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

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, being suspicious of a revolt, neither presented the emperor's letters ordering the patriarch's departure, nor did he reveal any of the things commanded him by the emperor. But what does he contrive? He feigns an illness and has both his hands and his arms bound and pretends to be sick and summons the physicians. The patriarch therefore visits him and discourses on the illness and confers with him about it. It seemed, therefore, that the cause of the illness was an obstruction forming around the smooth arteries; and when it pleased the physicians for him to leave the city and a place suitable for the illness was being sought, having both a good climate and providing some cheer to the one suffering, the patriarch announced that he had such a place and immediately permitted the doux to go out and stay in it. And he went out, and the patriarch came, having escorted him, and returned. But what came next? Two days passed and the patriarch came to visit him; and he, seeing the patriarch, when he inquired about his condition, said he was better by your prayers, for he had benefited from the good climate of the air in that place, and he, hearing these things, rejoiced. While they were still speaking, someone came reporting that a hare was resting very near the place. The physicians therefore urged him to go, but he pretended not to want to; but the patriarch, completely unaware of the plot, urged him to ride out and go to the hunt for the hare; and he pretended to listen to him. So with difficulty mounting his horse, he headed for Antioch, and having entered the city and closed the gates, he sent the imperial letters to the patriarch, those summoning him to the queen of cities, and demanded that he go down to the sea as quickly as possible. And he was indeed displeased and threatened to do irreparable harm, but he was not able to, but having reached Laodicea even unwillingly and having spent a few days there so that his provisions could be brought to him from Antioch, he set sail for Byzantium. 2.29 But the doux Isaac, having been freed from the fear of the patriarch, pursued the public affairs and tried to dissolve the revolts arising in the cities. But the ancient enemy of the Christians was not at rest; for this reason indeed and from a small cause he stirred up the rebels again; for some of those who had recently begun to advance, inflamed by envy against those in office and the doux, armed the populace, and having shut him up inside the acropolis, they guarded the entrances, and having rushed out against them they killed some, while the rest towards the acropolis were sacking the houses of the magistrates and plundering their possessions. The doux, therefore, having fallen into manifest danger, sent out to the surrounding cities summoning the soldiers; and in a short time, when a sufficient force had gathered, he outmaneuvered the rebels; for having divided the army into many parts he ordered them to go to the narrow streets and to seize those they met, so that, not coming together, they might not help one another; when this was done, it happened that a great slaughter of the Antiochene rebels occurred and thus with difficulty the revolt was quieted; and when this had just been quieted, he hastened to placate the Antiochenes. Then, after a few days had passed, it was reported that a not inconsiderable band of Turks was advancing against Syria. And he, taking up his forces, went out; and his brother-in-law Constantine, the son of the emperor Diogenes, also followed him; and having encountered the Turks and joined battle with them he was defeated, and having fought bravely and having received sufficient wounds from them he himself was captured, and Diogenes was killed. The Antiochenes therefore, immediately sending, ransomed him for twenty thousand pieces of gold and hastened to treat his wounds from the war; and he was still genuinely disposed toward them and hastened to repay them with rewards, as was possible. But matters concerning Antioch were in this state, and the following account will also make clear the matters in the west.

