for the Roman Empire

    People involved

    • Nikephoros 105 Νικηφόρον (Varzos 3-I.39) Nikephoros Komnenos, governor of Vaspurakan

  • 1025 (Uncertain): Leon (?), uncle of Ioannes Mauropous, sent to Bulgaria as a missionary

    The uncle of Ioannes Mauropous [perhaps named Leon], was sent to Bulgaria as a missionary. He was splendidly successful, converting the whole people

    People involved

    • Anonymus 2130 ἀποστολικὴν κληροδοσίαν missionary to Bulgaria (Leon?)

  • 1025 (Uncertain): A receipt wrongly issued was judged not to affect the ownership of money

    Leon, as epitropos of a young man, signed a receipt that a man owing his charge money had paid the debt, though he only knew of the payment at second hand; the debtor tried to use the receipt to retain the money, but the court cancelled it

    People involved

    • Anonymus 12156 ὁ διαθέμενος person under the guardianship of epitropos Leon
    • Anonymus 12157 ὁ δοὺς τὸ χρυσίον payer of debt to the man under the guardianship of epitropos Leon
    • Leon 12101 Λέων Leon, protospatharios

  • 1025 (Uncertain): Trial of Protokarabos in a case involving the definitions of rape & seduction

    In the trial of Protokarabos, an ex-censor declared that sex during an attack on a house with accomplices (whatever the attitude of the woman) was rape, while private intercourse where the woman’s consent was claimed was the corruption of a virgin, as in the case of Protokarabos

    People involved

  • 1025 (Uncertain): Sale of a vineyard in the area of the kastron of Chrysopolis

    Ioannes Heptapsychos, hegoumenos of Meleai on Athos, appointed the monk Elias to be epitropos of his will. After his death, Elias sold a vineyard of his in the area of the kastron of Chrysopolis to Photios metropolitan of Philippi (and again, apparently, to Nikolaos spatharokandidatos and strategos). This would cause a dispute between Nikolaos and Photios' successor

    People involved

    • Elias 110 Ἡλιοῦ Elias, monk and epitropos of Ioannes Heptapsychos
    • Ioannes 425 Ἰωάννου Ioannes Heptapsychos, hegoumenos of Meleai on Athos
    • Photios 102 Φωτίου Photios, metropolitan of Philippi

  • 1025 (uncertain): Cadaster of Thebes: list of those perhaps belonging to the second generation before the document

    Just over 50 of the references in the cadastral document refer to those probably first inscribed in the version before the penultimate version of the cadaster, a version copied and then copied again to make the surviving document. The cadaster in question my have been written around 1025

    People involved

  • 1025 (Uncertain): Reggio restored (or captured & destroyed?) by katepano Boioannes ("Vulcanus")

    Basileios Boioannes the katepano restored (?) Reggio (after a pirate raid? after a defeat by the Arabs?) [perhaps in connection with the operations of Orestes, aimed at Sicily]

    People involved

    • Basileios 108 Βοϊωάννην Basileios Boioannes, katepano of Italy in 1020s

  • 1025 (Uncertain): Eustathios Romaios arranged with great precision to confiscate property of the traitor Bourtzes

    Bourtzes left his three children inheritances in three different categories: immediate legacies for each, more for later division by his wife (e.g. at marriage), plus rules for inheritance from any sibling who died. When one of the sons became a traitor, Eustathios Romaios was careful to confiscate his entitlement under each heading, while ensuring that his mother had enough to live on for the rest of her life

    People involved

  • 1025:: Stories of Lazaros of Mt Galesion & his monks at the first pillar (Saviour)

