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
to leave her unconsoled in the greatness of her suffering, adding suffering to suffering, adding your long absence to his death.” Thus the emperor. And he tried to stay and follow him as he campaigned against the barbarians, but saying these things he did not persuade the emperor, and he arranged for him to return to his mother, even against his will. So he departed, and the emperor, moving forward, gathered the Roman forces and equipped them for the war. 1.13 And having arrived in Cappadocia, he called the best of the generals together for an assembly and set before them a deliberation concerning the war, inquiring whether it was necessary to march into Persia and engage the Turks there, or to remain in his own territory and await their coming; for it was already being reported that the sultan had also left Persia and was marching slowly against the Romans. Therefore, it seemed best to those who were somewhat more rash and more flattering not to wait, but to go and engage the sultan as he entered in Batana of Media. But to the magistros Joseph Tarchaneiotes, who was then commanding many regiments, and to Nikephoros Bryennios, the doux of the entire west, it seemed that such counsels were entirely mistaken, and they beseeched the emperor, if it were possible, to wait and draw the enemy toward him, after fortifying the surrounding cities and burning the plains, so that the enemy would lack provisions; and if not this, at least to occupy the city of Theodosius and, having encamped there, to await the enemy, so that from a lack of necessities the sultan might be forced to engage the Romans where it is advantageous for the Romans to join battle. But they seemed to be singing to a deaf man, and the counsel of the flatterers prevailed, and although it was necessary to obey men who had demonstrated their own valor, he paid more attention to the flatterers than to those giving sound advice, being puffed up by his previous victories and thinking highly of himself on account of them, for he had both taken the fortress of Mempet and, encountering detachments of foraging Turks, he routed them and killed many, and captured not a few. Therefore, being puffed up by these things and taking courage beyond what was proper, since he was also leading a larger allied force and army than before, he set out with his whole army and marched straight for Persia and advanced against the enemy. 1.14 When he was near Mantzikert, Basilakios met him, leading a considerable army from Syria and Armenia, who, though strong and valiant in hand, was otherwise rash and unrestrained in his impulses, and wishing to flatter the emperor, when asked, he uttered nothing sound. For when the bestarches Leo Diabatenos had sent letters to the emperor, that the sultan, he says, having learned of the expedition and fearing the force, had left Persia and was going away, fleeing to Babylon, the emperor, being persuaded by these words, divided the army in two; one part of the forces he kept there, and the other he sent to Chleat, appointing as their general the magistros Joseph Tarchaneiotes, a man skilled in military counsels and stratagems, but entirely unenthusiastic at that time, and advising the emperor to keep all the forces within and not to divide the army, with the enemy encamped nearby; who, since he did not persuade by saying these things, took the forces and hurried to Chleat; and Chleat was a city subject to the Turks and had a sufficient garrison of Turks within. But before the third day had passed, Turks attacked those going out to gather fodder, and killed some, and took others captive. When what had happened was reported to the emperor, Basilakios was immediately summoned and questioned closely about the Turks, who they were that were making the attacks and from where they had come. But he, using his usual rashness again, insisted that they had come from Chleat for plunder. Thus the sultan's attack escaped the emperor's notice, not far from the camp
μεγέθει πάθους καταλιπεῖν ἀπαράκλητον, τῷ πάθει πάθος προσθέντα, τῷ ἐκείνου θανάτῳ τὴν σὴν ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἀποδημίαν". Ταῦτα μὲν
