. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. oured forth new swarms,who had gained in the science of war whatthey had lost in the ferociousness of sea was not less hostile than the land ; and while the frontiers wereassaulted by an open enemy, the palace was distracted with secret treasonand conspiracy.* One of the earliest acts of the reign of Alexius was to conclude a treatyof peace with the Seljuk emir Suleiman, who acted in Asia Minor as if hewere comp
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. oured forth new swarms,who had gained in the science of war whatthey had lost in the ferociousness of sea was not less hostile than the land ; and while the frontiers wereassaulted by an open enemy, the palace was distracted with secret treasonand conspiracy.* One of the earliest acts of the reign of Alexius was to conclude a treatyof peace with the Seljuk emir Suleiman, who acted in Asia Minor as if hewere completely independent of the grand sultan Malekshah. The treach-ery of Nicephorus Melissenos had placed Suleiman in possession of Nicsea, andhis troops occupied several posts on the shores of the Bosporus and the Seaof Marmora; while Alexius, who required the whole forces of the empire toresist the invasion of Robert Guiscard, was compelled to purchase peace atany price. Under such circumstances, it was only to be expected that theimmediate neighbourhood of Constantinople could be kept free from theTurks, and accordingly the boundaries of the Roman Empire in Asia Minor. A Byzantine Soldier 260 THE HISTORY OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE [1081 ] were by this treaty reduced to very narrow limits. The country immedi-ately opposite the capital, as far as the mouth of the river Sangarius andthe head of the Gulf of Nicomedia, was evacuated by the Turks, as well asthe coasts of the Sea of Marmora, from the little stream called Draco, whichfalls into the Gulf of Nicomedia, westward to the city of Prusias. Alreadythe mountains of the Turkish territory were visible from the palace of Alex-ius and the dome of St. Sophia; but the Crusades were destined to repelthe Mohammedan invasion from the shores of Europe for several centuries. THE NOEMAN INVASION The spirit of enterprise and conquest which, when placed under the guid-ance of religious enthusiasm, carried the bravest warriors of western Europea
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