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although the emperor permitted the young one, he did not yield, but signaling with his hand for the others to wait outside the walls, he himself, along with some of the nobles, went inside the walls, and having accompanied his grandfather and emperor halfway, he took his leave and returned to the camp. And on the next day, having entered, first having gone to the sanctuary of the Mother of God Hodegetria, he gave many thanks to God, the bestower of peace, and to his all-holy mother. And from there he returned to the palace, and he spent time with his grandfather and emperor. However, from the surrounding lands and cities and from Byzantium itself, they came to the palace en 1.169 masse, partly to celebrate the peace themselves, and partly to see the young emperor, who seemed to be most responsible for the present good fortune. And admiring both his obedience towards the emperor and the modesty and composure of his spirit, they returned homeward rejoicing. And the young emperor, together with the elder, having spent fifteen days in Byzantium, and having handed over the provinces under his authority to his grandfather and emperor, he himself, with the emperor's permission, returned to Didymoteichon, where his consort the empress also was, at the beginning of the month of August of the same fifth indiction. 35. And the elder emperor, having brought the entire dominion of the Romans under himself, since his grandson and emperor had conceded it, sent out governors to every province as seemed best to him; and for the collection of public revenues he appointed those who would take charge; and having sent out registrars, all the military personnel who had been assigned to have revenues from estates, and also the senators, he assessed equally and administered the dominion through them. And around the same time, Sventislav, the king of the Mysians, who had married the sister of the young emperor, had died of an illness; his son, George Terter, succeeded to the rule of the Mysians. And while the war between the emperors was still going on, when Andronikos Palaiologos, ruler of the Roman subject provinces around 1.170 Rhodope, had defected from the young to the elder emperor, Terter campaigned against those cities, ravaging the others, but he captured Philippopolis, which was large and populous, and strong with infantry and cavalry forces, and situated in a most strategic location, so as to be self-sufficient for both war and peace, more than most other mainland cities. And he took it in the following way. It was secretly reported to him by one of his associates in Byzantium, out of hatred for the young emperor, that since the Philippopolitans were campaigning with the young emperor, and the other locals were occupied with the grain harvest, if he attacked suddenly, he could more easily overpower it, as it was short of men. And so, attacking according to such a suggestion, he easily subdued it due to the lack of defenders. But after the young emperor arrived in Didymoteichon after the peace, Terter sent out an army, and overran and plundered the towns around Adrianople. But the emperor pursued and overtook them at the borders of Mysia, and falling upon them unexpectedly, he destroyed some of them, and took others alive, except for a few who escaped when night fell. And the soldiers plundered their camp, and brought back the booty. And after this battle, the emperor decided that it was necessary not only to defend against the invading Mysians, but also to campaign against them himself. And having gathered a battle-worthy army, after the thirtieth day he invaded 1.171 Mysia and ravaged most of it, but he enslaved no one; for it was not the custom of either the Mysians or the Romans to enslave one another in raids; but livestock and other baggage they took in great quantity as booty. And from there he returned to Byzantium to rejoice with the emperor and his grandfather over the victory; for he had made this his first invasion in a campaign against barbarians. But when he arrived, he found by the elder

