Licinius and Galerius
Dacius came in just then, a smile warming his craggy face as he put a hand on the boy’s shoulder in a gesture of...
Subject to the ruler of the Bulgarians
The rulers of the Pechenegs and Magyars are the only independent rulers to be accorded the title archontes. In contrast, and also in accordance...
Constantine VIII
Constantine VIII 1025—1028
On the death of Basil, his brother Constantine became emperor for the second time. There was no opposition. As a matter of...
Compassionately embrace his victim
His anger, too, was not lasting, like that of his brother Basil. He quickly relented and was terribly downcast at what he had done....
The Emperor’s Illness
What happened next? I will tell you. An illness of all unusual and painful character befell Romanus. Actually, the whole of his body became...
The chamberlains discovered a plot
In fact, he made him servant of the bedchamber, and in order that the young man might do this office, deliberately abandoned his wife...
Her kisses became more passionate
She clung to him all the closer. Her kisses became more passionate, she truly loving him, he in no way desiring her (for she...
Hugh the Great of France
As we said above, there were among the Latins such men as Bohemund and his fellow counsellors, who, eager to obtain the Roman Empire...
The Byzantines Save Peter the Hermit
But relying on the multitude of those who followed him, Peter did not heed the warning and, after crossing the strait, pitched camp at...
The Arrival of the Crusaders
. . . Moreover, Alexius was not yet, or very slightly, rested from his labors when he heard rumors of the arrival of innumerable...
