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14.3.1 For since successive cares like a snowstorm came upon him, from the sea, through the fleet being prepared by the leaders of Pisa, Genoa, and Lombardy to ravage all the coastal regions, and again from the mainland from the east, with the Emir Saisan already descending upon Philadelphia and the coastal parts, he himself decided that it was necessary to depart from the queen of cities and go from there to where it was possible to fight on both fronts. Therefore he occupied Chersonesus, then, having recalled his forces from all sides, from both land and sea, and having detached a sufficient army, he stationed it by way of the Scamander as far as Atramytion and the Thracian theme itself. At that time, Philadelphia had Constantine Gabras as general and a people sufficient for its defense, and Pergamus and Chliara and the small towns adjacent to them had the half-barbarian Monastras, whom the account has mentioned in many places, and the other coastal cities had others distinguished in courage and military experience. And the emperor gave them strong orders to be ever-watchful and to send out scouts from all sides to watch for the raids of the barbarians and report to them hourly. 14.3.2 Thus, having secured matters in Asia, he turned his attention to the naval wars, having ordered the naval forces, some to anchor in the harbors of Madytus and Coela and to guard the strait between them sleeplessly, making certain raids with light, fast ships and to watch the sea lanes sleeplessly, awaiting the Frankish fleet, and others to guard the islands by sailing alongside them, not overlooking the affairs of the Peloponnese, but to keep a sufficient watch on it as well. And since he wished to delay in those parts, he constructed some dwellings in a suitable place and made his winter quarters there. 14.3.3 When the fleet prepared from Lombardy and the other regions had loosed its stern cables and made its departure, its commander, having detached five biremes, sent them out to capture some people and learn about the emperor. But when they had already reached Abydos, it happened that one of them returned to the one who sent it, the rest having been captured along with their rowers. Through this ship, the leaders of the aforementioned fleets learned about the emperor's affairs, and that he had meticulously secured matters both by sea and land and was making his winter quarters in Chersonesus in order to encourage everyone; since they were not able to fight against the emperor's stratagems, they turned their helms and took another course. 14.3.4 But a certain Celt from among those around such leaders, having taken his own swift single ship, went to Baldwin and finding him besieging Tyre, he related everything concerning the emperor, as the account has already indicated, having departed, I think, with the approval of those leaders, and how the Roman fleet, arriving first, had seized the swift scout ships, just as has been said. But indeed he also shamelessly admitted this: that the leaders of the Celtic fleet, having learned that the emperor was thus prepared against them, turned back, thinking it better to return empty-handed than to fight with the Roman fleet and be defeated. So that Celt said these things to Baldwin, trembling and still fearing the Roman fleet. 14.3.5 These things, then, are what happened to the Celts at sea; but matters on the mainland neither passed without a storm nor were they without cares for the emperor. For a certain Michael from Amastris, who was guarding Akrounos, having plotted a revolt, seized it and

