Antiochus Strategos part 9
As the sickness increased, his weary limbs grew cold and stiff, and in this way he breathed his last. As soon as the two...
Antiochus Strategos part 8
It would be cruel, and unchristian, he said, to deprive them of his protection and to leave them at the mercy of others. Then...
Antiochus Strategos part 7
Next he began to inquire how he could put these ideas into effect so that he could despise and renounce the fleeting pleasures of...
Alexius Part 31
When either side (to wit, Henry, King of Germany, and the Pope) had brought up their armies, and set them in battle array, directly...
Alexius Part 30
To prevent the King’s becoming too insupportable by an alliance with Robert, he anticipated him in sending offers of peace to Robert, though before...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
