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Symeon the Logothete
The chronicle of Symeon Logothete has been preserved in three forms: an original written to magnify the deeds of Romanos Lekapenos; as the continuation...
Justinian and Theodora
Justinian (b.483- r.527-d.565)
Procopius is the most important source for information about the reign of the emperor Justinian. He wrote a number of official...
Shipwrecked and subjected to God’s wrath
Very soon he coveted more, as is generally the rule with men of insatiable ambition, and decided he ought to make an attempt upon...
War with the Normans
War with the Normans (1081-2)
I thus the Continent was now occupied by Robert, who pitched his camp in it on June 17th of the...
The Emperor’s Death
Whether the loving couple themselves and their accomplices committed a very horrible crime against him, I would not say with any certainty, because it...
