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Antiochus Strategos part 1
Antiochus Strategos: The Sack of Jerusalem (614)
Byzantine law granted toleration to Jews , although there were occasional attempts at forced conversion , but there...
Alexius Part 14
But Bryennius, in fear of his life resembled a maniac, and was by no means in need of rest, for how should a man...
Michael IV part 26
His respiration was laboured already and he was beginning to breathe his last, so he again went to his couch and lay down. For...
Michael IV part 25
The Emperor’s Tonsure
52. The emperor, before the decease of his body, sought another more spiritual, change. He disdained the imperial rank which he was...
Michael IV part 24
This proposition being acceptable to the emperor, further communications passed between them, in great secrecy, as Alousianus had desired. In accordance with the terms...
Michael IV part 23
He referred to his father in an impersonal way, as though he himself was a member of another family. He then proceeded to speak...
Michael IV part 22
The Escape Of Alousianus To Bulgaria
45. The war had not yet broken out when a most astonishing thing happened — something nearly as amazing...
Michael IV part 21
The Emperor’s Bulgarian Expedition
43. This thought afflicted the emperor much more than physical suffering, and the harm it produced in him was quite different,...
Michael IV part 20
He did not claim to be the legitimate heir of these kings, but he either invented or proved that he was a collateral relation....
Michael IV part 19
38. I am aware that many chroniclers of his life will, in all probability, give an account differing from mine, for in his time...
