Saborios
Sign in to saveSaborios or Saborius () was a Byzantine general who rose in revolt against Emperor Constans II (r. 641–668) in 667–668. He sought and obtained the aid of the Caliph Muawiyah I (r. 661–680), but was killed in a horse accident before confronting the imperial troops.
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- male
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- Byzantine Empire
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- military personnel
- Position held
- strategos
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- accidental death
- date of birth
- 0700-01-01
- date of death
- 0668-01-01
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Saborios or Saborius () was a Byzantine general who rose in revolt against Emperor Constans II (r. 641–668) in 667–668. He sought and obtained the aid of the Caliph Muawiyah I (r. 661–680), but was killed in a horse accident before confronting the imperial troops.
==Biography== Saborios is mentioned as being of Persian descent by Theophanes the Confessor (his name is a rendering of the Persian Shapur), but most modern scholars regard him an Armenian. He is sometimes identified with a certain Pasagnathes, "patrikios of the Armenians", who rebelled in 651/652.
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