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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
The De Cerimoniis is a work of compilation produced for the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-59), and partially revised or updated under Nikephoros II...
Notes on the Diplomatic Stylesheet
The attention paid in the De Cerimoniis to foreign affairs in minimal, and to some extent this can be explained by the existence of...
Byzantine society produced the harmonious
The central theme in this document is taxis. Taxis, or correct order, within Byzantine society produced the harmonious hierarchy of institutions that consituted the...
St. Theophanes
Chronicler, born at Constantinople, about 758; died in Samothracia, probably 12 March, 817, on which day he is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology. He...
Chronicle on the Greens and Blues
Theophanes: Chronicle – on the Greens and Blues
This is the account of a conversation between an officer of the Green faction and the herald...
Empress Theodora
The emperor and his court were deliberating as to whether it would be better for them if they remained or if they took to...
Inconstant character of the Latins
Most gladly Bohemund received them and with many gracious thanks he left, intending to return to his rest in the inn. But changing his...
Raymond of Toulouse
One of them especially, the Count of St. Gilles, he particularly favored because he saw in him superior prudence, tested sincerity, candor of bearing,...
Nephew of Bohemund and a youth of most independent spirit
The Emperor received them on their arrival at Pelecanum with magnificence and the greatest show of goodwill. At length, when they were assembled, he...
