War with the Normans part 18
VIII When he arrived he found the church in a very perturbed condition, and did not even have a short period of relaxation. But...
War with the Normans part 17
And Bohemund seeing them come rejoiced as ‘a lion who has met with mighty prey,’ to use a Homeric expression, even so he, when...
War with the Normans part 16
But when he heard the news sent by Bryennius and realized the craftiness and the victory won by guile he was naturally, indeed, furious...
War with the Normans part 15
After thus disposing his own forces, he again followed his usual mode of procedure and thinking the Emperor was where he saw the imperial...
War with the Normans part 14
And this was to entrust all the divisions to his relatives; as chief commanders he appointed Melissenus Nicephorus and Curticius Basileios, also called ‘Little...
War with the Normans part 13
Therefore please make haste if you wish to help us and if you could possibly drive away our assailants, then thanks be to God....
War with the Normans part 12
The Great Domestic on hearing this, occupied Moglena, seized and immediately put to death the’ Saracen’ and reduced the fort to complete ruin. Bohemund,...
War with the Normans part 11
In so doing he asked Goules (he was my father’s servant) and the others with him, “How far shall we flee? ” With these...
War with the Normans part 10
For he prepared iron caltrops, and on the eve of the day on which he expected a battle, he had them spread over the...
War with the Normans part 9
When the hour of battle approached and the sun had already risen in its brilliance above the horizon, the Emperor drew up his regiments...
