Samonas

Samonas (Σαμῶνας, 875 – after 908) was an Arab eunuch, who was captured by the Byzantines and became one of the most influential officials of the Byzantine Empire during the first decade of the 10th century. ^[1]

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870s births
9th-century slaves
Byzantine courtiers
Byzantine eunuchs
Byzantine people of Arab descent
Parakoimomenoi
People from Malatya

Andronikos Doukas (general under Leo VI)

Andronikos Doukas or Doux (Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας/Δούξ, died circa 910) was a Byzantine general and rebel in the reign of Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912). Samonas and Andronikos Doukas (general under Leo VI) are 10th-century Byzantine people.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Basil I

Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886. Samonas and Basil I are parakoimomenoi.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine Greeks

The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine senate

The Byzantine senate or Eastern Roman senate (Σύγκλητος,, or Γερουσία) was a continuation of the Roman Senate, established in the 4th century by Constantine I. It survived for centuries, but the senate's powers varied greatly during its history and gradually diminished until its eventual disappearance in the 14th century.

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Constantine Barbaros

Constantine (Κωνσταντῖνος), surnamed Barbaros ("the barbarian", ὁ βάρβαρος), was a Byzantine eunuch servant who rose to become parakoimomenos (head chamberlain) of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise in 911–912, displacing his own former master, Samonas. Samonas and Constantine Barbaros are 10th-century Byzantine people, 10th-century deaths, 9th-century slaves, Byzantine eunuchs and parakoimomenoi.

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Constantine Doukas (usurper)

Constantine Doukas (or Doux) (Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας/Δούξ; died 913) was a prominent Byzantine general. Samonas and Constantine Doukas (usurper) are 10th-century Byzantine people.

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Constantine VII

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Cubicularius

Cubicularius, Hellenized as koubikoularios (κουβικουλάριος), was a title used for the eunuch chamberlains of the imperial palace in the later Roman Empire and in the Byzantine Empire.

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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (translit) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Eunuch

A eunuch is a male who has been castrated.

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Hagiography

A hagiography is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions.

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Kızılırmak River

The Kızılırmak (Turkish for "Red River"), once known as the Halys River (Ἅλυς) and Alis River, is the longest river flowing entirely within Turkey.

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Leo VI the Wise

Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise (Léōn ho Sophós, 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912.

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List of Byzantine emperors

The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.

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Malatya

Malatya (translit; Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province.

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Michael III

Michael III (Michaḗl; 9/10 January 840 – 24 September 867), also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Nicholas Mystikos

Nicholas I Mystikos or Nicholas I Mysticus (Νικόλαος Μυστικός, Nikolaos I Mystikos; 852 – 11 May 925) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from March 901 to February 907 and from May 912 to his death in 925.

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Pamphlet

A pamphlet is an unbound book (that is, without a hard cover or binding).

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Parakoimomenos

The parakoimōmenos (παρακοιμώμενος, literally "the one who sleeps beside ") was a Byzantine court position, usually reserved for eunuchs. Samonas and Parakoimomenos are parakoimomenoi.

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Patrician (ancient Rome)

The patricians (from patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome.

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Protospatharios

Prōtospatharios (πρωτοσπαθάριος) was one of the highest court dignities of the middle Byzantine period (8th to 12th centuries), awarded to senior generals and provincial governors, as well as to foreign princes.

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Protovestiarios

Protovestiarios (πρωτοβεστιάριος) was a high Byzantine court position, originally reserved for eunuchs.

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Romilly Jenkins

Romilly James Heald Jenkins (1907 – 30 September 1969) was a British scholar in Byzantine and Modern Greek studies.

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Stylianos Zaoutzes

Stylianos Zaoutzes (Στυλιανὸς Ζαούτζης, but Ζαουντζᾶς in Skylitzes) was a high Byzantine official of Armenian origin.

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Tonsure

Tonsure is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility.

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Zoe Karbonopsina

Zoe Karbonopsina, also Karvounopsina or Carbonopsina, (translit), was an empress and regent of the Byzantine Empire. Samonas and Zoe Karbonopsina are 10th-century deaths.

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Zoe Zaoutzaina

Zoe Zaoutzaina (Greek: Ζωὴ Ζαούτζαινα; died May 899) was a Byzantine empress consort as the second wife of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samonas

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870s births

9th-century slaves

Byzantine courtiers

Byzantine eunuchs

Byzantine people of Arab descent

Parakoimomenoi

People from Malatya

References