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 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 revel in public affairs and to manage matters concerning the rule for the sake of their own gain, incited her to sole rule, but hastened to arm him against his mother. 1.19 But this wave not yet having been calmed, another was stirred up and roared. For the leader of the Persians, when he saw the emperor of the Romans taken captive by the spear, was not lifted up by his success, but was rather humbled by his good fortune and moderated his victory to such an extent as no one would have thought; he comforts the one who had been captured, shares his table, releases to him those of the prisoners whom he wished, and finally frees him himself from captivity and having made tokens of a marriage alliance and having taken from him sworn promises not unworthy of the Romans—for the emperor wished. rather to die than to make compromises unworthy of his own nobility—he sends him back again to his own rule with as great an escort and bodyguard as one could mention, which indeed had become the beginning of evils and the cause of many misfortunes. For the emperor, having unexpectedly obtained what he did not hope for, thought he would take back the empire of the Romans without trouble and, as if a messenger of his good fortune after that greatest misfortune, he appeared to the empress, having noted in letters of his own hand what had happened to him. Therefore there was immediately a commotion and a running together around the palace, some marveling at the event, others disbelieving the matter; and the empress was also in suspense, considering what she should do, and summoning those loyal to her, she prepared deliberations. 1.20 While matters were in this state, the Caesar, fearing for himself and his two nephews lest they suffer something terrible if Diogenes should again take possession of the empire, immediately won over the guards around the court; this race hailed from the barbarian land near the ocean, and was loyal to the emperors of the Romans from the beginning, all shield-bearing and carrying a certain axe upon their shoulders. Dividing them therefore in two, he ordered some to follow his sons and fulfill what was commanded, and the others to follow him and to use this as a guide for the planned undertaking. But those with the renowned Andronikos and Konstantinos—for so were both the sons of the Caesar named—surrounding the emperor and forming a circle around him, suddenly lead him up to the higher parts of the palace, with the Caesar’s sons leading and proclaiming Michael autokrator. But those around the Caesar, striking their shields all together and shouting a barbarian war-cry and clashing and beating their swords against each other, proceeded towards the empress's tent. She, perceiving the noise and the shouting, was no longer to be restrained, but taking the covering from her head rushed towards a certain inaccessible chamber resembling a cave, and she had gone down into the den, but they had surrounded the entrance shouting and threatening her with the greatest fear, and she would have nearly died, if the Caesar had not entered and dispelled most of her fear. He advised her, at any rate, to depart from the palace, lest she suffer some incurable harm from the guards; and she was persuaded and went down as if to the sea, and entering the imperial dromon she departed to where she was condemned to live, to that very sanctuary which she herself had founded for the Theotokos by the sea of the Strait. Not much time had flowed by and a second decree is made against her, for her to be transferred to the monastic life, and this was straightway accomplished, but the matters concerning the empress have been arranged thus. 1.21 But Diogenes the emperor, having been released from captivity, considered it a terrible thing if he did not again take hold of the rule, and indeed sending to the cities and regions everywhere he both gathered armies and collected money; and when a multitude of a general's phalanx had already flowed to him, the city acclaimed by every tongue, I mean Amaseia, with his entire army
τῶν ὅλων ποιεῖσθαι οἰκονομίαν. Οὕτω μὲν καὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ Μιχαὴλ ἐδόκει καὶ ξυνετίθετο τῷ τοῦ θείου σκοπῷ· ἀλλ' οἱ τῶν κοινῶν
κατατρυφᾶν πραγμάτων βουλόμενοι καὶ κέρδους ἕνεκα τοῦ σφετέρου τὰ περὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν πραγματεύεσθαι τὴν μὲν εἰς μοναρχίαν ἠρέθιζον,
τὸν δ' ὁπλίζειν ἔσπευδον κατὰ τῆς μητρός. 1.19 Ἀλλ' οὔπω τούτου κατευνασθέντος τοῦ κύματος, ἕτερον ἠγείρετο καὶ ἐπωρύετο.
Ὁ γὰρ Περσῶν ἀρχηγός, ἐπειδὴ τὸν βασιλέα Ῥωμαίων δορυάλωτον ἐθεάσατο, οὐκ ἐπήρθη τῷ κατορθώματι, συνεστάλη δὲ μᾶλλον τῷ εὐτυχήματι
καὶ μετριάζει τῇ νίκῃ τοσοῦτον ὅσον οὐδεὶς ἐνενόησε· παραμυθεῖται τὸν ἑαλωκότα, κοινωνεῖ τραπέζης, λύει αὐτῷ τῶν δεσμωτῶν
οὓς ἐβούλετο, τελευταῖον καὶ αὐτὸν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐλευθεροῖ καὶ σύμβολα κήδους πεποιηκὼς καὶ ὑποσχέσεις παρ' ἐκείνου λαβὼν
ἐνωμότους οὐκ ἀναξίας Ῥωμαίωνἐβούλετο γὰρ ὁ βασιλεύς. μᾶλλον τεθνάναι ἢ ἀναξίας συμβιβάσεις ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γενναιότητος,
αὖθις ἐπὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ἐκπέμπει ἀρχὴν μεθ' ὅσης ἂν εἴποι τις προπομπῆς καὶ δορυφορίας, ὅπερ δὴ ἀρχέκακον ἐγεγόνει καὶ πολλῶν
συμφορῶν αἰτιώτατον. Τυχὼν γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺς παραδόξως ὧνπερ οὐκ ἤλπιζεν, ἀπραγματεύτως ᾠήθη τὴν βασιλείαν Ῥωμαίων λήψεσθαι αὖθις
καὶ ὥσπερ αὐτάγγελος τοῦ μετὰ τὸ μέγιστον ἐκεῖνο ἀτύ χημα εὐτυχήματος τῇ βασιλίδι καθίστατο γράμμασι τῆς ἰδίας χειρὸς ἃ συμβεβήκει
τούτῳ σημειωσάμενος. Θόρυβος οὖν καὶ συνδρομὴ εὐθὺς περὶ τὰ βασίλεια, τῶν μὲν θαυμαζόντων τὸ γεγονός, τῶν δὲ ἀπιστούντων τῷ
πράγματι· μετέωρος δὲ ἦν καὶ ἡ βασιλὶς σκεπτομένη τί ποτ' ἂν δράσειε καὶ τὸ περὶ αὐτὴν εὔνουν συγκαλουμένη παρεσκεύαζε σκέμματα.
