Anonymus 53 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 842 (tpq) / 867 (taq) |
| Locations | Thrakesioi; Malagina (Bithynia) |
| Titles | Domestikos, Scholai (office) |
| Textual Sources | Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
Anonymus 53 was domestikos of the Scholai in the reign of the emperor Michael III (Michael 11); he sent an urgent message to Constantinople that an Arab army under Amr 2 was raiding the Thrakesion theme and threatening Malagina; the anecdote relates that it was delivered to Michael 11 by Anonymus 51 at a vital moment in the chariot races and so consideration of it was deferred until later: Theoph. Cont. IV 36 (pp. 198-199), Ps.-Symeon 644. The date is uncertain.
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