    Soon after Lazaros of Galesion (near Ephesos) went from the cave of Paphnoutios to his first pillar at the monastery of the Saviour, another monk, Antonios, moved into the cave. He was badly tempted by demons who threw stones at him, beat him up, or called his name and showed him visions. Another monk, Ioannes, while praying at night in the gorge on the mountain, suddeenly saw a sow with its piglets at his feet; he ran away and never returned there. Lazaros had the heathen Ioannikios baptised and then tonsured him. Ioannikios showed faith and obedience, carrying out many tasks and becoming cellarer. One day he ordered the future monk Neilos to show the way back to some laymen who had come to receive a blessing. As he returned in daylight under clear skies, he suddenly found himself in complete darkness. He went home by following the stars, but as he reached the Saviour he could see nothing but its dome. He called to Ioannikios who responded; the darkeness lifted at once and he entered the monastery. Ioannikios learned to read and was ordained priest, but later became arrogant

    People involved

    • Antonios 109 Ἀντώνιος Antonios, monk on Mount Galesion
    • Ioannes 296 Ἰωάννης Ioannes, monk on Mount Galesion
    • Ioannikios 105 Ἰωαννίκιε Ioannikios, cellarer of Saviour on Mount Galesion
    • Lazaros 104 Λάζαρος Lazaros of Mount Galesion
    • Neilos 101 Νεῖλος Neilos, monk at Saviour on Mount Galesion

  • 1025: Marriage of Isaakios (I) to Aikaterine, eldest daughter of Samuel of Bulgaria

    The future emperor Isaakios (I) Komnenos was married to Aikaterine, the eldest daughter of tsar Samuel of Bulgaria

    People involved

    • Aikaterine 101 τῆς αὐγούστης (cf. Varzos 4-I.41) Aikaterine of Bulgaria, wife of Isaakios I Komnenos
    • Isaakios 1 τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν βασιλέως (BBÖ I.20, Varzos 4-I.41) Emperor Isaakios I Komnenos

  • 1025:: Birth of Michael Attaleiates to Eirenikos & Kale in a foreign land

    Michael Attaleiates was probably born in this decade in a foreign land. His parents were Eirenikos and Kale, who provided him with a pious upbringing and a good education. Despite his foreign origins, he was able to acquire the necessities of life (probably in the capital), while he gained his education

    People involved

    • Eirenikos 101 Εἰρηνικοῦ Eirenikos, father of Michael Attaleiates
    • Kale 129 Καλῆς Kale, mother of Michael Attaleiates
    • Michael 202 Μιχαήλ (Seyrig 17) Michael Attaleiates

  • 1025:: Tax of village of Dobrobikeia adjusted for Iveron by the epoptes Thomas

    Thomas, an epoptes operating in Macedonia, exempted the 24 (?) villagers of Dobrobikeia from tax totalling 10 and 5/8 nomismata [more or less a complete cancellation of the village's tax, the result of some serious event which had turned the village into klasmatic land]

    People involved

    • Akindynos 101 Ακινδύνου Akindynos, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Anastasios 103 Ἀναστασίου Anastasios Podogorianites, tax-payer at Dobrobikeia
    • Basileios 124 Βασιλείου Basileios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Blasios 102 Βλασίου Blasios Stromonites, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Eustathios 107 Εὐσταθίου Eustathios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Georgios 122 Γεωργίου Georgios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Georgios 123 Γεωργίου Georgios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Georgios 124 Γεωργίου Georgios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Georgios 126 Γεωργίου Georgios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Georgios 127 Γεωργίου Georgios, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Gostelos 102 Γοστήλου Gostelos Ezebetes, tax-payer at Dobrobikeia
    • Ioannes 154 Ἰωάννου Ioannes, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Ioannes 155 Ἰωάννου Ioannes, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Konstantinos 134 Κωνσταντίνου Konstantinos, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Nesnanos 101 Νεσνάνου Nesnanos, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Nesnastros 101 Νεσνάστρου Nesnastros, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Nikolaos 112 Νικολάου Nikolaos, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Petros 109 Πέτρου Petros, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Petros 110 Πέτρου Petros, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Petros 111 Πέτρου Petros Blachos, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Theodoros 116 Θεοδώρου Theodoros, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Theodoros 117 Θεοδώρου Theodoros Smolenetes, tax-payer at chorion of Dobrobikeia
    • Thomas 101 Θωμα Thomas, epoptes in Macedonia