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...
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 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,...
Alexius Part 27
The story runs thus, the arch-villain Robert who was hatching war against the Romans, and had been making his preparations for some time, was...
