Historiae p.4 from the east, this man also rebels against him and, having prevailed, seizes the imperial power, giving an evil reward to the one who h
Completely senseless of what is good, who, having set a goal among themselves to destroy komnenos and thus also destroy the porphyrogennetos, the brot
He had claimed the inheritance, at the same time also securing his own safety, so that he might not suffer any of the terrible things such as the many
Another born in the purple who had departed this life, had a greater right to rule? it is clear, therefore, that the famed alexios among emperors, hav
After he had exercised tyrannical power for many years and had overthrown almost all the east, he was appointed ambassador, having tried to join toget
Dull and slow to punish. there are many other proofs of the man's virtue, and not least his renunciation of the empire how, the narrative as it proce
Had been demonstrated, doukas led him with every honor, calling him lord and emperor and deeming him worthy of precedence whenever he came to him and
Of europe, since the descendants of hagar, having risen in sedition against one another, divided the greatest dominion into many parts, one ruling one
While encouraging his people, when his horse slipped, he was thrown to the ground with it and, breaking his neck, was killed. and when this happened,
Fitting, they were attacking the towns of armeniakon to plunder them, he took up his forces and proceeded against the turks and, encountering them sca
To leave her unconsoled in the greatness of her suffering, adding suffering to suffering, adding your long absence to his death.” thus the emperor. an
Being present and arranging the matters of war well. for wishing to draw the emperor forward and get him within his nets, he sent out skirmishers, who
Alyates, a cappadocian man and an associate of the emperor, commanded the right wing, bryennius himself the left, and the emperor held the center of t
To make a disposition of the whole. thus it seemed also to the emperor michael and he agreed with the purpose of his uncle but those who wished to re
He seizes. but having learned this, those around the emperor and the caesar were considering whom they might set up as an opponent to him. it seemed b
The truth shone forth like a torch hidden under soot. but those who nourished the divine fear in their hearts and were in labor with a spirit of salva
Entered thickets and were saved, but of the rest some fell, and others were taken captive. and so the phalanx of diogenes was thus dissolved and scatt
Having handled the matters of his elevation with skill, he was both cast down himself and brought down the affairs of the romans with him how the one
Therefore, having encamped, they were considering how they might drive away the attacking turks who were sacking the towns. 2.4 but so much for them.
One different from the others, theodotos by name, said that what was happening was not a good omen for when the night comes on, they will flee at on
He hastened to the queen of cities in order to take up the gold and ransom his brother. therefore, having collected this in a few days, he went away t
He began to speak: 2.10 to me, men, to make no attempt at all against the enemy, but instead to betray ourselves into slavery and obvious danger, see
They were trying to help isaacius and the glorious alexius, he himself by name called upon the glorious alexius and implored him to help but he, imme
Was deliberating, but seeing time was still being wasted, he was enraged for he wished to be rid of the fear from that man and thus to revel fearless
But he, choosing to face extreme danger for his father's own safety, turned back and thrust himself into the midst of the enemy and having struck down
The children's cots lay there. and when they saw the cot of the one who had escaped was empty, immediately each one, just as he was, beat the pedagogu
By many, and be destroyed, they selected a narrow plain, putting forward the river flowing down from sophon as a rampart. but artouch, having crossed
