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,...
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,...
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...
Antiochus Strategos part 19
After praying there, they departed and care to a large town called Thecua: this is the place where the Holy Innocents were slaughtered by...
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...
Antiochus Strategos part 20
The remains of the church of St. George, who was said to have been born there, are still to be seen: they have been...
Alexius Part 38
This excuse Monomachatus made to my father, and tried to conciliate him (I mean my father) and Botaniates, simultaneously, but he also sent a...
Antiochus Strategos part 21
Then they travelled across a wide plain covered with Olive trees, and with them travelled an Ethiopian and his two camels, who led a...
Alexius Part 7
The “why” and “wherefore” of this I need not relate, as his revolt has previously been recounted in the Caesar’s history. And yet it...
Alexius Part 8
These were given to Alexius, my father, and at the same time allied troops were called for from the Turks, and the Emperor’s Council...