Anonymus 188 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 802 (taq) / 802 (tpq) |
| Religion | Athinganos |
| Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Anonymus 188 was an Athinganos, a close friend of an unnamed strategos and possibly on his staff (τῶν Ἀθιγγάνων τις γνωστός τε καὶ οἰκεῖος τῷ στρατηγῷ ὤν: Theoph. Cont. II 5, p. 44), to whom he recommended Michael 10 and one other man (perhaps Leo 15), supposedly prophesying that both would rise to fame and become emperors: Theoph. Cont. II 5 (p. 44), 7 (p. 46), Genesius II 1, cf. Zon. XV 22.14 (τις Ἀθίγγανος). The strategos was possibly Bardanes 3 Tourkos, and the date perhaps 802. See further Michael 10. See also Anonymus 57.
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