This almost destroyed their empire, but in 1081, Alexios Komnenos took the throne. He spent his reign dealing with crisis after crisis, and after almost 40 years on the throne, the Roman Empire ...

In general, Zoe had a tempestuous life as a Byzantine woman who married three emperors. Anna Komnene, daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, was a well-educated, dynamic Byzantine woman who studied ...

These were taken into account by Byzantine emperors who began acting out against the heretics. Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118) considered the Bogomils primarily responsible for ...

The central figure in the Greek side of the story was Alexios Komnenos, the soldier-emperor who seized power in 1081 and reigned until 1118. ‘I should perhaps compare the emperor Alexius’, wrote ...

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