Saksagan
Eudocia 1067 part 20
Here I must mention something that I feel is beyond praise the most remarkable fact about Michael’s reign. At a time when our affairs,...
Eudocia 1067 part 19
5. In appearance he resembles an old man somewhat, with something about him of the thinker or pedagogue. His eyes are intent, his brow...
Eudocia 1067 part 18
He knew all about the mint, the exact weight of a stater, how a touchstone functioned, what proportion of precious metal was included in...
Eudocia 1067 part 17
And I would ask my readers not to distrust my account, nor to regard with suspicion the words that I shall presently write here,...
Eudocia 1067 part 16
42. So far the story has proceeded without a hitch: I have taken you along ‘the royal, smooth highway’, as the Holy Scripture has...
Eudocia 1067 part 15
40. Diogenes’s army was broken and routed. Andronicus, meanwhile, returned in triumph with Crispinus to the tent which had been prepared for him. Later,...
Eudocia 1067 part 14
His second object was to escape Diogenes’s notice when he drew near the passes into Cilicia, to make his way quietly through the tortuous...
Eudocia 1067 part 13
34. As a matter of fact this defeat marked the beginning of Diogenes’s downfall. With a handful of his followers, he took refuge in...
Eudocia 1067 part 12
31. In matters of this kind, history is apt to repeat itself. You find the same sort of things happening, the same sort of...
Eudocia 1067 part 11
28. That was the state of affairs, when Michael, fearing for his own safety and distrusting the cruel nature of Diogenes, decided on his...
