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The Conpiracy of Aston part 3

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Now one Constantine, a eunuch, who had been the table-servant of the Emperor’s father and now waited on the Empress, was standing outside the...

The Conpiracy of Aston part 2

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There the man who had just escaped one assassin would have been like to fall under the hands of another, had not the Divine...

The Conpiracy of Aston part 1

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The Final Defeat of Bohemond : The Treaty of Devol. (1107-8) I We were, one and all, astounded at the Emperor’s dignified attitude. But although...

Eudocia 1067 part 35

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289. Constantine, betrothed to Helena the daughter of Robert Guiscard, but later to Anna Comnena. He probably died before she was of marriageable age. 290....

Eudocia 1067 part 34

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280. This Crispinus had joined Romanus on his first campaign. Previously he had been in Italy. As he was not treated with the consideration...

Eudocia 1067 part 33

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261. The leaders of the peace party were Psellus himself, Nicephorus Palaeologus and John Ducas.262. Spring 1069. This campaign was indecisive, though the enemy...

Eudocia 1067 part 32

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This eunuch suggested to the Patriarch that his brother Bardas should marry the empress. Xiphilinus, flattered by this proposal, consulted the Senate, but did...

Eudocia 1067 part 31

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234. The City Prefect and several nobles were implicated in a plot to kill the emperor on St. George’s Day (1060), but they were...

Eudocia 1067 part 30

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212. The Patzinaks crossed the Danube (Ister) it 1059. The Hungarians also threatened the Romans but peace was arranged with them. The campaign against...

Eudocia 1067 part 29

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200. Cf. Scylitzes (813, p. 650): ‘(Isaac) was a man of fixed habits, fair-minded, sharp-witted, strong, intelligent, a great leader in war, a terror...