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of his relatives, he provided him with three triremes, just as he had asked, in which he placed as much property as he had, and came to Galata. 13. And he himself, having prepared as much as was possible for the defense of the island, set sail from there with the remaining ships, and came to Old Phocaea, which was subject to the Romans; and having landed, for some days he met with Saruchan, the ruler of the Persians in Ionia, who was there and approached him with fitting modesty and, so to speak, servility. The emperor treated him kindly with magnificent gifts, and sent him away in treaty with the Romans. And Aydin, himself being satrap of Caria, did not come to the emperor, being hindered by a chronic illness; but having sent not a few of the Persians under his command along with gifts to the emperor, he blamed the illness, for having been hindered by it from doing obeisance to the emperor. And the emperor, having thanked him with words and repaid him with gifts, sent away those who had come. And departing from there, he came to New Phocaea. This had Roman inhabitants; but for some reason, just as Zaccaria 1.389 did of Chios, so also Andrea Cattaneo from Genoa seized control of this place, and having built an acropolis and occupied it with a garrison, he ruled the rest of the city securely. At that time, therefore, Andrea was not present, but had gone away to Genoa on some business. But Arrigo Tartaro, who was Andrea's uncle, was ruling Phocaea in his place; who, seeing the emperor approaching, hastened to go out from Phocaea to meet the emperor, opening the gates, and he himself came out with them and did obeisance to the emperor. And when he was inside the walls, he ordered those garrisoning the acropolis—and they were Latins from Genoa—to come out and hand it over to the emperor. And they came out doing obeisance, and handed over the citadel. But the emperor, having quartered in it for two days, on the third at dawn summoned Arrigo, and having ordered the Varangians who carry the axes to bring the keys of the city—for it was the custom for these men to hold the keys of the cities wherever the emperor might be visiting—he ordered them to be handed over to Arrigo, saying to him, "Now, having come to Phocaea, which is subject to me, I have stayed for as long as I wished. And again, as I depart, I hand over the city to you, and through you to Andrea, so that you may rule it as before as a guardian for as long a time as it is my will." Having treated him and those garrisoning the citadel kindly with gifts, and leaving them there confessing many thanks to him for the benefaction 1.390, he set sail with the entire fleet, came to Byzantium, and disbanded the army. And having stayed a short time in Byzantium, he departed from there and came to Didymoteichon. While he was staying