[120]acedoniaisreferredtoasaseparatetheforthefirstti802（theophanes475）lerle，philippes122f，showsthatitwasestabli射dbeeen789and802aordgtotherationgivenbythearabographers，nstantopleanditsenvironsalfordaseparatethe（cflzer，&lso;thenverfassung&rso;，86ff；bury，easternroepire，224），butthisisbasedonaisunderstandg;cfhgrégorie，&lso;lethèbyzantdetafla-tablan&rso;，nouvclio4（1952），388ff

[121]astrategofthepeloponnesewasfirstspecificallyntioned812，scriptorcertdeleone336thetheofthepeloponnesedidnot，however，origateaftertheslavattackonpatras805，asscholarsedtothk，butascanbeseenfrothedeadip，c49，13（edoravcsik-jenks），alreadyexistedatthetioftheslavattackonpatrasitispossiblethatitsfoundationtookplaceonafterthegreekcapaignofthelogothetestaurachi：cfgostrogorsky，&lso;postanaktehelladaipeloponez&rso;（thesettgupofthetheshellasandpeloponnese），zr6（1952），64ff

[122]astrategofcephaloniaisfirstntioned809，ehannal，ghss1，196fdvornik，léndes12，nsidersthatthetheofcephaloniawassetuptheeighthcentury，relygonaleadsealpubli射dbybpancenko，&lso;katalogolevdovulov&rso;（catalogueofleadseals），izvrskarcheolstvkiple13（1908），117，whichpancenkodatedtotheseventh-eighthcenturiespancenko&rso;sreadgis，however，iteunreliableandhisnts，opcit118，notverynvcg

[123]thetheofthessalonicaisfirsttwiththelifeofgregorydecapolites（eddvornik36and62f），thetheofdyrrachiuthetactindatgfrotheperiod845-56（penskij，p115）dvornik&rso;ssugstion（léndes9）thatthetheofthessalonicaorigatedundernicephor1ispossible;heputsthecreationofthetheofdyrrachiuthetioftheophis（léndes12）itisorelikelythatboththesweresetupatthesatijferga，&lso;surlacréationduthèdedyrrachiu&rso;，Ⅻngrèsterndesétudesbyzrésuésdesunications，belgrade-ochrida，1961，32，brieflyntionsaletteroftheodorethestudite（ignepg99，epist2，no157），whichseestoshowthatthethedyrrachiuexistedevendurgthelifetioftheodore，thatis，before826atthelatestfergawouldactuallyliketoplaceitsanizationtheperiodofnicephor1。

[124]theophanes482;dolr，reg366

[125]theophanes492，untilrecentlythispassawasnerallyterpretedtoanthatstauracihadnteplatedfoundgadeocracyaftertheathenianodel（cfbury，easternroepire18;bratianu，privilès，50ff）itreallyonlyipliesthatthedygeperorfearedthathisabitiowifeightaddcivilwarorarisgofthedestoalltheothertroublesfdolrwasthefirsttoterpretthispassarrectly，andhissugstionwasdevelopedontherightlesbybratianu，&lso;epireet&ldo;déocratie&rdo;àbyzance&rso;，bz37（1937），88，note3=etudesbyzantes（1938），97，note4aricq，&lso;partispopures&rso;，70ff，hasrecentlyedahithertounnoticedpassatheorigesofthepseudo-dtoshowthatapoliticaloveonthepartofthedeswasstillwiththeboundsofpossibility

[126]i插elrangabeisthefirstbyzanterulertohaveafailynatheappearanceofsurnasreflectstheriseofthefailiesofgreatagnates，suchasthelisseni，whichappearbyzantiufrotheiddleoftheeighthcenturyonwardsthenaofrangabeisfirsttwithattheendoftheeighthcentury（cftheoph454，，apparentlyi插eli&rso;sfather）andithasbeensugstedthatthenaisofslavorigandahellenizedforof&lso;&rso;which-andthisdoesnotseetoentirelynvcg-tbenstruedbyanalogywithsiilarforstohavetheangof&lso;thegreat（strong）hand&rso;，cfhgrégoire，b9（1934），793f

[127]aordgtotheophanes494itwas812thatthepatriarchnicephorwiththensentoftheeperori插elisenthissynodallettertopopeleo3，。

[128]bury，easternroepire325，holdstheviewthattheactof812ipliedthat插rlesthegreathadbeenadealleagueofthebyzanteeperor，thatwhileatagthenceptionofiperialunitytherewasareturntothepositionthefourthandfifthcenturieswhenoeperors，onetheeastandonethewest，norallyexercisedjotruleovertheroanepiretheauthorityofburyensuredtheaeptanceofthisterpretationbutnditionsatthistiwereentirelydifferentfrothoseofthelateroanperiod，andbury&rso;sviewisnottenablebecaethellegiateruleofthefourthandfifthcenturieswasbasedontheassuptionthatthesenioreperorhadtherightofnfirationneitherthesuesrsof插rlesthegreatnorthebyzanteeperorseverobtaedthenfirationoftheotherpartythesanctionwhichlouisthepioreceivedfroleo5814thenaof插rlesthegreat，andhisownna815，hadanentirelydifferentsignificance，foritwasnotncernedwiththeaessionoflouisthepio，butwassiplyadocuntarynfirationoftheregnitionofthewesternepirepronounced812buryhiselfdescribesthisfreshdocuntissuedforthesapurposelouisthepio&rso;naasnothgorethan&lso;punctilionessofthediploaticfors&rso;ontheotherhand，bycrownglouis813插rlesaciredhisown-eperorafterthebyzanteanner，asignificantfactwhichisitselfsufficienttorefutebury&rso;sviewcftheexcellentcriticissoffdolr，&lso;europasstaltungispielderfrankisch-byzantischenaeandersetzungdes9jahrhunderts&rso;，dervertragvonverdun，edthayer（1943），221（reprteddolr，byzanz）。