1.20 Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῶν πραγμάτων ὄντων δείσας ὁ καῖσαρ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τοῖν ἀδελφοπαίδοιν μὴ καί τι πάθοιεν δεινὸν τοῦ ∆ιογένους
αὖθις κατασχόντος τὴν βασιλείαν, τοὺς περὶ τὴν αὐλὴν φύλακας εὐθὺς οἰκειοῦται· τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος ὥρμητο ἐκ τῆς βαρβάρου χώρας
τῆς πλησίον ὠκεανοῦ, πιστὸν δὲ βασιλεῦσι Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆθεν, ἀσπιδηφόρον ξύμπαν καὶ πέλεκύν τινα ἐπὶ ὤμων φέρον. ∆ίχα οὖν αὐτοὺς
διελών, τοῖς μὲν ἐκέλευσε τοῖς υἱέσιν ἕπεσθαι καὶ τὰ κελευσθέντα πληροῦν, τοῖς δὲ ξυνέπεσθαί οἱ καὶ ὁδηγῷ τούτῳ χπῆσθαι πρὸς
τὴν μελετωμένην ἐγχείρησιν. Ἀλλ' οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν κλεινὸν Ἀνδρόνικόν τε καὶ Κωνσταντῖνονοὕτω γὰρ ὠνομάζοντο ἄμφω τὼ παῖδε τοῦ
καίσαροςπεριστάντες τὸν βασιλέα καὶ χορὸν περὶ αὐτὸν ἑλίξαντες, ἀθρόον ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλότερα τῶν ἀνακτόρων ἀνάγουσιν, ἡγουμένων
τῶν παίδων τοῦ καίσαρος καὶ αὐτοκράτορα τὸν Μιχαὴλ ἀναγορευόντων. Οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν καίσαρα κτυπήσαντες τὰς ἀσπίδας ἀθρόοι καὶ
βαρβαρικὸν ἀλαλάξαντες τάς τε ῥομφαίας πρὸς ἀλλήλους συντρίψαντές τε καὶ συγκροτήσαντες περὶ τὴν βασιλίδος ἐχώρουν σκηνήν.
Ἡ δὲ τοῦ θορύβου καὶ τῆς κραυγῆς αἰσθομένη οὐδὲ καθεκτὴ ἔτι ἦν, ἀλλὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς περιελομένη τὸ κάλυμμα ἐπί τι οἴκημα ἄδυτον
ἐμφερὲς σπηλαίῳ ἐξώρμα, καὶ ἡ μὲν ἐδεδύκει τῷ φωλεῷ, οἱ δὲ περιειστήκεισαν τὸ στόμιον ἀλαλάζοντες καὶ φόβον μέγιστον αὐτῇ
ἐπισείοντες, καὶ μικροῦ ἂν ἐτεθνήκει, εἰ μὴ ὁ καῖσαρ εἰσδὺς τὸ πολὺ τοῦ φόβου αὐτῇ διελύσατο. Ξυνεβούλευε γοῦν ἀπιέναι τῶν
ἀνακτόρων αὐτήν, μὴ καὶ πάθῃ τι τῶν ἀνηκέστων πρὸς τῶν φυλάκων· ἡ δὲ ἐπείθετό τε καὶ κατῄει ὡς ἐπὶ θάλασσαν καὶ εἰς τὸν δρόμωνα
τὸν βασιλικὸν εἰσελθοῦσα ἀπῄει ἔνθα οἰκεῖν κατακέκριτο, εἰς ὅπερ αὕτη δηλαδὴ τοῦ Στενοῦ πρὸς τῇ θαλάσσῃ τέμενος τῇ Θεοτόκῳ
ἱδρύσατο. Οὔπω συχνὸς παρερρύη καιρὸς καὶ δεύτερον κατ' αὐτῆς δόγμα γίνεται εἰς τὴν μοναδικὴν αὐτὴν μετατεθῆναι ζωὴν καὶ αὐτίκα
δὴ καὶ τοῦτο τετέλεστο, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν βασιλίδα εἰς τοῦτο συντέτακται. 1.21 ∆ιογένης δ' ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἀπολυθεὶς
δεινὸν ἡγεῖτο εἰ μὴ αὖθις τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐπιλάβοιτο καὶ δὴ πέμπων εἰς τὰς ἁπανταχοῦ πόλεις καὶ χώρας στρατεύματά τε συνήθροιζε
καὶ χρήματα εἰσεπράττετο· ἤδη δὲ πλήθους αὐτῷ συνερρυηκότος στρατηγικῆς φάλαγγος, τὸ διὰ πάσης γλώττης βοώμενον πόλισμα, φημὶ
δὴ τὴν Ἀμάσειαν, μετὰ παντὸς τοῦ στρατοπέδου
