Reflections on the Balkan War
It should not come as a surprise that war has erupted between the Balkan states and Turkey. The real astonishment lies in the fact...
Mutual Defense Agreement Between Bulgaria and Greece
Article 4
If either of the two governments involved in this agreement declares war on a state other than Turkey without prior understanding and consent...
Military Cooperation Pact Between Bulgaria and Greece
Article 2
In the event of Turkey attacking Greece, Bulgaria commits to declaring war on Turkey and mobilizing its forces, totaling a minimum of three...
Zoe and Theodora part 98
147. These two friends were John Xiphilinus, a native of Trebizond, who had been appointed Professor of Law (Nomophylax) in the University of Constantinople...
Zoe and Theodora part 97
116. In September 1047.
117. The army of the East was at this time engaged in Armenia Magna.
118. In the part near the monastery of...
Zoe and Theodora part 96
105. The protospatharius Pardus owed his appointment as successor to Maniaces not to any outstanding ability but to the fact that he was known...
Zoe and Theodora part 95
97. Sclerena was a niece of Pulcheria, sister of Romanus Sclerus and grand-daughter of Bardas. She had shared Constantine’s exile on Lesbos. She was...
Zoe and Theodora part 94
86. Herodotus, the famous Greek historian, is said to have beer the son of Lyxes and Dryo, and was born at Halicarnassus in 484...
Zoe and Theodora part 93
It is not my purpose at the moment to describe the object of their choice, but I will say that the man chosen was...
Zoe and Theodora part 92
While still subject to the limitations of human nature, they behave as though they were demi-gods among us. For the other attributes of Divinity...
