Natural Events and Earth Sciences Observations in the Chronicle of Theophanes

The purpose of this work is the natural phenomena and earth sciences observations recorded in the chronicle of the Byzantine historian Theophanes from AD 284 to 813. Theophanes was born in 758/760 in Istanbul as a child of a wealthy and aristocratic family and died in exile of Samothroke island in 818. His mother name is Theodora and his father is Isaakios, the governor of the Mediterranean islands of the Byzantine Empire. Theophanes decided to continue unfinished chronic of Georgios Synkellos who died in the year 810/811 with the encouragement and desire of him. He completed his work entitled “Chronographia” covering the period between 284 and 813 years in 810-814. The chronicle of Theophanes including 90 natural events and earth sciences records is very important in terms of using very old and lost resources.