Presiam 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M IX |
PmbZ No. | 5906 |
Ethnicity | Bulgar |
Locations | Serbia; Bulgaria; Bulgaria (residence); Bulgaria (officeplace) |
Titles | Ruler of the Bulgars (office) |
Textual Sources | Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history) |
Presiam 1 was a ruler of Bulgaria (ἄρχων Βουλγαρίας) in the mid ninth century; he waged war for three years against Blastimeros 1, ruler of Serbia, without success: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 39ff. He perished in the war and his son, Michael (= Boris 1) later made war on the Serbs to avenge him: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 42.
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