Michael IV part 1
Michael IV 1034 – 1041
1. Such was the manner of Romanus’s death, after a reign of five and a half years. The empress Zoe,...
Second Battle with Heresy part 4
The Emperor paid not the slightest heed to this talk. But as this guttersnipe did not cease talking this nonsense at all seasons in...
Second Battle with Heresy part 20
Thereupon Ubus at once asked for a horse, and one of the two men dismounted and very willingly gave him his horse. Thus the...
Michael IV part 2
3. This proclamation was arranged in the evening by the new emperor’s personal friends. Immediately afterwards, a twofold order was sent to the City...
Second Battle with Heresy part 5
He had lately ascended the patriarchal throne after the resignation of Eustratius Garidas in the course of the seventh Indiction of the year 6592....
Second Battle with Heresy part 21
But whilst trying to avoid the smoke, he fell into the fire. For he did not stumble upon the ships which were watching the...
Michael IV part 3
5. So lived Romanus and such was the funeral with which he was honoured. Despite the work and expense involved in the building of...
Second Battle with Heresy part 6
The Emperor enjoined these men to guard the fortified city very strictly, and said that if the Comans did approach, they were not to...
Second Battle with Heresy part 22
This cross-bow is a bow of the barbarians quite unknown to the Greeks; and it is not stretched by the right hand pulling the...
Second Battle with Heresy part 7
The Comans drew up their lines too, and stood right in front of the Romans; however, they did not attack either. This was carried...
