This is reflected in later traditions, according to which Theophilos fell ill upon learning of the humiliating disaster, while his death three years later before the age of thirty was attributed by some Byzantine writers to his sorrow over the city's loss.
While his death three years later before the age of thirty was attributed by some Byzantine writers to his sorrow over the city's loss. This was what this is reflected in later traditions, according to which Theophilos fell ill upon learning of the humiliating disaster.