But when he was checking their assaults, he no longer waited for their incursions, but advancing on the forts held by the enemy, he set ambushes and s
To receive and, having dined with him, he finally arrests him and, having made him a prisoner, sends him to the stratopedarches, having taken hostages
A crowd is brought out and he is seen by all as if he were blind this act completely silenced the uproar. the commander of the army, then, having rec
As he was passing through the narrow straits and going down beside the sea towards heracleia, maurex met him, a man not of noble birth, but otherwise
He pretended to be friendly to the patriarch and behaved in a friendly manner towards him, but he was cultivating the magistrates. therefore the doux,
3.τ book 3 3.1 the preceding account makes clear, therefore, all that happened in the east after the deposition of the emperor diogenes, and how many
Were arranged and the nation of the franks, having mastered italy and sicily, were plotting terrible things against the romans, michael planned for th
A guard had been entrusted, was going about in odrysae towards the city formerly called orestias, but now adrianople, who, having stopped at a certain
He died with good hopes, leaving behind his most beloved child, but again the evil men seemed to be winning and the marriage was not taking place, as
Impulse, but something that happened persuaded him on the following day, even unwillingly, to yield to their will. 3.9 for having encamped at trajanop
Having offered thanksgiving sacrifices, he returned home and was deliberating about what to do next, and he called all the generals and commanders to
Bryennius, seeing that the time of the siege was being wasted in vain, so that the army might not suffer further hardship, wanted to lift the siege, b
They tried to hinder his march with their arrows. but those around him, being brave, although few, nevertheless sallied out against the turks and chec
He was pleased for since it was already a late hour, it seemed that some uproar and disturbance would happen in the city, if some were to be captured
I remained with the one in power until the end and, while all were turning to your rule, i myself have kept faith with him even until now, having sent
He hastened for the scepters of the kingdom, as much as possible, to win the goodwill of the citizens, especially when he learned about the affairs of
A man being both good in appearance and very skilled in conversation. when the ambassadors had approached and made the customary address for ambassado
He exercised and trained the soldiers through him. and whenever they were already able to ride safely and seemed to be adequately and skilfully traine
For on the evening before this, letters had been sent to him from the emperor ordering him not to fight, but to await the arrival of the allies recent
To wander, at a loss how, while they were fleeing, he both showed the horse and the broadswords and clearly proclaimed the death of bryennios, and the
Now, the pursuers were not a great multitude, so their retreat was easy. but when many ran together and his horse was worn out and useless for running
Therefore, having taken him, he himself departed as if for constantinople but the scarlet-dyed sandals, which that man used to wear when playing the
Sleeping in his tent, without any delay he ordered everyone to arm themselves and immediately all were under arms. and when the sun was towards the we
Recognizing basilakes, he strikes him with his sword upon the helmet but with the sword having been broken near his hand and having fallen, komnenos
Counsel conquers many hands, which at that time received confirmation through his own deeds. for one man and one mind in a short time brought down th
He ordered the protovestiarios this was the eunuch john, who had long served him before his reign he was ambitious, if anyone ever was, and possesse
That campaign, being most experienced, and already seeing the imminent danger before his eyes, advised him to turn back. but he, receiving his words a
Servants with another one of his servants, he went where they said kontostephanos would be and seeing him calling out from afar, covering his head, he
