The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni Mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813) - Theophanes (the Confessor) - Google Books

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The most important illuminating source that survived from the two centuries termed "the dark ages of Byzantium" is the chronicle of the monk Theophanes (d. 817 or 818). In it Theophanes paints a vivid picture of the Empire's struggle in the seventh and…