War with Scyths part 3
II When evening had fallen (it was a Saturday) he returned with his captives (to Choerobacchi) and spent the next day quietly there. At...
War with Scyths part 2
Consequently he assembled the soldiers and wishing to test their feelings, said, “We must not let our courage flag by contemplating the number of...
War with Scyths part 1
War with the Scyths (1091) : Victory at Levunium (29 April 1091) : Plots against the Emperor
I the Emperor was now informed that the...
Domestic Conflicts part 22
Now Elissus is a fort built on a hill and quite impregnable, and looks down upon Dyrrachium in the plains, as the saying is...
Domestic Conflicts part 21
Indeed, when Landulph saw Bohemund crossing the sea with this dread array and with transports carrying myriads of men, as we have already more...
Domestic Conflicts part 20
So he sailed with the other Dukes and kept a careful watch on the intervening straits from Valona; he placed scouts on the ridge...
Domestic Conflicts part 19
There he approached the apostolic seat, and conversed with the Pope and raised his fierce ire against the Romans and fanned the ancient grudge...
Domestic Conflicts part 18
He also continually sent letters to his nephew Alexius, the Duke of Dyrrachium, stirring him up and bidding him keep a sharp look-out and...
Domestic Conflicts part 17
But if he would not listen, John was to oppose him with a large force and resist him manfully by land and sea. When...
Domestic Conflicts part 16
But I attribute it all to God’s providence, which on this occasion delivered the man from the gouging out of his eyes. For it...