completely senseless of what is good, who, having set a goal among themselves to destroy Komnenos and thus also destroy the porphyrogennetos, the brother of Doukas, once he was stripped of his guard and made an easy target for those plotting against him, since there was no one to support him, they send down an order commanding the exile of Komnenos. But when such an order came into the hands of Komnenos, he himself in person reported the matter to the emperor, and he, at once respecting the man's exceeding nobility and wisdom, and recalling his many and noble deeds, and being shamed by these things, and having blamed those who had agreed to the order, brought the matter to nothing, and so at that time the exile was a dead letter. p.7 But Botaneiates, being led about again by his aforesaid slaves, repeatedly misled in every way by their incitement and instigation, intended to gouge out the eyes of Komnenos; but he decided not to bring this to pass so shamelessly, being wary of justice itself and truth; but he planned to involve him in evils in another way and sought a plausible pretext to subject the blameless man to evils and to remove the proof of the truth. Indeed, whenever some sort of affair came up requiring great counsel and action, and demanding war and a display of a noble soul and courage, and with danger hanging over its undertaking, Komnenos was immediately of use above all others and Komnenos alone of all was put forward to oversee such great and perilous tasks; the plan intending this: that either Komnenos, having become obedient to the commands given him, and having nobly and bravely, as was his custom, attacked one of such great tasks and having advanced into the midst of swords, would be struck at a critical moment and fall in the war, because he was not even supplied with commensurate forces for the task at hand, or, at least, if he did not obey, and did not act so, nor yield to the commands given to him, he could supposedly be justly accused and undergo lawful punishment. Now then, the aforementioned Bryennios and Basilakes, men of noble birth and distinction, they too not bearing the establishment of Botaneiates on the imperial throne, since they knew him to be a rebel with them against the emperor Michael and jointly responsible for the same things, the rebellion which they had first undertaken against Michael, this they also maintained in form against him and with a multitude of soldiers and no contemptible force they drew up in battle against him. And immediately Komnenos came to the emperor's mind and is sent as an armed opponent and opposing general against such men, at that time holding the rank of grand domestic, and he stands against them and joins a most daring battle and he clashes with them not just once, but many times he sends forth his very soul into war and finally he conquers his adversaries and sets up a brilliant trophy against them and having taken them captive by the spear, he leads them to the queen of cities and hands them over to the emperor. Everyone knows these things and the stories about them are on everyone's lips and there is no one of sound mind who is ignorant of these things. p.8 But since for Komnenos, for these and many other great deeds, truly manfully and nobly accomplished, there was no reward or recompense, but only an evil jealousy and plotting and conspiracy against him, so that evil might be returned to him for good and so that he himself might have his eyes put out and perish, and the porphyrogennetos be crushed along with him, he no longer considered these things tolerable. But seeing that matters were turning out for the worse for him and that they had arbitrarily handed over his uncle's inheritance to another ..., since no one related by blood had been put forward for the one who had obtained it, but another, a stranger, into this
ἀσυνέτοις παντάπασι τοῦ καλοῦ, οἳ καὶ σκοπὸν παρ' ἑαυτοῖς θέμενοι τὸν Κομνηνὸν ἀπολέσαι καὶ οὕτω συναπολέσαι καὶ τὸν πορφυρογέννητον,
τὸν τοῦ ∆ούκα ἀδελφόν, τοῦ φρουροῦντος αὐτὸν ἀπογυμνωθέντα καὶ εὐχερῆ γενόμενον τοῖς ἐπιβουλεύουσι, μὴ ὄντος τοῦ ἀντιληψομένου
