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 salvation did so; while those wishing to grant every favor to the rulers had been appointed as certain terrible judges. But since it was not possible to prove the slander and they respected the ruler, or rather, before him, the one who had stitched together the deceit, they did not make a decision, but brought the matter to a prejudicial hearing. Alas for the lack of understanding. What prejudicial hearing, O thunderstruck ones, someone might have said to them boldly, when the accuser speaks shamelessly, while the defendant nobly refutes the charges, and the one is a charlatan, selling his case for an obol if need be, while the other is above all suspicion and almost blushes at the very truth. Thus this council was dissolved in some such way, almost resembling that of Caiaphas; and she with her children is exiled to the island of Princeps. 1.23 And so things concerning them were done in this way. But the emperor Michael and those around the caesar, having despaired of peace, since Constantine Doukas, who had fought with Diogenes and defeated him, whom the account above explained to be the second son of the caesar, had already returned to Byzantium, were considering how they might deal with the matters concerning Diogenes; for they feared lest he, seizing immunity again, might both gather more troops than before and collect money from the regions of Antioch and become harder to fight. Immediately, therefore, the caesar summoned his son Constantine and urged him to take up the forces again and march against Diogenes; but when he refused, the elder of the caesar's sons, Andronikos, was summoned and ordered to go; and he, obedient to his father if anyone ever was, was immediately ready for the task. Therefore, having taken leave of the emperor and the caesar that very day, he crossed the strait of Chalcedon and, after spending six days around Chalcedon for his provisions for the expedition to be prepared, he set out from there and went around the east and gathered the forces, and having collected them all rather quickly, he marched with them towards Cilicia. He set as his first objective to bring the army to one and the same mind; and when this was accomplished by him, approaching each man gently and accommodating himself to all fittingly, he set as his second objective to elude the enemy and to pass through the narrow passes of Cilicia before Diogenes perceived his approach. Therefore, this too happened according to his plans, and having passed through the narrow and precipitous path, Andronikos and his men appeared suddenly to the emperor's men. 1.24 And the emperor, perceiving their approach, also led out his forces, having given the command of the war to Chatatourios the Armenian, whom the account has already mentioned above, and having subjected almost the entire army to him. He therefore, leading the infantry and cavalry, hastened to occupy the strategic positions; but he was disappointed in his hopes, as Andronikos the Domestic of the Schools had occupied them first. Despairing of this, therefore, he drew up his own battle line opposite that of the enemy; and Andronikos drew up against him, and he himself was leading the center of the battle line, while the Frank Crispinus led the left wing, and another of those ranked under Andronikos led the right. But before the locking of shields could occur and they could come to blows with each other, the Frank, who had long been ill-disposed toward the emperor Romanos and nourished wrath against him, seeing the enemy cavalry and having told Andronikos beforehand of his charge against them, spurred on his horse with his men. So when the attack was strong, Chatatourios and his men fled; and those pursuing behind killed many, and also took many captive. The cavalry, at any rate, having been scattered thus, the infantry phalanx, fearing lest it be encircled and cut to pieces, also turned its back and was inclined to flight. As many, therefore, as by the ravines and the

