Kazanlak

The Emperor now heard a rumour of an invasion by the Comans, and learnt from another quarter that Bodinus and his Dalmatians had broken...

For throughout his lif e he considered it a sin not only to tell a falsehood, but even to appear to have done so,...

And I really do not know what you are thinking about to talk such nonsense.”On the other’s insisting he dismissed him angrily. Then he...

That day a new spectacle was seen, for a whole nation, not of ten thousand men only, but surpassing all number together with their...

The Romans in their dread of the countless Scythians and their horrible covered wagons which they used as walls, sent up one cry for...

Whilst the Emperor was busy with these reflections, a band of hardy and war-loving mountaineers, numbering about 5,000 in all, deserted to the Emperor...

On the following day the Emperor moved again intending to seize the ford lower down the river locally called Philocalus; but as he met...

However the Scythians and the Coman armies remained where they were for some time, while the Com ans harassed the Scythian army by skirmishing....

IV When the troops entrenched at Choereni learnt of the advances of incredibly large Scythian armies, they sent word of this to the Emperor...

Under these circumstances the Emperor did what he could by letters to collect a mercenary army from all sides. But when the sun had...