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14.3.1 Ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἀλλεπάλληλοι τούτῳ αἱ φροντίδες νιφε τοῦ δίκην ἐπήρχοντο, ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς θαλάσσης διὰ στόλου εὐτρεπιζομένων τῶν ἡγεμόνων Πίσσης τε καὶ Γενούας καὶ Λογγιβαρδίας τὰ παρὰ θάλατταν ἅπαντα δῃώσασθαι, κἀκ τῆς ἠπείρου αὖθις ἐξ ἑῴας τοῦ Ἀμὴρ Σαϊσὰν καταλαμβά νοντος ἤδη κατὰ τῆς Φιλαδελφείας καὶ τῶν παραλίων μερῶν, δεῖν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξεληλυθέναι τῆς βασιλευούσης ἔγνω κἀκεῖθεν παραγενέσθαι, οὗ δυνατὸν καὶ κατ' ἄμφω τὰ μέρη μάχεσθαι. Καταλαμβάνει τοίνυν τὴν Χερρόνησον, εἶτα ἁπανταχόθεν ἀνακαλεσάμενος τὰς δυνάμεις ἀπό τε ξηρᾶς καὶ θαλάττης καὶ ἀποδιελὼν ἱκανὸν στράτευμα διὰ τοῦ Σκαμάνδρου μέχρις Ἀτραμυτίου καὶ αὐτοῦ δὴ τοῦ Θρακησίου κατατίθησιν. Εἶχε μὲν τηνικαῦτα στρατηγὸν ἡ Φιλαδέλφεια Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν Γαβρᾶν καὶ λαὸν ἀποχρῶντα πρὸς τὴν ταύτης φρουράν, τὸν δὲ μιξοβάρβαρον Μονα στρᾶν, οὗπερ ἐν πολλοῖς ὁ λόγος ἐμέμνητο, ἡ Πέργαμος καὶ τὰ Χλιαρὰ καὶ τούτοις παρακείμενα πολίχνια, καὶ αἱ παρὰ θάλατταν ἕτεραι πόλεις ἄλλους τόλμῃ καὶ πείρᾳ στρατηγικῇ διαφέροντας. Πολλὴν δὲ τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς παραγγελίαν ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ἐποιήσατο ἐγρηγορέναι διὰ παντὸς καὶ σκοποὺς ἁπανταχόθεν ἐκπέμπειν τοὺς τὰς τῶν βαρβάρων ἐπιτηροῦντας διεκδρομὰς καὶ ἀπαγγέλλοντας αὐτοῖς καθ' ὥραν. 14.3.2 Οὕτω μὲν οὖν τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀσφαλισάμενος πρὸς τοὺς θαλαττίους ἀπεῖδε πολέμους, τοῖς ναυτικοῖς ἐντειλάμενος, τοὺς μὲν τοῖς λιμέσι Μαδύ του καὶ Κοίλων προσορμίσαι καὶ τὸν ἀναμεταξὺ πορθμὸν ἀνυστάκτως φυλάττειν ἐκδρομάς τινας ποιουμένους διὰ δρομάδων κούφων νηῶν καὶ τὰς τῆς θαλάττης κελεύθους ἀνυστάκτως ἐπιτηρεῖν τὸν φραγγικὸν ἀπεκδεχομένους στόλον, τοὺς δὲ τὰς νήσους παραπλέοντας φρουρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ κατὰ τὴν Πελοπόννησον παριδόντας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταύτης ἀποχρῶσαν ποιεῖσθαι φυλακήν. Ἐπεὶ δὲ βραδύνειν ἐν ἐκείνοις τοῖς μέρεσιν ἐβούλετο, ἐν ἐπικαίρῳ τόπῳ σχεδιά σας οἰκήματά τινα αὐτοῦ που τὴν παραχειμασίαν ἐποιεῖτο. 14.3.3 Ὡς δὲ ὁ ἀπὸ Λογγιβαρδίας εὐτρεπισθεὶς στόλος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μερῶν λύσας τὰ πρυμνήσια τὸν ἀπόπλουν ἐπε ποίητο, ἀποδιελόμενος ὁ τούτων ἀρχηγὸς πέντε διήρεις ἀπέστειλεν, ἐφ' ᾧ κατασχεῖν τινας καὶ τὰ περὶ τοῦ βασι λέως καταμαθεῖν. Ὡς δὲ τὴν Ἄβυδον κατέλαβον ἤδη, μίαν τούτων πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντα συνέβη ἐπανιέναι τῶν λοιπῶν κατασχεθεισῶν σὺν αὐτοῖς ἐρέταις. ∆ι' ἧς οἱ ἀρχηγοὶ τῶν ἤδη ῥηθέντων στόλων τὰ κατὰ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα μεμαθη κότες καὶ ὅτι τά τε κατὰ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ἤπειρον ἀκριβῶς ἐξασφαλισάμενος, κατὰ τὴν Χερρόνησον τὴν παραχειμασίαν ποιεῖται ἐφ' ᾧ πάντας παραθαρρύνειν, ἐπεὶ πρὸς τὰ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος μηχανήματα οὐχ οἷοί τε ἦσαν ἀπομάχεσθαι, τοὺς οἴακας μεταχειρισάμενοι ἄλλην ἐτράποντο. 14.3.4 Εἷς δέ τις Κελτὸς τῶν ἀμφὶ τοὺς τοιού τους ἀρχηγούς, τὴν ἰδίαν ἀφελόμενος νῆα μονήρη ὠκυτά την οὖσαν, πρὸς τὸν Βαλδουῖνον ἀπῄει καὶ τὴν Τύρον πολιορκοῦντα τοῦτον εὑρὼν ἅπαντα, καθὼς ὁ λόγος φθά σας ἐδήλωσε, τὰ κατὰ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα διηγήσατο, μετὰ γνώμης οἶμαι τῶν ἀρχηγῶν ἐκείνων ἀπελθών, καὶ ὅπως τὰς κατασκόπους δρομάδας ναῦς ὁ ῥωμαϊκὸς φθάσας κατέσχε στόλος, καθά γε καὶ εἴρηται. Ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τοῦτο ἀνερυθριάστως ἀνωμολόγει ὅτιπερ οἱ ἡγεμόνες τοῦ κελ τικοῦ στόλου, οὕτω παρασκευασάμενον τὸν αὐτοκράτορα κατ' αὐτῶν ἐγνωκότες, ὑπέστρεψαν βέλτιον εἶναι νομί σαντες ἀπράκτους ὑποστρέψαι ἢ μετὰ τοῦ ῥωμαϊκοῦ στόλου μαχομένους ἡττηθῆναι. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Κελτὸς ἐκεῖνος ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Βαλδουῖνον ἐξεῖπεν ὑπότρομος ὢν καὶ τὸν ῥωμαϊκὸν ἔτι δεδιὼς στόλον. 14.3.5 Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν τὰ κατὰ τὴν θάλατταν συμπεσόντα τοῖς Κελτοῖς· ἀλλ' οὐδὲ <τὰ> κατὰ τὴν ἤπειρον ζάλης ἄνευ παρῆσαν οὐδὲ φροντίδων ἄτερ καθεστήκασι τῷ αὐτοκράτορι. Μιχαὴλ γάρ τις ἐξ Ἀμά στριδος τὴν Ἀκρουνὸν φρουρῶν, ἀποστασίαν μελετήσας, κατέσχεν αὐτὴν καὶ