Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 9
And how, I ask, can he even on land resist we with his scanty forces? His son was there, his wife was there, the...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 8
And as, like a creeping monster, he proceeded thither, the singers cried out in adulation: “Behold the morning star approaches Eos rises; he reflects...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 7
But, in order that now all deceit may be laid bare and the truth not be bidden, my master (Otto) has sent me to...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 6
Had he not done so he would have been impious, unjust, cruel a tyrant. It is well known that Berengar and Adalbert, becoming his...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 5
“It would have been right for us, nay, we had wished to receive you kindly and with honor; but the impiety of your master...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 4
But on the eighth day before the Ides (June 6), on the Saturday before Pentecost, I was led into the presence of his brother...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 3
It was upon the princess Theophano that the hopes of the emperor were fixed, and it was thought that Nicephorus would give Apulia and...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 2
Nevertheless, in the mid-tenth century the productive hinterland of Constantinople was no longer trampled under the boots of Bulgarian troops. Perhaps the most significant...
Report of his Mission to Constantinople part 1
Byzantine Relations with Northern Peoples in the Tenth Century
Introduction
Byzantine relations with Bulgaria were complicated in the early years of the tenth century: more complicated...
Bulgaria Vacations
Khans, Tzars, Orpheus, Spartacus, Thracians, Levski, Botev … All of them start with capital `B` for Bulgaria. These are also the places that you...
