Breviarium of Nikephoros

Breviarium of Nikephoros: a Standard history source. Covers AD 602 – 766, with 28 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeStandard history
ViewpointInsider account
Years coveredAD 602 – 766
Events28 events, 13 placed on the map

Regions: Southern Europe 14 · West Asia 12 · Eastern Europe & Russia 1

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 602 – 641Grain shipments from Egypt increase, and food supplies become ample.L886
AD 610The Senate proclaims Heraclius emperor.L389
AD 610 – 641Heraclius decides to go to Heraclea to meet the Avar king.L974
AD 610 – 641Bonus is made patrikios and entrusted with administration.L1169
AD 610 – 641Heraclius sends his sister Maria to the Avar khagan.L1881
AD 610 – 641Heraclius bestows the title of patrikios.L1896
AD 626 – 630Heraclius promises to marry Eudocia to a Turkic prince.L1697
AD 628Heraclius and the Persian king exchange letters on the terms of peace.L1597
AD 628The Persian king sends envoys and sends his son to Heraclius.L1649
AD 695Chersonesos TauricaJustinian II has his tongue and nose cut off and is exiled to Cherson (Crimea); Leontius is proclaimed emperor.part_02 L11-13
AD 698ConstantinopolisA commander who entered the city by deceit (original reads 'Prefeis'; name unreadable) plunders citizens' property, seizes Leontius, cuts off his nose, and confines him in a monastery.part_02 L214-221
AD 703DorosJustinian II flees to the fortress of Doros on the Gothic frontier; there he invites the Khazar khagan, who receives him with great honor and they form an alliance.part_02 L235-242
AD 705ConstantinopolisAt night, Justinian II secretly enters the city with a small force through the waterway, takes the city, and seizes the Blachernae palace.part_02 L316-324
AD 711ConstantinopolisPhilippicus enters the city without a fight and immediately marches with armed troops against Justinian II.part_02 L702-706
AD 712ConstantinopolisPhilippicus condemns to anathema the fathers who had gathered at the Sixth Council.part_02 L809-810
AD 713ConstantinopolisArtemios, secretary of Philippikos, is proclaimed emperor and takes the name Anastasiospart_02 L869-873
AD 717ConstantinopolisPatrician Leo, welcomed by the eastern army, enters with a grand ceremony and receives the crown in the Great Church.part_02 L1239-1244
AD 717ConstantinopolisA Saracen army with numerous cavalry and infantry sets out on a campaign against the imperial city.part_02 L1218-1220
AD 717 – 718ConstantinopolisWater reservoirs run dry and are filled with the corpses of the dead — famine and exhaustion of water under siege (subject unreadable due to OCR).part_02 L2138-2146
AD 717CyprusAt the same time, Leo sends a fleet against the Saracens, placing a commander of the Kibyrrhaiotai fleet in charge; the fleet reaches Cyprus.part_02 L2186-2191
AD 717ConstantinopleLeo III (the Isaurian) accedes to the throne — 25 March 717.줄 2929~2930
AD 740ConstantinopleA great earthquake occurs around 8 a.m. on 26 October (Wednesday) — citing Theophanes.줄 3045~3048
AD 741ConstantinopleConstantine V (Kopronymos) succeeds to the throne — 18 June 741.줄 3058~3059
AD 742 – 743Artabasdos (the usurper) appears — the start of conflict with Constantine V.줄 3064~3069
AD 750 – 751Leo IV receives the crown from Anastasius (at Pentecost).줄 3128~3129
AD 754Iconoclast council convened — from February (iv Eid. Febr.) to August (vi Eid. Aug.).줄 3150~3152
AD 764 – 766Constantine V sets out on the Bulgarian campaign on 21 January — the text says this campaign ended in disgrace.줄 3256~3259
—Chosroes, king of Persia, sends envoys. (source line cut off; content incomplete)L710

Text license and provenance

원문: Nicephorus Patriarcha, Breviarium historicum, D. Petau 라틴어 번역·주 (Venezia 1729 재간, BSB 스캔). BSB 스캔 OCR 그대로, 글자 교정 없음.

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