Editing Staurakios (section)

==Historiography==
Because of the brevity of Staurakios{{'}} reign, and the shortcomings and bias of the sources, much of his life is unknown.{{sfn|Marsh|2013}}{{sfn|Bury|1912|p=9}} The main source for the reigns of both Nikephoros I and Staurakios is Theophanes{{'}} ''Chronographia'', which was tainted by Theophanes{{'}} dislike of the former, although it does hint that Staurakios possessed a talent for military strategy.{{sfn|Marsh|2013}} Although many historians believe that both Nikephoros and Staurakios have been falsely portrayed as malevolent, few other sources exist for their reign. Most other sources take the form of short references, which provide little insight, and include many errors, especially the Syriac ''Chronicle of 813''. While Michael the Syrian, [[Bar Hebraeus]], [[Michael Psellos]], and the ''Chronicle of 813'' all record the events immediately before the death of Staurakios, the death itself, and ascribe a cause, they are generally inaccurate. Indeed, the ''Chronicle of 813'' even mistakes the time of death of Staurakios, giving it as two months into his reign, rather than nearly six months after the battle.{{sfn|Marsh|2013}} Petros of Alexandria, in his ''Brief Survey of Years'', which in most areas merely gives the length of reigns for the Byzantine emperors, mentions the alleged poisoning of Staurakios by Prokopia.{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991|p=1638}}