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Alexius Part 3
Certainly the most effective of his methods for conciliating Tutach was, speaking broadly, a kind of offering the right hand of friendship; his words...
Michael IV part 27
Roman forces in Sicily and it was not long before all Maniaces’ conquests
49. Not strictly correct. John was speaking of his brother-in-law, Stephen, husband...
Church of San Vitale in Ravenna
We know him best from one portrait, made when he was in his sixties and shimmering in colored mosaic stone on the walls of...
Danube frontier
This empire’s sway at the outermost boundaries of territory changed little in the eastern provinces. Though there had been military alarms and excursions in...
Antiochus Strategos part 25
The Supreme Pontiff, in whom is vested the highest authority, at once replied that his command was sufficient permission, and he ordered him to...
Antiochus Strategos part 18
In the valley there is a church of our Lady andl the church is her tomb (not that her body lies at rest there,...
Antiochus Strategos part 24
After this, a priest who came from Spain to St. Benedict’s and stayed there asked permission of Abbot Petronax to go to Rome. When...
Alexius Part 35
But as I write I have to laugh at the thought of these men’s folly and infatuation, and especially at their mutual boastfulness. Robert,...
Alexius Part 36
He did not after all leave even his son Roger behind, as he had first planned when he appointed him Count of Apulia, but...
Alexius Part 37
Thus he told his tale of woe in detail, and all the false information given about him to the Emperor, and all he had...
