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Theophanes the Confessor

Byzantine aristocrat, monk and historian (c.758/60–c.817/8)

6 dated entries naming Theophanes the Confessor, drawn from 6 separate years between 698 CE and 818 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century

  • 698Outbreak 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.source

8th century

  • 758Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 760)source
  • 760Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 758)source
  • 764According to the historian Theophanes the Confessor, icebergs float past Constantinople from the Black Sea (approximate date).source

9th century

  • 817Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 818)source
  • 818Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 817)source

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