Stephen,Patriarch of Constantinople,81,104-5,114,116Stephen Ⅱ,Patriarch of Constantinople,146Stephen,brother-in-law of Emperor Michael,283,285,287Stephen,magister,136
Stephen Lecapenus,son of Romanus,156-9Stilo,Battle of(981),253
Stylian Zautses,100,104-6,108,113
Stylianus,palace chaplain,192,194
Svyatoslav,Prince of Kiev:Nicephorus makes agreement with,197,203,attack on Bulgaria,206-7;threatens John Tzimisces,211;expedition against Byzantium,213-15;defeat,216-17,221;John Tzimisces heads attack on,221-4;killed,224;agreement on Constantinople,245nSymbatius,Logothete of the Course,84,105Symeon,Bulgar Khan:installed as Bulgar leader,107-8;war with Byzantium,108-9,148;sends embassy to Constantinople,123;invests Constantinople,127-8;negotiations with Nicholas,128-9,143;imperial ambitions,128,142;wars with Byzantium,132-4,148;message from Romanus Ⅰ,139;and Byzantine law on marriage,141-2;embassy to Fatimids captured,142-3;meets and negotiates with Romanus,144-5,147;death and succession,146Symeon,brother of Theodore the tutor,138Symeon,chief of police,268
Syracuse(Sicily),38,93,285
Syria,249-51,258
Taormina(Sicily),38n,109
Tarasius,Patriarch of Constantinople,10,25,65Taron,264
Tarsus,110-11,120,132,195
taxation,4-5,204,274
Teluch,273
Tephrikē(now Divri i),93,139
Terebinthos(now Tav an),monastery of,62,64,67-8Thecla,sister of Michael Ⅲ,81
Thecla,wife of Michael Ⅱ,40
Theoctistus,Logothete of the Course,54,56-7,59-60,78,82,94Theodora,Empress:marriage to Theophilus,32;and Theophilus’s triumph,46;children,46n;and Ignatius’s patriarchate,69;iconodule,51,53-4;Regency,53-4,36;persecutes Paulidans,58;downfall,59-60;and death of Michael Ⅲ,88Theodora,co-Empress,daughter of Constantine Ⅷ:Otto Ⅲ seeks marriage with,253;remains unmarried,259;Zoe dislikes,269,276;Romanus Argyrus’s proposed marriage to,270n;recalled as joint Empress,298-301;reconciled with Zoe,304;reign,304-5;character and appearance,303,326;and the Sclerina,309;resumes throne on death of Constantine Ⅸ,326;death,327Theodora,wife of Romanus Ⅰ,140
Theodora,wife of John Tzimisces,219
Theodore,Abbot of the Studium:on taxation,5n;and Michael Ⅰ,10;exiled,11;rejects Krum’s terms,14;opposes iconoclasm,21,14;imprisoned and beaten,26;recalled,39;death,50;remains reinterred,56Theodore,Domestic of the Schools,330
Theodore,tutor of Constantine Ⅶ,135,137-8Theodore,writer,50-1
Theodore Alopus,331
Theodore Gutzuniates,99,113
Theodore Santabarenus,Archbishop of Euchaites,98,104Theodore Stratilates,St,223-4,249n
Theodore of Tyro,St,249n
Theodosla,wife of Leo Ⅴ,28,30
Theodosiopolis,see Erzurum
Theodosius,pretender,cousin of Constantine Ⅸ,317,329Theodosius,son of Leo Ⅴ,30
Theodosius Melitenus,67
Theodosius Mesonyctes,222
Theodotē,wife of Constantine Ⅵ,11
Theodotus Cassiteras,Patriarch of Constantinople,24-5,30Theognostus,70,74
Theoktistē,mother of Theodora,51
Theophanes,St(ealled Isaacius),chronicler,5,18,31;see also Continuator of Theophanes


