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War with the Scyths part 6

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Accordingly he set to work, invested the town on all sides, and after breaking down one side of the walls, he entered with his...

War with the Scyths part 5

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If, however, no sign appears, I shall stand convicted of having been wrong in my surmise.”Before two hours had passed, the light of the...

War with the Scyths part 4

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And later he devoted himself to history, and at the suggestion of my mistress mother, I mean the Empress Irene, he composed a work...

War with the Scyths part 3

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The floor of this room was paved with marbles and the walls were panelled with it but not with ordinary sorts nor even with...

War with the Scyths part 2

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II In this manner, then, the Scythians were driven out from the districts round Macedonia and Philippopolis, but they returned and encamped beside the...

War with the Scyths part 1

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War with the Scyths (1087-90) I at the approach of spring Tzelgu (the supreme commander of the Scythian army) crossed the passes above the Danube...

Second Battle with Heresy part 34

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Isangeles he liked especially because of his superior wisdom and genuine sincerity and purity of life, also because he recognized that he valued truth...

Second Battle with Heresy part 33

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Bohemund was overjoyed and after thanking for the present he went away to rest in the house where he lodged. But when these treasures...

Second Battle with Heresy part 32

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Nor was he wrong in his surmise. For that dreadful Bohemund not only refrained from tasting the viands at all, or even touching them...

Second Battle with Heresy part 31

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XI So much then about Godfrey and Raoul and the others who accompanied them. Now when Bohemund reached Apros with the other Counts, he...

Chora Museum

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