Certainty: 2 In the triumph for Kastamon, only an icon of the Theotokos rode in the chariot Certainty: 2
1136
Certainty: 1 Michael Italikos wrote to Lizix, recalling discussions of him with Theodoros Prodromos Certainty: 1
1138
Certainty: 0 Accusation by Barys that Theodoros Prodromos was a heretic Certainty: 0
Certainty: 1 Michael Italikos sent Theodoros Prodromos a list of eastern geographical & ethnic names Certainty: 1
1139
Certainty: 2 Celebrations after the return of Ioannes II from Syria & Cilicia Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Literary work celebrating Isaakios Porphyrogennetos after his return Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Operations, building & preparations in Western Anatolia Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Theodoros Prodromos began to write poems of pure begging
Theodoros Prodromos' poetry depended on imperial and aristocratic commissions, which naturally dried up when the emperor and the aristocracy were away for a long military campaign. In the period 1137-1142 there were two of these campaigns, one after the other, first to Cilicia and Syria then to Pontos, with only a brief (but very welcome) interlude between them of hippodrome races and weddings, with fun, food and drink. Several of his compositions of this period make extreme claims of poverty and desperation. This contributed to his plans in 1140 to leave Constantinople, and merged into his complaints of severe illness in that and following years. At the least, these poems seem to suggest that his expectations of the patronage system were severely disappointed. It is hard to judge how close to starvation he really was
1140
Certainty: 2 Theodoros Prodromos was to leave the capital with the metropolitan of Trebizond Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Theodoros Prodromos was ill with a severe sickness (smallpox?) Certainty: 1
1141
Certainty: 1 Poems of Theodoros Prodromos to the learned monk Ioannikios Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Poems of Theodoros Prodromos to Theodoros Stypeiotes Certainty: 1
1149
Certainty: 3 Manuel returned in triumph to Constantinople for the winter Certainty: 3
1150
Certainty: 0 Michael Italikos sent letters to Theodoros Prodromos, one via Michael the priest Certainty: 0