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At the same time he asked whether they wished for peace; and this is the answer they sent: “Know, Duke Robert, that even if...

This the admirals of both the fleets learnt and, emboldened by their recent success, attacked him again on the third day and gained a...

And they flocked together from distant towns just as much as from nearer ones. Thus Robert made great preparations in order to avenge his...

The Emperor received daily news of his doings and with an eye to the future, he did his best to reconcile him by letters...

Then he ordered the guardians of the ‘brevia’ to unroll them again with the object of making a clear statement of what had been...

And when it appeared that nothing else had been taken away except the gold and silver ornaments which lay on the tomb of the...

Within a short time the Emperor took pity on the imprisoned Manichaeans, and those who desired Christian baptism were not refused even this boon....

II Here I must interrupt the thread of the story a while to relate how the Emperor suppressed the Paulicians. He could not bear...

Afterwards directly he saw that the Emperor had commenced battle with the Latins on the land-side, he himself was to come as quickly as...

Norman West : Death of Robert Guiscard : The TurksI now Bryennius was holding Castoria, as told above, so the Emperor who was eager...