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The Medieval Church · c. 989–992
The History
Leo the Deacon · c. 950–after 992
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What it is
An account of the Byzantine wars in Bulgaria, Syria, and against the Rus, written by a court cleric who accompanied one campaign himself.
Why it lasted
The principal Greek source for the tenth-century military revival and for the Rus prince Svyatoslav.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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