διέλαμψεν ἡ ἀλήθεια ὡς πυρσὸς ὑπ' αἰθάλῃ κρυπτόμενος. Ἀλλ' οἱ μὲν τὸν θεῖον φόβον ταῖς καρδίαις ἐντρέφοντες καὶ πνεῦμα σωτηρίας ὠδίνοντες οὕτως· οἱ δὲ πάντα χαρίζεσθαι τοῖς κρατοῦσι βουλόμενοι δεινοί τινες δικασταὶ καθεστήκεσαν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐχ οἷόν τε ἦν ἀποδείκνυσθαι τὴν συκοφαντίαν καὶ τὸν κρατοῦντα ᾐδοῦντο, μᾶλλον δὲ πρὸ ἐκείνου τὸν τὸν δόλον συρράψαντα, οὐκ ἀποφαίνονται μέν, εἰς πρόληψιν δὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐνάγουσι. Βαβαὶ τῆς ἀσυνεσίας. Ποία πρόληψις, ὦ ἐμβρόντητοι, εἶπεν ἄν τις πρὸς αὐτοὺς θαρραλέως, ὁπηνίκα ὁ μὲν κατηγορῶν ἀναιδῶς φθέγγεται, ὁ δὲ φεύγων γενναίως τὰς κατηγορίας ἀποσκευάζεται, καὶ ὁ μὲν ἀγύρτης ἐστὶ καὶ ὀβολοῦ πιπράσκων τὴν δίκην εἰ δέοι, ὁ δὲ πάσης ὑποψίας ἀνώτερος καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν μικροῦ δεῖν ἐρυθριῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. Τουτὶ μὲν τὸ συνέδριον οὕτω πως διελέλυτο, μικροῦ δεῖν ἐοικὸς τῷ τοῦ Καϊάφα· ἡ δὲ σὺν τοῖς παισὶν εἰς τὴν τοῦ Πρίγκιπος ἐξορίζεται νῆσον. 1.23 Καὶ τὰ μὲν κατ' αὐτοὺς ὧδε ἐπράττετο. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Μιχαὴλ καὶ οἱ περὶ τὸν καίσαρα, ἀπογνόντες τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην, ἐπεὶ ἔφθη ὁ ∆ούκας Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ τῷ ∆ιογένει συμπλακεὶς καὶ τοῦτον ἡττήσας, ὃν υἱὸν εἶναι τοῦ καίσαρος δεύτερον ὁ λόγος ἡρμήνευσεν ἄνω θεν, παλινοστῆσαι πρὸς τὸ Βυζάντιον, ἐσκέπτοντο ὅπως ἂν τὰ κατὰ τὸν ∆ιογένην διάθωνται· ἐδεδίεσαν γὰρ μήπως ἀδείας πάλιν ἐκεῖνος δραξάμενος στρατεύματά τε συναγείρῃ τῶν πρώην πλείονα καὶ χρήματα τῶν ἐκ τῆς Ἀντιοχείας χώρων εἰσπράξηται καὶ δυσμαχώτερος κατασταίη. Εὐθὺς οὖν ὁ καῖσαρ μετακαλεῖται τὸν υἱὸν Κωνσταντῖνον καὶ αὖθις τὰς δυνάμεις ἀναλαμβάνειν καὶ κατὰ τοῦ ∆ιογένους χωρεῖν παρεκελεύετο· τοῦ δὲ παραιτουμένου, ὁ πρεσβύτερος τῶν τοῦ καίσαρος υἱῶν μετεκαλεῖτο Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ ἐκελεύετο ἀπιέναι· ὁ δέ, εἴπερ τις ἄλλος, ὑπήκοος ὢν πατρί, εὐθὺς ἕτοιμος ἦν πρὸς τὸ ἔργον. Συνταξάμενος οὖν αὐθημερὸν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τῷ καίσαρι τὸν πορθμὸν διεπεραιοῦτο τὸν Χαλκηδόνιον καὶ ἓξ ἡμέρας διατρίψας περὶ τὴν Χαλκηδόνα ὅσον τὰ ἐπιτήδειά οἱ τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἐκστρατείαν γενέσθαι, ἐκεῖθεν ἀπάρας περιῄει τὴν ἕω καὶ τὰς δυνάμεις συνέλεγε καὶ θᾶττον ἁπάσας συλλέξας ξὺν αὐταῖς ἐχώρει πρὸς τὴν Κιλίκων. Σκοπὸν δ' ἔθετο πρῶτον εἰς μίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν γνώμην μεθαρμόσασθαι τὸ στρατόπεδον· ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦτο αὐτῷ ἐξεγένετο ἑκάστῳ προσφερομένῳ ἐπιεικῶς καὶ πρὸς πάντας μεθαρμοζομένῳ οἰκείως, δεύτερον σκοπὸν τίθεται τοὺς πολεμίους λαθεῖν καὶ τὰ στενὰ τῆς Κιλικίας διελθεῖν πρὸ τοῦ τὸν ∆ιογένην αἰσθέσθαι τῆς τούτου ἐφόδου. Γίνεται οὖν καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ τὰ βεβουλευμένα καὶ τὴν στενὴν καὶ ἀπόκρημνον διελθόντες ἀτραπὸν οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον ἀθρόοι τοῖς περὶ βασιλέα ἐπιφαίνονται. 1.24 Αἰσθόμενος δὲ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς τούτων ἐφόδου ἐξῆγε καὶ αὐτὸς τὰς δυνάμεις, τῷ Χατατουρίῳ Ἀρμενίῳ, ὃν φθάσας ἐδήλωσεν ἄνωθεν ὁ λόγος, τὴν τοῦ πολέμου δεδωκὼς ἐξουσίαν καὶ πάντα τὸν στρατὸν μικροῦ δεῖν αὐτῷ ὑποτάξας. Τοὺς πεζοὺς οὖν οὗτος καὶ ἱππεῖς ἐπαγόμενος τοὺς ἐπικαίρους τῶν τόπων καταλαβεῖν ἔσπευδεν· ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐλπίδων ἐσφάλη, τοῦ δομεστί κου τῶν Σχολῶν Ἀνδρονίκου προκατασχόντος αὐτούς. Ἀπογνοὺς οὖν τούτου, ἀντιμέτωπον τὴν ἰδίαν φάλαγγα τῇ τῶν ἐναντίων ἵστησιν· ἀντικαθίσταται δὲ πρὸς τοῦτον καὶ ὁ Ἀνδρόνικος καὶ τοῦ μὲν μέσου τῆς φάλαγγος αὐτὸς ἦν ἐξηγούμενος, τοῦ εὐωνύμου δὲ κέρατος ὁ Φράγγος Κρισπῖνος, τοῦ δεξιοῦ δ' ἕτερός τις τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον τεταγμένων. Ἀλλὰ πρὶν ἢ τὸν συνασπισμὸν γενέσθαι καὶ εἰς χεῖρας ἀλλήλων ἰέναι, ὁ Φράγγος δύσνους ὢν πάλαι τῷ βασιλεῖ Ῥωμανῷ καὶ μῆνιν κατ' αὐτοῦ τρέφων, τὸ τῶν ἐναντίων ἱππικὸν θεασάμενος καὶ τῷ Ἀνδρονίκῳ προειπὼν τὴν κατ' ἐκείνων ἐξέλασιν, ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος σὺν τοῖς ἀμφ' αὐτὸν ἐξελαύνει τὸν ἵππον. Ἰσχυρᾶς οὖν τῆς προσβολῆς γενομένης, φεύγουσιν οἱ περὶ τὸν Χατατούριον· οἱ δὲ κατόπιν διώκοντες πολλοὺς μὲν ἀνῄρουν, πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ ἐζώγρουν. Τοῦ γοῦν ἱππικοῦ οὕτω διασκεδασθέντος, καὶ ἡ φάλαγξ ἡ πεζική, δείσασα μὴ κυκλωθεῖσα διακοπείη, τὰ νῶτα δοῦσα καὶ αὕτη πρὸς φυγὴν ἔκλινεν. Ὅσοι μὲν οὖν ταῖς φάραγξι καὶ ταῖς