ABSTRACT
The figure of Theophobos is given much importance in the narratives of the Byzantine chronicles about the reign of Theophilos. Indeed, Theophobos seems to play a key position in the policies of Theophilos and to have been one of the people he trusted most. Accordingly, we have at our disposal sufficient details about his life to draw a rough profile of his career, although they are occasionally contradictory on minor points.
