Alexius Part 18
But after all it was not Basilacius himself, but a very brave man of his suite who was not a tittle inferior in courage...
Alexius Part 19
Such then were the deeds of the Domestic and a few followers during that night. As soon as dawn smiled upon the earth, and...
Alexius Part 20
Basilacius, however, was inflexible, but the Thessalonians, through fear of their city being taken and destroyed, granted Comnenus ingress. But Basilacius, when he saw...
Alexius Part 21
The Roman Empire really brought this formidable foe upon herself by affording a pretext for all the wars he waged against us in proposing...
Alexius Part 22
So from tip to toe this man was well-proportioned, as I have repeatedly heard many say. Now, Homer says of Achilles that when he...
Michael IV part 17
Those who took part in these ceremonies with him and faked the apparitions, will know whether the story is true or false. If it...
Alexius Part 23
Since the aforesaid Gulielmus Mascabeles far surpassed him in wealth and influence, Robert renounced all idea of meeting him openly in battle, and concocted...
Michael IV part 18
A new hospice was built too, called by him the Ptochotropheium,**52 and in this way a mighty stream of gold was poured out for...
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...
Alexius Part 25
XII Having thus become master of all Mascabeles’ possessions, he after that grew daily in power, and becoming ever more despotic, piled cities upon...
