He is known only from his participation, along with several other high-ranking officials, in a failed conspiracy in 780 to wrest the throne from Empress-regent
Irene and to raise in her stead
Nikephoros, the eldest surviving son of
Constantine V (r. 741–775). At the time, he held the post of
droungarios (admiral) of the
Dodekanesos (roughly the southern
Aegean Sea). After the plot was discovered, Irene had the conspirators publicly whipped,
tonsured and banished. ==References==