πατριάρχῃ προσεποιεῖτο καὶ φιλίως αὐτῷ προσενήνεκτο, τὸ δὲ τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἐθεράπευεν. Ὑφορώμενος οὖν τὴν στάσιν ὁ δοὺξ οὔτε τὰ τοῦ βασιλέως γράμματα τὰ κελεύοντα τὴν ἐξέλευσιν τοῦ πατριάρχου παρέσχεν, οὔτε τι τῶν προσταχθέντων αὐτῷ παρὰ βασιλέως ἀπεκάλυψεν. Ἀλλὰ τί μηχανᾶται; Σκήπτεται νόσον καὶ ἄμφω τὰς χεῖρας δεσμεῖ καὶ τοὺς βραχίονας καὶ νοσεῖν ὑποκρίνεται καὶ τοὺς ἰατροὺς συγκαλεῖται. Φοιτᾷ τοίνυν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης καὶ περὶ τῆς νόσου φιλοσοφεῖ καὶ τὰ περὶ ταύτης κοινοῦται μετ' αὐτοῦ. Ἐδόκει οὖν τῆς νόσου αἴτιον εἶναι ἔμφραξις περὶ τὰς λείας ἀρτηρίας συνισταμένη· ὡς δ' ἐξιέναι τῆς πόλεως τοῦτον ἤρεσε τοῖς ἰατροῖς καὶ χωρίον ἐσκοπεῖτο τῇ νόσῳ κατάλληλον εὖ τε κράσεως ἔχον καὶ θυμηδίαν τινὰ παρέχον τῷ κάμνοντι, ὁ πατριάρχης τοιοῦτό τι ἔχειν ἐπήγγελται καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξιέναι τὸν δοῦκα ἐπέτρεπε κἀν τούτῳ ἐνδιαιτᾶσθαι. Ὁ δὲ ἐξῄει καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης ἧκε τοῦτον προπέμψας καὶ ὑπέστρεφεν. Ἀλλὰ τί τὸ ἐντεῦθεν; ∆ύο παρῆλθον ἡμέραι καὶ ὁ πατριάρχης ἧκε τοῦτον ἐπισκεψόμενος· ὁ δὲ τὸν πατριάρχην ἰδὼν πυθομένου ἐκείνου τὰ κατ' αὐτὸν ῥᾷον ἔλεγεν ἔχειν ταῖς σαῖς εὐχαῖς, ὀνήσασθαι γὰρ ὑπὸ τῆς εὐκρασίας τοῦ κατὰ τὸ χωρίον ἀέρος, καὶ ὃς ἀκούων ταῦτ' ἔχαιρεν. Ἔτι δ' αὐτῶν ὁμιλούντων, ἧκέ τις μηνύων ἔγγιστα τοῦ χωρίου κοιτάζεσθαι λαγωόν. Ἐκέλευον οὖν τοῦτον ἀπιέναι οἱ ἰατροί, ὁ δὲ προσεποιεῖτο μὴ βούλεσθαι· ὁ δὲ πατριάρχης παντάπασιν ἀγνοήσας τὸ δρᾶμα παρεκάλει τοῦτον ἐξιππασάμενον ἀπελθεῖν πρὸς τὴν θήραν τοῦ λαγωοῦ· ὁ δ' ὑποκρίνεται τούτου ἀκούειν. Βίᾳ οὖν ἐπιβὰς τοῦ ἵππου τῆς πρὸς Ἀντιόχειαν εἴχετο καὶ εἰσελθὼν ἐντὸς τῆς πόλεως καὶ τὰς πύλας κλείσας τὰ βασιλικὰ πρὸς τὸν πατριάρχην ἐξέπεμπε γράμματα τὰ πρὸς τὴν βασιλίδα τῶν πόλεων τοῦτον μεταπεμπόμενα καὶ ἠξίου πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν κατιέναι ὡς τάχιστα. Ὁ δὲ ἐδυσχέραινε μὲν καὶ ἠπείλει δράσειν ἀνήκεστα, οὐ μέντοι γε καὶ δεδύνητο, ἀλλὰ τὴν Λαοδικέων καὶ ἄκων καταλαβὼν καὶ ὀλίγας ἐνδιατρίψας ἡμέρας ὥστε αὐτῷ τὰ ἐφόδια κομισθῆναι ἐκ τῆς Ἀντιοχέων, ἀπῆρε πρὸς τὸ Βυζάντιον. 2.29 Ὁ δὲ δοὺξ Ἰσαάκιος τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ πατριάρχου δέους ἀπαλλαγεὶς διώκει τὰ κοινὰ καὶ τὰς ἀναφυομένας ταῖς πόλεσι στάσεις ἐπειρᾶτο διαλύειν. Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἦν ἠρεμῆσαι τὸν τῶν χριστιανῶν ἀρχαῖον πολέμιον· ταύτῃ τοι καὶ ἐξ αἰτίας βραχείας τοὺς στασιαστὰς αὖθις κεκίνηκε· τῶν γὰρ ἄρτι προκόπτειν ἀρξαμένων τινὲς ἐκκαυθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ φθόνου κατὰ τῶν ἐν τέλει καὶ τοῦ δουκὸς τὸ πλῆθος ἐξώπλισαν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἴσω τῆς ἀκροπόλεως συγκλείσαντες τὰς εἰσόδους ἐφρούρουν, κατὰ δὲ τῶν ἐξορμήσαντές τινας μὲν ἀνεῖλον, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν ἀρχόντων πορθοῦντες καὶ τὰ χρήματα διαρπάζοντες. Ὁ δοὺξ τοίνυν εἰς προῦπτον καταστὰς κίνδυνον πρὸς τὰς κύκλῳ πόλεις ἐξέπεμψε τοὺς στρατιώτας μετακαλούμενος· ἐν ὀλίγῳ δὲ ἀποχρώσης συνελθούσης δυνάμεως κατεστρατήγει τοὺς στασιαστάς· εἰς πολλὰ γὰρ μέρη τὸ στράτευμα διελὼν ἐκέλευσε ἀπιέναι πρὸς τὰ στενωπὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας ξυλλαμβάνειν, ὡς μὴ ὁμοῦ γενόμενοι βοηθοῖεν ἀλλήλοις· οὗ γενομένου, συνέβη τῶν Ἀντιοχέων στασιαστῶν φόνον γενέσθαι πολὺν καὶ οὕτω μόλις τὴν στάσιν κατευνασθῆναι· ἄρτι δὲ ταύτης κατευνασθείσης τοὺς Ἀντιοχεῖς ἔσπευδε θεραπεύειν. Εἶτα διελθουσῶν ἡμερῶν ὀλίγων, ἠγγέλθη Τούρκων οὐκ ἐλαχίστην μοῖραν κατὰ Συρίας χωρεῖν. Ὁ δὲ τὰς δυνάμεις ἀναλαβὼν ἐξῄει· συνείπετο δέ οἱ καὶ ὁ ἐπ' ἀδελφῇ τούτου γαμβρὸς Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ τοῦ βασιλέως ∆ιογένους υἱός· ἐντυχὼν δὲ τοῖς Τούρκοις καὶ μάχην μετ' αὐτῶν συνάψας ἡττήθη καὶ γενναίως ἀγωνισάμενος καὶ τραύματα ἱκανὰ παρ' αὐτῶν λαβὼν αὐτὸς μὲν ἑάλω, ἀνῃρέθη δὲ καὶ ὁ ∆ιογένης. Τὸν μὲν οὖν εὐθὺς οἱ Ἀντιοχεῖς ἀποστείλαντες χρυσίου χιλιάδων ὠνήσαντο εἴκοσι καὶ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου τραύματα θεραπεύειν ἔσπευδον· αὐτὸς δὲ εἰσέτι γνησίως διέκειτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ τὰς ἀμοιβάς, ὡς οἷόν τε, ἔσπευδε τούτοις ἀποδιδόναι. Ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν ἐν τούτοις ἦν, ὁ δὲ ἑξῆς λόγος δηλώσει καὶ περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἑσπέραν.