Natural Events And Earth Sciences Observations In The Chronicle Of Theophanes

The purpose of this work is the natural phenomena and earth sciences observations recorded in the chronicle of the Byzantine historian Theophanes from AD 284 to 813. Theophanes was born in 758/760 in Istanbul as a child of a wealthy and aristocratic family, and died in the name of Samothroke in 818. His mother is Theodora and his father is Isaakios, the governor of the Mediterranean islands of the Byzantine Empire's. Theophanes decided to continue his unfinished chronic of Georgios Synkellos who died in the year 810/811 with the encouragement and desire of him. He completed his work entitled Chronographia covering the period of AD 284-813 years in AD 810-814. The chronicle of Theophanes including 33 natural events and earth sciences records is very important in terms of using very old and lost resources