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Event details

installation
name
Cistern at 'ta Armatiou' – Construction
event type
Construction
start date
594
end date
602
date comments
Built under Maurice (Crow et al., 2008, p. 15, 128). The Patria states that a certain Stephanus founded a bath at Ta Armatiou 'twelve years later', setting a terminus post quem in 594 (12 years after the start of Maurice's reign in 582).
persons
Stephen the Parakoimomenos - Founder (582-602)
description

It cannot be said with absolute certainty that both the cistern and bath were simultaneously built by Stephen the Parakoimomenos mentioned in the Patria.

Sources

De insidiis (148) of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (r. 945-959) tells of Maurice's flight after Phokas is elevated as the new emperor: ἦν δὲ μετ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ Στέφανος ὁ βαΐουλος Θεοδοσίουὁ κτίσας τὰ Ἁρματίου καὶ τὸ Σάγμα ("And with him [Maurice] was also Stephanos the tutor of Theodosius [Maurice's son], who erected ta Armatiou and the Sagma.")

The Patria repeats similar information that this Stephanos' name can be connected to building activities at Ta Lausou, but it further specifies that it concerns a bath.

Why Crow et al., 2008 describe Ta Armatiou as a cistern is not entirely clear.
comments
The connection between the cistern, bath and builder Stephanus are indirectly deduced from the source material in the Patria. This connection is not entirely sure. Based on a TLG search, Constantine VII and *Patria* appear to be the only sources that speak of "Ta Armatiou".