Peter the Patrician - ܦܛܪܐ ܦܛܪܝܩܝܣ

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Arguably Justinian's most important diplomat, Peter was sent as envoy to the Ostrogoths in the 530s and concluded the peace treaty with the Sasanian Empire in 562. As magister officiorum, he was a central figure at the imperial court from 539 to 565. His son Theodore was involved in negotiations with the Persians in the 570s.3

Names

  • ܦܛܪܐ ܦܛܪܝܩܝܣ1
  • Peter the Patrician
  • Petrus2

Floruit

539-565

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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 72; 306, chapter: 3.2.11; 3.6.12.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., entry: Petrus 6, p: 994-998.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., p: 994-998.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 72; 306.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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