Bulgaria

In various ingenious ways also Robert caught the ear of the public; one day he would commiserate himself on the sad fate of his...

The story runs thus, the arch-villain Robert who was hatching war against the Romans, and had been making his preparations for some time, was...

That man Robert, who from a most inconspicuous beginning had grown most conspicuous, and amassed great power, now desired eagerly to become Roman Emperor,...

XII Having thus become master of all Mascabeles’ possessions, he after that grew daily in power, and becoming ever more despotic, piled cities upon...

Hereupon, Mascabeles’ men, seeing that the leaders had dismounted, and apparently started an argument afresh, dismounted too; or rather some did, and tied their...

Since the aforesaid Gulielmus Mascabeles far surpassed him in wealth and influence, Robert renounced all idea of meeting him openly in battle, and concocted...

So from tip to toe this man was well-proportioned, as I have repeatedly heard many say. Now, Homer says of Achilles that when he...

The Roman Empire really brought this formidable foe upon herself by affording a pretext for all the wars he waged against us in proposing...

Basilacius, however, was inflexible, but the Thessalonians, through fear of their city being taken and destroyed, granted Comnenus ingress. But Basilacius, when he saw...

Such then were the deeds of the Domestic and a few followers during that night. As soon as dawn smiled upon the earth, and...