Nikephoros 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VII |
| Dates | 668 (taq) / 667 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5254, 5258 |
| Variant Names | Bardanes |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Locations | Armenia (birthplace) |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity) |
| Textual Sources | Agatho Diaconus, Epilogus, ed. Riedinger, ACO II 2. 898-901 = Mansi XII 189-196. (theology); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); 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) |
Nikephoros 1 was a native of Armenia (not of Pergamon; see Philippikos 1): Agatho Diac. (Mansi XII 192). Father of Philippikos Bardanes (the future emperor Philippikos; see Philippikos 1): Agatho Diac., Theoph. AM 6194 (Φιλιππικόν, τὸν υἱὸν Νικηφόρου τοῦ πατρικίου), Zon. XIV 24. 7, 25. 17, 25. 21, Leo Gramm. 167. He was a patrikios: Theoph. AM 6159 (Νικηφόρον τὸν πατρίκιον), Theoph. AM 6194 (cited above), Zon. XIV 24. 7, Leo Gramm. 167. In 668/669 (more probably 667/ 668) he was sent with an army to oppose the rebel Saborios 1: Theoph. AM 6159. His name is given as Bardanes in Zonaras XIV 25. 17, 25. 21.
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