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55. This emperor also having quickly met his end — I will pass over his nephew who, after a wretched reign, came to an...
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52. After the death of Basil the Great (Basil the son of Romanus,**204 whose family inherited the Empire to the third generation) his brother,...
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He did this, not because he grudged the Roman Empire the acquisition of new territory, but because he knew that an imperialist policy of...
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48. More than any other man he was laconic in the extreme, not expressing all his ideas in so many words, yet leaving no...
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In fact, they anticipated a time of wonderful prosperity. With regard to the emperor’s character, people who met him only at certain times, when...
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43. The emperor Michael the Aged had spent one whole year in power. He died soon after his abdication, a private citizen.**196
The Reign of...
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41. Isaac himself was neither deceived by this hollow triumph nor unduly elated. His first reaction was to suspect the extraordinary changes in his...
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He asked me what in my opinion was the best way to govern, what course of action he should follow in order to rival...
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38. How my fellow-ambassadors passed that night**191 I cannot say, but to me life seemed hopeless and I thought it was a matter of...
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Apparently, certain seditious and troublesome persons — and here he mentioned individuals who, as we ourselves know quite well, had insinuated themselves into favour...
