His family came from the Peloponnese and was well established in aristocratic circles .
Paul Magdalino , however , rejects a birth date in the 820s , for Choirosphaktes was still alive in 913 and probably died after 920 .
Choirosphaktes ' family came from the Peloponnese and was well established in aristocratic circles .
Paul Magdalino , however , rejects a birth date in the 820s , for Choirosphaktes was still alive in 913 and probably died after 920 .