{"slug": "theophilos-emperor", "label": "Theophilos (emperor)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilos_%28emperor%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60199", "qid": "Q60199", "description": "Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [813, 842], "span_label": ["813 CE", "842 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "michael-ii", "label": "Michael II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-iconoclasm", "label": "Byzantine Iconoclasm", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hagia-sophia", "label": "Hagia Sophia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenians", "label": "Armenians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-muslims", "label": "Arab Muslims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "michael-iii", "label": "Michael III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabbyzantine-wars", "label": "Arab–Byzantine wars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-ma-mun", "label": "Al-Ma'mun", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 813, "year_label": "813 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theophilus, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 842)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340940841#Births", "title": "813", "revid": 1340940841, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 829, "year_label": "829 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – Emperor Michael II dies after an 8-year reign in Constantinople, and is succeeded by his 16-year-old son Theophilos, as sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He continues his father's ideology of iconoclasm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941503#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "829", "revid": 1340941503, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 830, "year_label": "830 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Emperor Theophilos, 16, marries the Armenian noblewoman Theodora, in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople. He chooses her during a representation of a bride-show; she becomes empress (Augusta) of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359310799#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "830", "revid": 1359310799, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 831, "year_label": "831 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos invades the Abbasid dominions, and reaches the Euphrates River in north-eastern Syria. He captures and sacks the city of Tarsus, but is defeated in Cappadocia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941627#Abbasid_Empire_and_Byzantine_Empire", "title": "831", "revid": 1340941627, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Empire and Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 832, "year_label": "832 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theophilos promulgates a new edict against the usage of icons in the Byzantine Empire. He establishes strict punishments against idolators, and persecutes violators.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267075509#Religion", "title": "832", "revid": 1267075509, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 833, "year_label": "833 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine-Arab War: Emperor Theophilos signs an armistice for peace with the Abbasid Caliphate. He offers Caliph Al-Ma'mun 100,000 gold dinars, in return for 7,000 Byzantine prisoners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941699#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "833", "revid": 1340941699, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 837, "year_label": "837 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads a massive Byzantine expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. He sacks the cities Arsamosata and Sozopetra — which some sources claim as the birthplace of Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tasim — and forces Melitene to pay tribute.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941882#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "837", "revid": 1340941882, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Theophilus, Byzantine emperor (b. 813)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Deaths", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Emperor Theophilos dies of dysentery at Constantinople, after a 12-year reign in which he expended much effort defending the eastern frontier against the invading Muslim Arabs. Theophilos is succeeded by his 2-year-old son Michael III, with his mother Theodora as regent and the 'temporary' sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}