there, it was announced that a Persian infantry army, having crossed over from the east in seventy ships, was plundering the area around Trajanopolis and Bera. And it happened that, because of the expedition to Chios, with everyone having been disbanded to their homes for the sake of rest, the emperor, along with the Grand Domestic, was with only a few soldiers; but having gathered as many as possible as quickly as possible from the surrounding cities, they unexpectedly attacked the Persians, and having been greatly victorious in battle, they killed some of them, and took others alive. As many as were able to escape, embarked on the ships and, since at that time a naval force had not been prepared for the Romans, crossed over to the east; and the emperor after the victory returned to Adrianople. But Benedetto, the brother of Martino, having come from Chios to Galata, with the intention, if he were able, of taking revenge on the emperor, having found eight triremes from Genoa at anchor, sold all his possessions and persuaded the trierarchs with pay to sail with him against Chios, hoping to take it easily, as the emperor would not quickly come to its aid, his naval force having been scattered. And when they put in at Chios, they disembarked from the ships and, having armed themselves, proceeded towards the city as if to make an attempt on the walls. But the Chians, coming out in full force, both defeated 1.391 the Latins in battle, and shamefully drove them fleeing into their ships; and they killed of them

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προσηκόντων, ἐκείνῳ μὲν τρεῖς παρέσχετο τριήρεις, ὥσπερ ᾐτεῖτο, αἷς ἐνθέμενος ὅση ἦν αὐτῷ περιουσία, ἦλθεν εἰς Γαλατᾶν. ιγʹ. Αὐτὸς δὲ ὅσα ἐξῆν πρὸς φυλακὴν ἐξαρτυσάμενος τῆς νήσου, ἄρας ἐκεῖθεν ταῖς λοιπαῖς ναυσὶν, ἦλθεν εἰς Φώκαιαν τὴν παλαιὰν, οὖσαν ὑπήκοον Ῥωμαίοις· καὶ ἀπόβασιν ποιησάμενος ἐφ' ἡμέρας τινὰς συνεγένετο Σαρχάνῃ, τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἰωνίαν ἄρχοντι Περσῶν ἐκεῖσε γενομένῳ καὶ μετὰ τῆς προσηκούσης αὐτῷ προσελθόντι μετριότητος καὶ, οἷον εἰπεῖν, δουλείας. ὃν καὶ δώροις φιλοφρονησάμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς μεγαλοπρεπῶς, ἀπέστειλεν ἔνσπονδον Ῥωμαίοις. Αἰτίνης δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Καρίας ὢν σατράπης, πρὸς βασιλέα μὲν οὐ παρεγένετο ὑπὸ νόσου χρονίου κωλυθείς· τῶν ὑπ' αὐτὸν δὲ Περσῶν οὐκ ὀλίγους πέμψας ἅμα δώροις πρὸς βασιλέα, τὴν νόσον, ὡς ὑπ' αὐτῆς κεκωλυμένος, ᾐτιᾶτο, προσκυνῆσαι βασιλέα. βασιλεὺς δὲ λόγοις τε εὐχαριστήσας καὶ δώροις ἀμειψάμενος αὐτὸν, ἀπέστειλε τοὺς ἐλθόντας. ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἐξελθὼν, εἰς Φώκαιαν τὴν νέαν ἦλθεν. αὕτη δὲ Ῥωμαίους μὲν οἰκοῦντας εἶχεν· ἐξ αἰτίας δέ τινος ὥσπερ Ζαχαρίας 1.389 Χίου, οὕτω δὴ καὶ αὐτῆς Ἀνδρέας Κατανίας ἐκ Γεννούας κρατήσας, ἀκρόπολίν τε οἰκοδομησάμενος καὶ κατασχὼν φρουρᾷ, τῆς ἄλλης πόλεως ἦρχεν ἀσφαλῶς. τότε μὲν οὖν Ἀνδρέας οὐ παρῆν, ἀλλ' εἰς Γέννουαν κατά τινα χρείαν ἀπεδήμει. Ἀρῆγος δὲ Ταρταρὼ, ὃς ἦν Ἀνδρέου θεῖος, Φωκαίας ἦρχεν ἀντ' αὐτοῦ· ὃς ἰδὼν τὸν βασιλέα προσιόντα, Φωκαίας τε ἐπέσπευδεν εἰς ὑπάντησιν βασιλέως ἐξελθεῖν, ἀνοίξας τὰς πύλας, καὶ αὐτὸς ἅμα σὺν αὐτοῖς ἐξῆλθε καὶ προσεκύνει βασιλέα. ἐπεὶ δὲ γένοιτο ἐντὸς τειχῶν, τοὺς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν φρουροῦντας ἦσαν δὲ ἐκ Γεννούας Λατῖνοι, ἐξελθόντας ἐκέλευε βασιλεῖ παραδιδόναι. οἱ δὲ ἐξήρχοντό τε προσκυνοῦντες, καὶ παρεδίδοσαν τὴν ἄκραν. βασιλεὺς δ' ἐν αὐτῇ δύο αὐλισάμενος ἡμέρας, εἰς τὴν τρίτην ἅμα ἕῳ τὸν Ἀρῆγον μεταπεμψάμενος, καὶ τὰ κλεῖθρα τῆς πόλεως τοὺς τοὺς πελέκυς ἔχοντας βαράγκους κελεύσας ἀγαγεῖν τούτους γὰρ ἔθος τὰ κλεῖθρα τῶν πόλεων ἔνθα ἂν ἐπιδημοίη βασιλεὺς, κατέχειν, Ἀρήγῳ ἐκέλευε παραδιδόναι, πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰπὼν, ὡς «νῦν μὲν εἰς Φώκαιαν ἐμοὶ ὑπήκοον οὖσαν ἐλθὼν, ἔμεινα ἐφ' ὅσον ἠβουλόμην. αὖθις δὲ ἐξερχόμενος, τὴν πόλιν παραδίδωμί σοι, καὶ διὰ σοῦ τῷ Ἀνδρέᾳ, ὥστε ἄρχειν αὐτῆς ὥσπερ καὶ πρότερον ἐπιτροπεύοντα καθ' ὅσον ἂν χρόνον ἐμοὶ βουλομένῳ ᾖ.» δώροις τε αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς τὴν ἄκραν φρουροῦντας φιλοφρονησάμενος, καταλιπὼν ἐκεῖ πολλὰς αὐτῷ τῆς εὐεργεσίας 1.390 χάριτας ὁμολογοῦντας, ἄρας σὺν ἅμα παντὶ τῷ στόλῳ ἦλθεν εἰς Βυζάντιον καὶ διέλυσε τὴν στρατιάν. ὀλίγον δὲ ἐνδιατρίψας Βυζαντίῳ χρόνον, ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν, ἦλθεν εἰς ∆ιδυμότειχον. ἔνθα διατρίβοντι ἠγγέλθη ὡς ἐκ τῆς ἕω στρατιὰ Περσῶν πεζὴ περαιωθεῖσα ἑβδομήκοντα ναυσὶ, τὰ περὶ Τραϊανούπολιν ληΐζεται καὶ Βήραν. συμβέβηκε δὲ διὰ τὸν εἰς Χίον ἀπόπλουν πάντων οἴκαδε διαλυθέντων ἀναπαύλης χάριν, βασιλέα ἅμα δομεστίκῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ σὺν ὀλίγοις τισὶν εἶναι στρατιώταις· ὅσους δὲ ἐνῆν ὡς τάχιστα συναγαγόντες ἐκ τῶν πέριξ πόλεων, ἀπροσδοκήτως ἐπέθεντο τοῖς Πέρσαις, καὶ μάχῃ κρατήσαντες παρὰ πολὺ, τοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτῶν, τοὺς δὲ καὶ εἷλον ζῶντας. ὅσοι δὲ ἠδυνήθησαν διαφυγεῖν, ἐμβάντες εἰς τὰς ναῦς, ἐπεὶ τοτηνικάδε ναυτικὴ δύναμις οὐκ ἦν Ῥωμαίοις παρεσκευασμένη ἐπεραιώθησαν πρὸς ἕω· καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς μετὰ τὴν νίκην εἰς Ἀδριανούπολιν ἐπανῆλθεν. Μπενέτος δὲ ὁ Μαρτίνου ἀδελφὸς ἐκ Χίου κατασχὼν εἰς Γαλατᾶν, γνώμην ἔχων ὡς ἢν δύνηται ἀμυνούμενος βασιλέα, τριήρεις ἐκ Γεννούας εὑρὼν ἐφορμούσας ὀκτὼ, τὰ ὄντα πάντα διαθέμενος, πείθει μισθῷ τοὺς τριηράρχας, αὐτῷ κατὰ Χίου συνεκπλεῦσαι, ἐλπίσας αἱρήσειν ῥᾳδίως, ὡς βασιλέως οὐ ταχέως βοηθήσοντος, τῆς ναυτικῆς αὐτῷ δυνάμεως διεσκεδασμένης. ἐπεὶ δὲ προσέσχον τῇ Χίῳ, ἀπέβαινόν τε τῶν νεῶν καὶ ὁπλισάμενοι ἐχώρουν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ὡς τῶν τειχῶν ἀποπειράσοντες. Χῖοι δὲ ἐξελθόντες πανδημεὶ ἐκράτησάν τε 1.391 μάχῃ τῶν Λατίνων, καὶ φεύγοντας αἰσχρῶς ἐνέβαλον εἰς τὰς ναῦς· ἀπέκτειναν δὲ αὐτῶν