Ioannes 3

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VII
Dates678 (taq) / 678 (tpq)
PmbZ No.2707
LocationsSyria;
Constantinople
TitlesPatrikios (dignity)
Textual SourcesConstantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history);
Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history);
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);
Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history)

Ioannes 3 was nicknamed Pitzigaudis: Theoph. AM 6169 (τὸ ἐπίκλην Πιτζιγαῦδιν), Nic. Brev. de Boor 32, Mango 32:25 (τὸ ἐπίκλην Πιτζιγαύδιον). He was a patrikios: Theoph. AM 6169 (Ἰωάννην τὸν πατρίκιον), Zon. XIV 20. 21-22 (τὸν πατρίκιον Ἰωάννην τὸν Πιτζιγαύδην καλούμενον). He was sent by Constantine IV (Konstantinos 2) as envoy to Mu`awiya 1 to negotiate a peace treaty in 678 after overtures from Mu`awiya 1; described as one of the senior men in the state, very experienced and very wise and eloquent (ὡς ἀρχαιογενῆ τῆς πολιτείας καὶ πολύπειρον ὄντα καὶ μεγάλης ἀντεχόμενον φρονήσεως: Theoph. AM 6169); he travelled to Syria, was warmly received at the caliph's court and returned to the emperor loaded with gifts after negotiating a very advantageous treaty for the Romans, making peace for thirty years: Theoph. AM 6169, Nic. Brev. de Boor 32, Mango 34, Zon. XIV 20. 21-22. Called Pitzikaudes (Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐπίκλην Πιτζικαύδης); sent as envoy by Constantine IV (Konstantinos 2) to Mu`awiya 1, he negotiated a peace treaty under which the Arabs paid an annual tribute to the Romans: Const. Porph., DAI 21, 11.

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