Machairas 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 863 (taq) / 863 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4656 |
| Locations | Poson; Charsianoi; Charsianoi (officeplace) |
| Titles | Kleisourarches, Charsianon (office) |
| 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) |
Machairas 1 was a merarches in the theme of Charsianon (καθεστὼς ἐν τῷ Χαρσιανοῦ θέματι μεράρχης ὁ Μαχαιρᾶς οὕτω καλούμενος), he captured Anonymus 217, the son of Amer (Amr 2), who had escaped with some followers after the battle of Porson (Poson, Lalakaon): Genesius IV 15. Unnamed kleisourarches of Charsianon; in 863 he served under Petronas 5 at the battle of Poson (Lalakaon): Theoph. Cont. IV 25 (p. 181). During the later stages of the battle he captured Anonymus 217, the son of the Arab commander, Amr 2, with his troops, and delivered him to Petronas 5: Theoph. Cont. IV 25 (p. 183) (ὁ τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ κλεισουράρχης). Identical with Anonymus 214.
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