{"slug": "theophanes-the-confessor", "label": "Theophanes the Confessor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanes_the_Confessor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297584", "qid": "Q297584", "description": "Byzantine aristocrat, monk and historian (c.758/60–c.817/8)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [698, 818], "span_label": ["698 CE", "818 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "black-sea", "label": "Black Sea", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 698, "year_label": "698 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Outbreak of bubonic plague in Constantinople, Syria and Mesopotamia: Theophanes the Confessor reports that the plague lasted four months and describes a large number of deaths in Constantinople. Emperor Leontios orders the destruction of a market in the Neorion cargo port of Constantinople, where animals are sold and which is considered to be the source of infected animals brought from Syria. The Arab army is forced to suspend its military operations. According to Syrian sources, the plague in Syria lasted another two years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806584#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "698", "revid": 1340806584, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 760)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Births", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 760, "year_label": "760 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 758)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358120145#Births", "title": "760", "revid": 1358120145, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 764, "year_label": "764 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, icebergs float past Constantinople from the Black Sea (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847738#Geography", "title": "764", "revid": 1340847738, "section": "Events › By topic › Geography"}}, {"year": 817, "year_label": "817 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 818)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204806#Deaths", "title": "817", "revid": 1349204806, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 818, "year_label": "818 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 817)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941123#Deaths", "title": "818", "revid": 1340941123, "section": "Deaths"}}]}