Χιβούλδιος
Chilboudios, Chilbudius
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 29 Mar 2008 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
Translation
This man was from the household of the emperor Justinian, extremely efficient at matters of war, but above material things to such an extent that instead of a large acquisition in his estate he had been able to acquire nothing [...]. The result was that, when he was the general in Thrace and appointed to the guard of the Danube, and when he was killed in the war, it happened that the Danube became accessible to barbarians in accord with their power and the empire of the Romans became [assailable],1 and in no way was the entire empire of the Romans able to compensate in that deed for the courage of one man.
Greek original
Χιβούλδιος· οὗτος ἦν ἐκ τῆς Ἰουστινιανοῦ βασιλέως οἰκίας, ἐσάγαν μὲν δραστήριος τὰ πολέμια, ἐς τοσοῦτον δὲ χρημάτων κρείσσων, ὥστε ἀντὶ μεγίστου κτήματος ἐν τῇ οὐσίᾳ τῇ αὐτοῦ εἶχε τὸ κεκτῆσθαι μηδέν. ὥστε τούτου στρατηγήσαντος Θρᾴκης καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ Ἴστρου φυλακῇ καταστάντος καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ ἀναιρεθέντος, συμβῆναι τὸν Ἴστρον ἐσβατὸν κατ' ἐξουσίαν τοῖς βαρβάροις γενέσθαι καὶ τὰ Ῥωμαίων πράγματα γέγονε, ξύμπασά τε ἡ Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴ ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς ἀρετῇ ἀντίρροπος γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ τούτῳ οὐδαμῆ ἴσχυσεν.
Betacode
*xibou/ldios: ou(=tos h)=n e)k th=s *)ioustinianou= basile/ws oi)ki/as, e)sa/gan me\n drasth/rios ta\ pole/mia, e)s tosou=ton de\ xrhma/twn krei/sswn, w(/ste a)nti\ megi/stou kth/matos e)n th=| ou)si/a| th=| au)tou= ei)=xe to\ kekth=sqai mhde/n. w(/ste tou/tou strathgh/santos *qra/|khs kai\ e)pi\ th=| tou= *)/istrou fulakh=| katasta/ntos kai\ e)n pole/mw| a)naireqe/ntos, sumbh=nai to\n *)/istron e)sbato\n kat' e)cousi/an toi=s barba/rois gene/sqai kai\ ta\ *(rwmai/wn pra/gmata ge/gone, cu/mpasa/ te h( *(rwmai/wn a)rxh\ a)ndro\s e(no\s a)reth=| a)nti/rropos gene/sqai e)n tw=| e)/rgw| tou/tw| ou)damh= i)/sxusen.
Notes (1)
- Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.14.1-6 (web address 1), quoted (the beginning and the end) and summarised; cf. Kaldellis (407). This Slav individual -- whose name in Procopius is actually Chilboudios, not the Suda's Chibouldios -- has been introduced in 7.13.26. On Chilboudios, the Byzantine general in Thrace 530-533 and killed in battle, see PLRE IIIa s.v. Chilbudius(1). On the impostor Chilboudios -- from the Antai, but captured and enslaved by the Slavs, and the center of a scheme (ca. 545-546) claiming he was the long lost general -- see PLRE IIIa s.v. Chilbudius(2). On the nationality of the general Chilboudios, see Curta (76 note).↩
- 1A word from the text of Procopius,
eu)e/foda , has been omitted here. - 1A word from the text of Procopius,
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
F. Curta, The Making of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c. 500-700, (Cambridge 2007)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
F. Curta, The Making of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c. 500-700, (Cambridge 2007)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (6)
- Ronald Allenexpanded primary note; added bibliography and link
- Catharine Rothfixed note numbers
- David Whitehead
- David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
- Jennifer Benedicttranslated