Open AccessMichael V Kalaphates — Romanos IV Diogenes: Textual parallels in the chronographia of Michael Psellos
Author(s) -
Antonios Vratimos
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi1148051v
Subject(s) - parallels , eleventh , context (archaeology) , politics , literature , history , art , archaeology , law , political science , engineering , operations management , physics , acoustics
The books five and seven of the Chronographia contain some striking parallels between the two deposed and blinded emperors of the eleventh century, Kalaphates and Diogenes. The aim of this article is to consider whether these parallels are real historical facts or products of fabrication. Then, it will move on to examine how the two emperors are treated by Psellos within a context that takes into account the aspects of his political thought