αὐτοῦ, πρόσταγμα καταπέμπουσιν ὑπερορίαν τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ διακελευόμενον. Ἀλλὰ τοῦ τοιούτου προστάγματος εἰς χεῖρας περιελθόντος
τῷ Κομνηνῷ, αὐτὸς αὐτοπροσώπως τὰ περὶ τούτου τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνήνεγκε καὶ οὗτος ἅμα τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τῆς τοῦ ἀνδρὸς εὐγενείας τε
καὶ φρονήσεως αἰδεσθεὶς καὶ πολλῶν καὶ γενναίων αὐτοῦ ἔργων ἀπομνημονεύσας καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα δυσωπηθεὶς καὶ τῶν τῷ προ στάγματι
συνθεμένων καταμεμψάμενος, εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ τοῦ πράγματος περιέστησε καὶ ἦν μὲν τότε τὰ τῆς ὑπερορίας ἀγρά. p.7 Ἀλλ' ὁ Βοτανειάτης
καὶ αὖθις ὑπὸ τῶν δηλωθέντων αὐτοῦ δούλων περιαγόμενος, παντοίως τῇ τούτων παραθήξει καὶ συνωθήσει πολλάκις παραπλαγείς, τοὺς
ὀφθαλμοὺς διορύξαι διενοεῖτο τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ· τοῦτο δὲ ἀνερυθριάστως οὕτως ἀγαγεῖν εἰς τέλος οὐκ ἔκρινεν, αὐτὸ τὸ δίκαιον καὶ
τὴν ἀλήθειαν εὐλαβούμενος· ἕτερον δὲ τρόπον κακοῖς ἐσκέπτετο τοῦτον περιβαλεῖν καὶ ἀφορμὴν ἐζήτει εὐπρόσωπον κακοῖς τὸν ἀναίτιον
παραπέμψαι καὶ ἐκ μέσου θέσθαι τῆς ἀληθείας τὸν ἔλεγχον. Ἀμέλει καὶ ἡνίκα οἷα δή τις ὑπόθεσις παρεισέπιπτε μεγάλης δεομένη
καὶ βουλῆς καὶ χειρὸς καὶ πόλεμον ἀπαιτοῦσα καὶ γενναίας ἔνδειξιν ψυχῆς καὶ ἀνδρίας καὶ κίνδυνον τῇ ἐγχειρήσει ταύτης ἐπικρεμάμενον,
εὐθὺς τοῦ Κομνηνοῦ χρῆσις ἦν ὑπὲρ ἅπαντας καὶ μόνος τῶν ἁπάντων ὁ Κομνηνὸς τοῖς οὕτω μεγάλοις καὶ κινδυνώδεσιν ἔργοις ἐπιστατήσων
προβέβλητο· τοῦτο βουλομένου τοῦ σκέμματος ὥστε ἢ καταπειθῆ γεγονότα τὸν Κομνηνὸν τοῖς ἐπιτεταγμένοις αὐτῷ καὶ γενναίως καὶ
ἀνδρικῶς, καθὼς ἦν ἔθος αὐτῷ, προσβαλόντα τινὶ τῶν τηλικούτων ἔργων καὶ κατὰ ξιφῶν χωρήσαντα μέσων καιρίως πληγῆναι καὶ παρὰ
τῷ πολέμῳ πεσεῖν, διὰ τὸ μηδὲ δυνάμεσιν ἀναλόγοις ἐφοδιάζεσθαι πρὸς τὸ κείμενον ἔργον, ἢ γοῦν μὴ πειθόμενον, μηδ' οὕτω ποιοῦντα,
μηδὲ τοῖς τούτῳ κελευομένοις ὑπείκοντα δικαίως δῆθεν ἐγκληθῆναι καὶ νόμιμον τὴν κόλασιν ὑποσχεῖν. Ἤδη μὲν οὖν οἱ διαληφθέντες
ὅ τε Βρυέννιος καὶ ὁ Βασιλάκης, ἄνδρες τῶν εὖ γεγονότων καὶ ἐπισήμων, μὴ φέροντες μηδὲ οὗτοι τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ βασιλείου θρόνου
τοῦ Βοτανειάτου καθίδρυσιν, ἅτε καὶ τοῦτον σὺν ἑαυτοῖς ἀποστάτην κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Μιχαὴλ ἐπιστάμενοι καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς συνυπεύθυνον,
ἣν ἔφθασαν ἄρασθαι πρώτως ἀποστασίαν κατὰ τοῦ Μιχαήλ, ταύτην καὶ κατ' αὐτοῦ τετηρήκασιν ἐπὶ σχήματος καὶ μετὰ πλήθους στρατιωτῶν
καὶ οὐκ εὐκαταφρονήτου δυνάμεως αὐτῷ ἀντιπαρατάττονται. Καὶ εὐθὺς ὁ Κομνηνὸς ἐπὶ μνήμης γενόμενος τῷ βασιλεῖ κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων
ἀνδρῶν ἀνθοπλίτης καὶ ἀντιστράτηγος στέλλεται, τὴν τοῦ μεγάλου δομεστίκου τηνικαῦτα διέπων ἀξίαν, καὶ ἀντικαθίσταται τούτοις
καὶ θαρραλεωτάτην μάχην συμβάλλει καὶ συρρήγνυται τούτοις οὐχ ἅπαξ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλάκις εἰς πόλεμον αὐτὴν προΐεται τὴν
ψυχὴν καὶ τέλος τοὺς ἀντιπάλους νικᾷ καὶ λαμπρὸν κατ' αὐτῶν τρόπαιον ἵστησι καὶ δορυαλώτους ἑλὼν εἰς τὴν βασιλίδα τῶν πόλεων
ἐπάγει καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ παραδίδωσιν. Οἴδασι πάντες ταῦτα καὶ ἐν χείλεσι πάντων κεῖται τὰ περὶ τούτων καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις τῶν
εὖ φρονούντων ἠγνόησε ταῦτα. p.8 Ἐπεὶ δὲ τῷ Κομνηνῷ τούτων καὶ ἑτέρων πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων ἔργων καὶ ὄντως ἀνδρικῶς καὶ γενναίως
τετελεσμένων οὐδεμία τις ἦν ἀντιμισθία καὶ ἀμοιβή, ἀλλ' ἢ μόνος ζῆλος οὐκ ἀγαθὸς καὶ κατ' αὐτοῦ μελέτη καὶ συσκευή, ὅπως ἀποδοθείη
τούτῳ πονηρὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ ὅπως αὐτὸς μὲν ἐκκοπείη τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ ἀπόλοιτο, συνεκτριβείη δὲ τούτῳ καὶ ὁ πορφυρογέννητος,
οὐκ ἔτι ἐν φορητῷ ταῦτα τίθεται. Ἀλλὰ βλέπων ὡς αὐτῷ μὲν εἰς κακὸν τὰ τοῦ πράγματος διήκει καὶ ὅτι τοῦ θείου αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ
κληρονομίαν αὐθαιρέτως εἰς ἕτερον παραπέμψαντο ..., ἐπειδήπερ οὐδεὶς τῶν κατὰ γένος προσηκόντων τῷ λαχόντι ταύτην προὐβέβλητο,
ἕτερος δὲ ἀλλότριος εἰς τὴν ταύτην