οὖν ὁ βασιλεύς. Ὁ δ' ἐπειρᾶτο προσμένειν καὶ ξυνέπεσθαί οἱ κατὰ βαρβάρων στρατεύοντι, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λέγων τὸν βασιλέα οὐκ ἔπειθε,
καὶ ἄκοντα γὰρ τοῦτον ἐπαναζεῦξαι πρὸς τὴν μητέρα παρεσκεύσασεν. Ὁ μὲν οὖν ἀπῄει, ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς πρόσω χωρῶν τὰς Ῥωμαϊκὰς δυνάμεις
συνήθροιζε καὶ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον αὐτὰς ἐξηρτύετο. 1.13 Γενόμενος δὲ περὶ τὴν Καππαδοκῶν, τοὺς ἀρίστους ἅμα τῶν στρατηγῶν ἐπ'
ἐκκλησίαν ἐκάλει καὶ βουλὴν περὶ τοῦ πολέμου προὐτίθει, πυνθανόμενος εἰ χρὴ τὴν Περσίδος ἐλαύνειν κἀκεῖσε τοῖς Τούρκοις συμπλέκεσθαι
ἢ μένοντα ἐπὶ τῆς ἰδίας τὴν ἐκείνων ἔλευσιν ἀναμένειν· ἠγγέλλετο γὰρ ἤδη καὶ ὁ σουλτάνος ἐξελθεῖν τῆς Περσίδος καὶ σχολῇ καὶ
βάδην κατὰ Ῥωμαίων χωρεῖν. Τοῖς μὲν οὖν ἐδόκει, ὅσοι θρασύτερόν πως διέκειντο καὶ κολακικώτερον, μὴ μένειν, ἀλλ' ἀπιέ ναι
καὶ συμπλέκεσθαι τῷ σουλτάνῳ εἰσιόντι ἐν Βατάνοις τῆς Μηδίας. Τῷ μαγίστρῳ δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ Ταρχανειώτῃ κατάρχοντι τότε ταγμάτων
πολλῶν καὶ τῷ δουκὶ πάσης δύσεως Νικηφόρῳ τῷ Βρυεννίῳ παντάπασιν ἐδόκει τὰ τοιαῦτα βουλεύματα σφάλλεσθαι καὶ ἐξελιπάρουν τὸν
βασιλέα, εἰ οἷόν τε εἴη, προσμένειν καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους ἕλκειν πρὸς ἑαυτὸν τὰς πέριξ πόλεις κατοχυρώσαντα καὶ τὰς πεδιάδας
ἐμπρήσαντα, ὥστε σπανίζειν τοῖς πολεμίοις τὰ ἐπιτήδεια· εἰ δὲ μὴ τοῦτο, κἂν γοῦν καταλαβεῖν τὴν Θεοδοσίου πόλιν κἀκεῖσε στρατοπεδεύσαντα
προσμένειν τοὺς πολεμίους, ὥστ' ἀπορίᾳ τῶν ἀναγκαίων τὸν σουλτάνον ἀναγκασθῆναι τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις συμπλέκεσθαι ἔνθα Ῥωμαίους ξυμβαλεῖν
πρὸς πόλεμον συμφέρον ἐστίν. Ἀλλ' ἐδόκουν παρὰ κωφῷ ᾄδειν καὶ τὰ τῶν κολάκων ἐνίκα καὶ δέον ἀνδράσι τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετὴν παραστήσασιν
ὑπακούειν, ὁ δὲ τοῖς κόλαξι μᾶλλον προσεῖχεν ἢ τοῖς ὀρθὰ συμβουλεύουσιν, ἐπῃρμένος τοῖς προλαβοῦσι τροπαίοις καὶ μέγα ἐπὶ
τούτοις φρονῶν, καὶ γὰρ τό τε Μέμπετ φρούριον εἷλε καὶ Τούρκων ἀποσπάσι προνομευόντων ἐντυχὼν ἐτρέψατό τε τούτους καὶ πολλοὺς
μὲν ἀνεῖλεν, οὐκ ὀλίγους δὲ καὶ ἐζώγρησε. Τούτοις οὖν ἐπαιρόμενος καὶ θαρρήσας πέρα τοῦ δέοντος ἅτε καὶ πλείονα τῶν προτέρων
ἐπαγόμενος ξυμμαχίαν καὶ δύναμιν, ἄρας ξὺν παντὶ τῷ στρατεύματι τὴν εὐθὺ Περσίδος ἤλαυνε καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους ἐχώρει. 1.14
Γενομένῳ δὲ τούτῳ περὶ τὸ Μαντζίκερτον ὁ Βασιλάκιος ὑπηντίαζε, στρατὸν ἐπαγόμενος οὐκ ὀλίγον ἐκ Συρίας καὶ Ἀρμενίας, ὃς ῥωμαλέος
μὲν ὢν καὶ τὴν χεῖρα γενναῖος, θρασὺς δὲ ἄλλως καὶ δυσκάθεκτος ταῖς ὁρμαῖς καὶ τὸν βασιλέα κολακεύειν βουλόμενος οὐδὲν ὑγιὲς
ἐρωτώμενος ἀπεφθέγξατο. Τοῦ γὰρ βεστάρχου Λέοντος τοῦ ∆ιαβατηνοῦ γράμματα τῷ βασιλεῖ πεπομφότος, ὡς ὁ σουλτάνος, φησί, τὴν
ἐκστρατείαν πυθόμενος καὶ δείσας τὴν δύναμιν, τὴν Περσίδα καταλιπὼν ἄπεισι φεύγων εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, τούτοις ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς λόγοις
ἀναπεισθείς, διχῆ τὸ στράτευμα διελὼν τὴν μὲν τῶν δυνάμεων αὐτόθι κατεῖχε, τὴν δὲ πρὸς τὸ Χλέατ ἐξαποστέλλει, στρατηγὸν ἐπιστήσας
αὐτοῖς τὸν μάγιστρον Ἰωσὴφ τὸν Ταρχανειώτην, ἄνδρα δεινὸν μὲν στρατιωτικοῖς βουλεύμασί τε καὶ στρατηγήμασιν, ἀπρόθυμον δὲ
τότε παντάπασιν ὄντα, καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ παραινοῦντα εἴσω τὰς δυνάμεις ἁπάσας κατέχειν καὶ μὴ μερίζειν τὸ στράτευμα, ἀγχοῦ τῶν
ἐναντίων στρατοπεδευόντων· ὅς, ὡς ταῦτα λέγων οὐκ ἔπειθε, τὰς δυνάμεις ἀναλαβὼν πρὸς τὸ Χλέατ ἠπείγετο· πόλις δὲ τὸ Χλέατ
ὑπὸ τοὺς Τούρκους τελοῦσα καὶ φρουρὰν ἔχον ἀποχρῶσαν ἔνδοθεν Τούρκων. Ἀλλ' οὔπω τρίτης διελθούσης ἡμέρας τοῖς ἐπὶ χόρτου συλλογὴν
ἐξιοῦσιν ἐπιτίθενται Τοῦρκοι καί τινας μὲν ἀναιροῦσιν, ἐνίους δὲ καὶ ζωγροῦσι. Τοῦ ξυμβάντος γοῦν ἀπαγγελθέντος τῶν βασιλεῖ,
εὐθὺς ὁ Βασιλάκης μετεκέκλητο καὶ περὶ τῶν Τούρκων ἐπολυπραγμονεῖτο, τίνες τε εἶεν οἱ τὰς ἐπιθέσεις ποιούμενοι καὶ ὅθεν γῆς
ἥκοντες. Ὁ δὲ τῇ συνήθει θρασύτητι καὶ πάλιν χρησάμενος τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ Χλέατ ἥκειν ἐφ' ἁρπαγῇ διενίστατο. Ἔλαθεν οὖν οὕτω τὸν
βασιλέα ἡ τοῦ σουλτάνου ἔφοδος οὐ μακρὰν τοῦ στρατοπέδου
