peter peter latin greek senior east roman byzantine official diplomat historian educated successful lawyer repeatedly sent envoy prelude gothic war despite diplomatic skill able war imprisoned years release appointed post head imperial held years capacity leading ministers emperor playing important role byzantine emperor religious policies relations notably led negotiations peace agreement ended year long war historical writings survive fragments provide unique source material early byzantine ceremonies diplomatic issues byzantium biography early career envoy italy peter born year origin according according origin near studying law embarked successful career lawyer constantinople brought attention account skills employed imperial envoy court time power struggle developing queen regent young king cousin following death throne imprisoned sent messages emperor hoping recognition peter met envoys way italy notified constantinople seeking new instructions emperor ordered convey message emperor protection harmed time peter arrived italy killed narrative gothic war ambiguous explicitly claims peter arranged murder instructions feared potential rival assurances privately given public peter strongly condemned act declared war truce emperor result peter returned constantinople letters roman senate imperial couple bearing pleas peaceful solution time reached imperial capital emperor resolved war preparing forces consequently peter returned italy summer conveying ultimatum returned italy imperial rule war byzantine offensive followed soon attacking outlying possessions kingdom took sicily invaded hearing news peter able secure wide ranging concessions sicily ceded byzantine_empire gothic king authority italy severely restricted gold crown sent annual tribute men provided imperial army subject status fearing offer rejected instructed peter oath offer italy original concessions rejected event rejected proposal delighted learn second peter sent italy bearing letters gothic nobles time cradle return peacefully fold arrival byzantine envoys found changed disposition supported gothic nobility success resolved resist imprisoned ambassadors peter remained imprisoned years released june july new gothic king exchange gothic envoys sent persia captured byzantines reward services emperor appointed peter post master offices highest positions state heading palace imperial guards hold post consecutive years longer wide margin time shortly raised supreme title supreme rank glorious awarded honorary took discussions western bishops chapter controversy repeatedly sent envoy pope opposed emperor issue peter recorded attending sent envoy negotiate peace treaty persia role reprised met persian envoy end war reaching agreement persian evacuation border armenia envoys concluded year peace respective allies annual roman subsidies persia resume lowered pounds gold clauses regulated cross border trade limited cities return protection respective religious minorities christians byzantium exchange persian recognition existence construction originally sparked brief war byzantines agreed limit troops remove seat city disagreements remained border areas spring peter travelled persia negotiate directly achieving result returned constantinople died march son nicknamed succeed brief interval post held sacred palace held post time appointed comes count sacred year led unsuccessful embassy persia end ongoing war assessment leading officials age peter controversial figure receiving greatly differing assessments contemporaries mid level east peter virtue intelligent firm fair administrator kind man mild manners desire avoid giving insult time accuses members biggest thief world absolutely filled responsible murder early career peter renowned learning passion reading discussions scholars speaker calls fitted nature persuade men witnessed court praises man wise hand late 6th century historian relied peter work history accuses records enhance role performance negotiations writings peter wrote books survive fragments history centuries death death emperor fragments extant history office institution emperor constantine great time emperor containing list holders descriptions imperial ceremonies reproduced chapters volume 10th century vii account diplomatic mission source recently peter ascribed authorship 6th century political science volume book discussing political theory drawing extensively classical texts republic survives fragments peter late roman byzantine author write imperial ceremonies beginning tradition lasted unto 14th century histories important historical source instance work preserves negotiations provisions roman persian treaty lost history peter published translation greek fragments including additional fragments considered work roman historian called
Peter the Patrician