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installation	Cistern of Bonus
name	Cistern of Bonus – Construction
event type	Construction
start date	627
end date	627
date comments	Built before 627 (Crow et al., 2008, p. 128).
persons	Bonus (patrician) - Builder (622-627)
description	According to the Patria, the cistern of Bonus was built by a certain Bonus from Rome during the reign of Heraclius (r. 610-641). This cistern was close to Bonus' own house. According to Crow et al., 2008, this Bonus was Heraclius' deputy in Constantinople when the emperor was away at the Eastern front. According to PLRE IIIA, p. 244, "from Rome" possibly refers to Heraclius' journey from Africa to overthrow Phocas.
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1	Patria 990	235	(Patria 2.72) The patrician Bonus built the cistern (kinsterna) of Bonus after having come from Rome and he covered it with cylindrical vaults (kylindrikos tholos). His house was there. He lived under Emperor Heraclius. Comment by Crow 2008: See Mango (1995), 16, n. 36; Bonus was Heraclius' deputy in the city during the emperor's campaigns against the Persians from 622-26, see PLRE IIIA, 242-44. See also Patria 3.83 (ed. Preger II, 245).