Nikephoros 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 742 (taq) / 742 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5261 |
| Religion | Iconophile |
| Locations | Constantinople; Thrace; Thrace (officeplace) |
| Titles | Strategos, Thrace (office) |
| Textual Sources | 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) |
Son of Theophanes Monotes (Theophanes 1), Nikephoros 3 was strategos of Thrace in 742 (κατὰ τὴν Θρᾴκην τότε στρατηγοῦντα: Nic., Brev. de Boor 64, Mango 64:32-33; Νικηφόρον, τὸν ἴδιον υἱόν, στρατηγοῦντα τῆς Θρᾴκης: Theoph. AM 6233); when his father (Theophanes 1), then in Constantinople, proclaimed Artabasdos 1 emperor in place of Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), Nikephoros 3 was summoned by Theophanes 1 to bring his army to the defence of Constantinople: Nic., Brev. de Boor 60, Mango 64, Theoph. AM 6233.
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