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βασιλέως ἐπιτρέποντος τῷ νέῳ, οὐκ εἶξεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔξω τειχῶν περιμένειν σημήνας τῇ χειρὶ, αὐτὸς ἅμα τισὶ τῶν εὐπατριδῶν ἐντὸς γενόμενος τῶν τειχῶν, καὶ συνοδεύσας τῷ πάππῳ καὶ βασιλεῖ μέχρι μέσης ὁδοῦ, συνταξάμενος ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στρατόπεδον. εἰς τὴν ὑστεραίαν δὲ εἰσελθὼν, πρῶτα μὲν εἰς τὸ τῆς θεομήτορος τέμενος τῆς Ὁδηγητρίας ἐλθὼν, εὐχαριστίας ἀπεδίδου πολλὰς τῷ χορηγῷ τῆς εἰρήνης θεῷ καὶ τῇ αὐτοῦ πανάγνῳ μητρί. ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς τὰ βασίλεια, καὶ συνδιῆγε τῷ πάππῳ καὶ βασιλεῖ. ἐκ μέντοι τῶν πέριξ χωρῶν τε καὶ πόλεων καὶ αὐτοῦ Βυζαντίου εἰς τὰ βασίλεια ἐφοίτων παν 1.169 δημεὶ, ἅμα μὲν συνεορτάσοντες καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν εἰρήνην, ἅμα δὲ ὀψόμενοι καὶ βασιλέα τὸν νέον, ὃς αἰτιώτατος ἐδόκει τῆς ἐν τῷ παρόντι εὐτυχίας εἶναι. θαυμάζοντες δὲ αὐτοῦ τήν τε εὐπείθειαν πρὸς βασιλέα καὶ τὸ τοῦ φρονήματος μέτριον καὶ κατεσταλμένον, οἴκαδε χαίροντες ἐπανῄεσαν. βασιλεὺς δὲ ὁ νέος ἅμα τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ πέντε πρὸς ταῖς δέκα τῷ Βυζαντίῳ ἐνδιατρίψας ἡμέρας, καὶ τὰς ὑπ' αὐτῷ τελούσας ἐπαρχίας τῷ πάππῳ καὶ βασιλεῖ παραδεδωκὼς, αὐτὸς, ἐπιτρέψαντος βασιλέως, εἰς ∆ιδυμότειχον ἐπανῆλθεν, ἔνθα καὶ ἡ σύνευνος αὐτῷ βασιλὶς ἦν, Αὐγούστου μηνὸς ἱσταμένου τῆς αὐτῆς πέμπτης ἰνδικτιῶνος. λεʹ. Βασιλεὺς δὲ ὁ πρεσβύτερος πᾶσαν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν Ῥωμαίων ποιησάμενος ὑφ' ἑαυτῷ, τοῦ ἐγγόνου καὶ βασιλέως παρακεχωρηκότος, ἐπιτρόπους τε ἀπέστελλε κατὰ πᾶσαν ἐπαρχίαν ὡς ἂν αὐτῷ ἐδόκει βέλτιστα ἔχειν· καὶ ταῖς τῶν δημοσίων προσόδων πράξεσι τοὺς ἐπιμελησομένους ἐφίστη· καὶ ἀπογραφέας δὲ ἀποστείλας, τὸ στρατιωτικὸν ἅπαν ὅσον ἦν ἐκ χωρίων ἀποτεταγμένον τὰς προσόδους ἔχειν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοὺς συγκλητικοὺς ἐξίσαζε καὶ διῴκει δι' αὐτῶν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν. ὑπὸ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους Σφεντισθλάβος ὁ τῶν Μυσῶν βασιλεὺς, ὃς ἦν τὴν βασιλέως τοῦ νέου ἀδελφὴν γεγαμηκὼς, ἐτεθνήκει νοσήσας· διεδέξατο τὴν ἀρχὴν Μυσῶν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Γεώργιος ὁ Τερτερής. ἔτι δὲ τοῦ πρὸς ἀλλήλους τῶν βασιλέων συνεστῶτος πολέμου, ὅτε καὶ Παλαιολόγος Ἀνδρόνικος τῶν κατὰ 1.170 τὴν Ῥοδόπην τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις ὑπηκόων ἄρχων ἐπαρχιῶν, ἀπέστησε τοῦ νέου πρὸς τὸν πρεσβύτερον βασιλέα, ὁ Τερτερὴς ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐκείναις ἐπιστρατεύσας, τὰς μὲν ἄλλας ἐδῄωσε, Φιλιππούπολιν δὲ εἷλε, μεγάλην τε καὶ πολυάνθρωπον οὖσαν, καὶ πεζῷ καὶ ἱππικῷ στρατεύματι ἐῤῥωμένην, καὶ ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ μάλιστα χωρίου κειμένην, ὡς αὐτάρκη εἶναι καὶ πρὸς πόλεμον καὶ εἰρήνην τῶν ἄλλων μάλιστα ἠπειρωτίδων. εἷλε δὲ τρόπῳ τοιῷδε. παρὰ τῶν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ τινὸς αὐτῷ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἔχθει τῷ πρὸς βασιλέα τὸν νέον κρύφα ἐμηνύθη, ὡς τῶν Φιλιππουπολιτῶν τῷ νέῳ βασιλεῖ συστρατευομένων, τῶν τε ἄλλων ἐγχωρίων περὶ τὴν τοῦ σίτου συγκομιδὴν ἀσχολουμένων, ἐπελθὼν ἐκ τοῦ αἰφνιδίου ῥᾷον ἂν κρατήσειεν ὀλιγανδρούσης. κατὰ δὴ τὴν τοιαύτην ὑφήγησιν ἐπελθὼν, ἀπορίᾳ τῶν ἀμυνομένων παρεστήσατο ῥᾳδίως. ἀφικομένου δὲ μετὰ τὴν εἰρήνην εἰς ∆ιδυμότειχον τοῦ νέου βασιλέως, ὁ Τερτερὴς ἀποστείλας στρατιὰν, τὰ περὶ τὴν Ἀδριανούπολιν κατέδραμε πολίχνια καὶ ἐληΐσατο· ἐπιδιώξας δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς κατέλαβεν ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις τῆς Μυσίας, καὶ ἀπροσδοκήτως ἐμπεσὼν, τοὺς μὲν διέφθειρεν αὐτῶν, τοὺς δὲ εἷλε ζῶντας, πλὴν ὀλίγων, ὅσοι διεσώθησαν ἐπιγενομένης νυκτός· καὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον αὐτῶν διήρπασαν οἱ στρατιῶται, καὶ τὴν λείαν ἐπανήγαγον. μετὰ δὲ ταύτην τὴν μάχην ἔγνω δεῖν ὁ βασιλεὺς μὴ ἀμύνεσθαι μόνον ἐπερχομένους τοὺς Μυσοὺς, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστρατεύειν. καὶ συναγαγὼν ἀξιόμαχον στρατιὰν, μετὰ τριακοστὴν ἡμέραν ἐπέ 1.171 βαλεν εἰς τὴν Μυσίαν καὶ ἐδῄωσε τὰ πολλὰ αὐτῆς, ἠνδραποδίσατο δὲ οὐδένα· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔθος οὔτε Μυσοῖς οὔτε Ῥωμαίοις ἐν ταῖς καταδρομαῖς ἀνδραποδίζεσθαι ἀλλήλους· βοσκήματα δὲ καὶ ἄλλην ἀποσκευὴν εἷλον αἰχμάλωτον πολλήν. ἐκεῖθεν δὲ εἰς Βυζάντιον ἐπανῆκε τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ πάππῳ συνησθησόμενος ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ· ταύτην γὰρ ἐποιήσατο πρώτην εἰσβολὴν βαρβάροις ἐπιστρατεύσας. εὗρε δὲ ἐλθὼν ὑπὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου