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 fearlessly in the emperor's foolishness. Being at a loss on all sides, he devised a plan not so much clever as deep and wicked; he again insinuated himself into the emperor's simplicity and persuaded him to get rid of his uncle the Caesar, and he suggested to him the way to persuade him to march against Ourselios. What then? The emperor was persuaded by his words, summoned his uncle, and announced the secret mission in a slow and broken voice; for he was accustomed to speak thus, being slow of speech. But he, not ignorant of the way of things, but rather knowing the perversity of the one who had made the suggestion and the gullibility of the one who had been persuaded, at first advised sending his son Andronikos against the rebel; but when he saw the emperor insisting and finally saying this, "Either I must march against that man or you," he was persuaded and prepared himself for his expedition. When his preparations were sufficient, he crossed over to Asia and, gathering his forces, set out against the enemy. Having crossed the Bithynian mountains, when he learned that the other was encamped around the sources of the Sangarios, he passed through Dorylaion and hastened forward; and the barbarian, learning of his approach, also moved his forces. They both therefore met around the bridge called Zompos and having encamped, they prepared for war. At dawn they led out their forces and drew them up in this manner: the Caesar held the center of the Roman line, having with him the shield-bearing and axe-bearing barbarians, to whom the guard of the palace had long been entrusted; the right wing was held by the mercenary Celts, whose leader was a certain Celt named Papas; and of the left wing, the Domestic of the Schools Andronikos was in command; and Nikephoros Botaneiates, later emperor of the Romans, was appointed to command the rear guard, having with him the phalanx of the Phrygians and the Lycaonians, and also that of the Asiatics. But Ourselios, seeing the Roman phalanx thus arrayed, also divided his forces in two, and taking one part of the phalanx himself, he followed at a slow pace, while he ordered the other to go straight for the mercenary Celts. When they were not far from each other, the mercenaries and the enemy began to speak to each other, and immediately all the mercenaries around Papas went over to the enemy, and both joining shields tried to encircle those around the Caesar, and Ourselios having the elite of the phalanx ..... the barbarians withstood the charge, a fierce battle ensued, and many fell on both sides; and when the spears of both were broken, drawing their swords they wounded each other in close combat. 2.15 But while these things were happening, the one entrusted with the rear guard, seeing the mercenaries going over to the enemy and hastening to encircle the phalanx which the Caesar commanded, when he should have helped, instead took up his forces and withdrew, although he was a brave man, as he had shown on many occasions. The barbarians, seizing the opportunity, fearlessly surrounded those around the Caesar; but the barbarian contingent around him for a time remained, both striking and being struck; but when it saw some of the enemy attacking from the front, and others getting behind them, it was now seized with despair; but the Caesar, standing calmly, strengthened their spirits. Therefore, as long as they had strength, they held their ground completely; but when they were worn out and no longer able to defend themselves against the attackers, and most of them had been destroyed, and the Caesar was captured without having made any move to flee, then those around Andronikos, being overwhelmed by the enemy, turned to flight. But he, although covered with wounds—for he had been struck with mortal blows—went about searching for his father. And when he learned that he had been captured, although he could have saved himself as he was already out of range of missiles and the fighting,

