Artabasdos 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 778 (taq) / 778 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 640 |
| Variant Names | Artauasdos |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Locations | Germanikeia (Syria); Syria; Armenia (birthplace); Anatolikoi; Anatolikoi (officeplace) |
| Titles | Strategos, Anatolikoi (office) |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Artabasdos 3 was a native of Armenia; in 778 he was commander of the Anatolikoi in the combined armies which the emperor Leo IV (Leo 4) sent against Syria (χιλιάδες ρ', ὧν ἡγοῦντο ... Ἀρτάυασδος ὁ Ἀρμένιος τῶν ἀνατολικῶν); the armies besieged but failed to capture Germanikeia but defeated an Arab army under Thoumamas 1: Theoph. AM 6270. His fellow-commanders were Michael 5 Lachanodrakon, Tatzates 1, Karisterotzes 1 and Gregorios 10. Artabasdos 3 was the strategos (οἱ στρατηγοὶ) of the Anatolikoi. He is not to be identified with Artabasdos 13, whose seals are ninth century in date.
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