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...every deed of mischief, Comnenus had a heart to resolve and a hand to execute." --EDWARD GIBBON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE JUST WENT TOO FAR | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

Students of Xenophon quickly recalled that Trebizond is that ancient Hellenic city of Trapezus, the Tableland, where the famed 10,000 halted for rest. Those with a more curious eye for the romantic characters of history recalled Alexius Comnenus, fugitive of the fourth crusade, imaginative, able 22-year-old knight-errant who crowned himself king of the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Snow | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

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