Barsakios 3

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX
PmbZ No.814
EthnicityArmenian
LocationsKephallenia;
Kephallenia (officeplace)
TitlesBasilikos protospatharios (dignity);
Strategos, Kephallenia (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-)

Barsakios 3 was a basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Kephallenia; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals II 1.8. Obv.: patriarchal cross on three steps, with traces of an inscription round the circumference reading ...ηθιτως.δουλω. Rev.: +Βαρσα - κι β' α'σπαθα - ρ' κε στρατηγ' - Κεφ. The text of the reverse reads: Βαρσακίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλληνίας. Possibly identical with Barsakios 2.

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