συνδιεσκέπτετο, τὸν καιρὸν δ' ὁρῶν ἔτι τριβόμενον διεπρίετο· ἐβούλετο γὰρ τοῦ ἐξ ἐκείνου δέους ἀπαλλαγῆναι καὶ οὕτω τῆς βασιλέως ἀβελτηρίας κατατρυφᾶν ἀδεῶς. Ἀπορήσας δὲ πάντοθεν βουλὴν βουλεύεται οὐ συνετὴν μᾶλλον ἢ βαθεῖαν καὶ πονηράν· ὑπεισέρχεται αὖθις τὴν βασιλέως ἁπλότητα καὶ πείθει τοῦτον τὸν θεῖον ἀποσκευάσασθαι καίσαρα καὶ τὸν τρόπον αὐτῷ ὑποτίθησι πεῖσαι τοῦτον στρατεῦσαι κατὰ τοῦ Οὐρσελίου. Τί τὸ ἐντεῦθεν; Πείθεται τοῖς τούτου λόγοις ὁ βασιλεύς, μετακαλεῖται τὸν θεῖον, τὸ ἀπόρρητον καταγγέλλει βραχείᾳ καὶ διακεκομμένῃ φωνῇ· οὕτω γὰρ ὁμιλεῖν εἰώθει βραδύγλωσσος ὤν. Ὁ δὲ τὸν τρόπον μὴ ἀγνοήσας, εἰδὼς δὲ μᾶλλον τοῦ τε ὑποθεμένου τὸ δύστροπον καὶ τοῦ πεισθέντος τὸ εὔκολον, πρῶτα μὲν υἱὸν ἐκπέμπειν Ἀνδρόνικον κατὰ τοῦ ἀποστάτου συνεβούλευεν· ὡς δ' ἐνιστάμενον εἶδε τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τοῦτο τέλος εἰπόν τα ὡς "ἤτοι ἐμὲ χρὴ κατ' ἐκείνου στρατεύειν ἢ σέ", ἐπείθετό τε καὶ τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἐκστρατείαν αὐτοῦ ηὐτρεπίζετο. Ἐπεὶ δ' ἀποχρώντως εἶχε τούτῳ τὰ τῆς παρασκευῆς, διεπεραιοῦτο πρὸς τὴν Ἀσίαν καὶ τὰς δυνάμεις συνάγων ἐξώρμα πρὸς πολέμιον. ∆ιαβὰς δὲ τὰ Βιθυνῶν ὄρη, ἐπειδὴ ἐμάνθανε τοῦτον περὶ τὰς πηγὰς τοῦ Σαγγαρίου στρατοπεδεύειν, τὸ ∆ορύλαιον διελθὼν ἠπείγετο πρὸς τὰ πρόσω· μαθὼν δὲ καὶ ὁ βάρβαρος τὴν τούτου ἔφοδον, ἐκίνει καὶ αὐτὸς τὰς δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ. Ὑπαντιάζουσιν οὖν ἄμφω περὶ τὴν Ζόμπου καλουμένην γέφυραν καὶ στρατοπεδευσάμενοι τὰ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ἐξηρτύοντο. Ἅμα δὲ τῇ ἕῳ τὰς δυνάμεις ἐξῆγον καὶ παρετάττοντο τόνδε τὸν τρόπον· ὁ μὲν καῖσαρ τὸ μέσον εἶχε τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς τάξεως ἔχων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς ἀσπιδηφόρους καὶ πελεκηφόρους βαρβάρους, οἷς ἡ τῶν βασιλείων ἄνωθεν πεπίστευτο φυλακή· τὸ δεξιὸν δὲ κέρας οἱ μισθοφόροι κατεῖχον Κελτοί, ὧν προΐστατό τις Κελτὸς ᾧ ὄνομα Πάπας· τοῦ εὐωνύμου δὲ κέρατος ὁ δομέστικος τῶν Σχολῶν κατῆρχεν Ἀνδρόνικος· οὐραγεῖν δ' ὁ Βοτανειάτης τέτακτο Νικηφόρος, ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων ἐς ὕστερον, ἔχων μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ τὴν τῶν Φρυγῶν καὶ τῶν Λυκαόνων φάλαγγα, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν Ἀσιανῶν. Ὁ δὲ Οὐρσέλιος κατιδὼν οὕτω ταξαμένην τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν φάλαγγα, διχῆ καὶ αὐτὸς τὰς δυνάμεις διεῖλε καὶ τὸ μὲν τῆς φάλαγγος αὐτὸς ἀναλαβὼν εἵπετο βάδην, τὸ δ' εὐθὺ ἀπιέναι τῆς πρὸς τοὺς Κελτοὺς μισθοφόρους παρήγγειλεν. Ἐπεὶ δ' οὐ πόρρω ἀλλήλων ἦσαν, ἤδη οἵ τε μισθοφόροι καὶ οἱ πολέμιοι ὁμιλεῖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἤρχοντο καὶ εὐθὺς προσκεχώρηκεν ἅπαν τὸ περὶ τὸν Πάπαν μισθοφόρον τοῖς πολεμίοις καὶ ξυνασπίσαντες ἄμφω ἐπειρῶντο κυκλοῦν τοὺς περὶ τὸν καίσαρα καὶ ὁ Οὐρσέλιος δὲ τὸ ἐπίλεκτον ἔχων τῆς φάλαγγος ..... ὑποστάντων τῶν βαρβάρων τὴν ἔφοδον, γέγονε μάχη καρτερὰ καὶ πίπτουσι συχνοὶ ἑκατέρωθεν· τῶν δὲ δοράτων ἀμφοτέρων θραυσθέντων, τὰ ξίφη γυμνώσαντες ἀγχεμάχως ἀλλήλους ἐτίτρωσκον. 2.15 Ἀλλ' ἐν ὅσῳ ταῦτα ἐπράττετο, ὁ τὴν οὐραγίαν πεπιστευμένος τοὺς μισθοφόρους θεώμενος τοῖς πολεμίοις προσχωρήσαντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν φάλαγγα κυκλοῦν ἧς κατῆρχεν ὁ καῖσαρ, δέον βοηθεῖν, ὁ δὲ τὰς δυνάμεις ἀναλαβὼν ὑπεχώρει, καίτοι ἀνὴρ ὢν ἀνδρεῖος, ὡς ἐν πολλοῖς δέδειχεν. Οἱ βάρβαροι δὲ ἀδείας δραξάμενοι ἐκύκλουν ἀδεῶς τοὺς περὶ τὸν καίσαρα· τὸ δὲ περὶ αὐτὸν βάρβαρον μέχρι μέν τινος ἔμεινε βάλλον τε καὶ βαλλόμενον· ἐπεὶ δ' εἶδε τῶν πολεμίων τοὺς μὲν κατὰ στόμα ἀπαντῶντας, τοὺς δὲ κατὰ νώτου γενομένους, ἀπορίᾳ ἤδη συνείχετο· ἀλλ' ὁ καῖσαρ ἀτρέμας ἑστὼς ἐπερρώννυε τὰ φρονήματα τούτων. Ἕως μὲν οὖν ἰσχὺς αὐτοῖς, ὅλως ἔμενον· ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ μὲν καταπεπόνητο καὶ οὐκέθ' οἷοί τε ἦσαν τοὺς βάλλοντας ἀμύνασθαι, αὐτῶν δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον διεφθάρη καὶ ὁ καῖσαρ μηδόλως πρὸς φυγὴν ἐξορμήσας ἑάλω, ἤδη δὲ καὶ οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀνδρόνικον ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων πλεονεκτούμενοι ἐτράπησαν πρὸς τὸ φεύγειν. Ὁ δὲ καίτοι κατάστικτος τοῖς τραύμασιν ὤνἐβέβλητο γὰρ καιρίαις πληγαῖς, περιῄει ζητῶν τὸν πατέρα. Μαθὼν δὲ τοῦτον ἁλῶναι, ἐξὸν σῴζεσθαι ὡς ἔξω τῶν βελῶν καὶ τοῦ πολέμου γενόμενον ἤδη,