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 | Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Michael (. Translated With An Introduction By E.R.A. Sewter) Psellus, Miquel Psel·Los Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1979 ISBN-10: 0-14-044169-7 / 0140441697 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044169-7 / 9780140441697 The death of Basil II in A.D. 1025, after fifty glorious years as sole emperor, ushered in decades of turbulence, corruption, and incompetence. For the following half-century of extraordinary decline, our main source is Michael Psellus, one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of the age. | |