Psellos wrote Oratio Panegyrica 19 for Romanos IV as he left in winter on his first campaign as emperor

Summary:
Psellos wrote an improvised encomium on Romanos IV, who was setting out against the Turks in mid-winter. He was spurning his new wife Eudokia and the delights of his new imperial position. Eudokia had illuminated Romanos, and he now illuminated her in return, in the depths of winter. Psellos wished him every success in battle 
Dates:
1068 
Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Eudokia 1)
  • Romanos 4 is praised by Michael 61 for his devotion to Byzantium, in leaving her and the delights of his new status to go off to fight the Turks: she had illuminated Romanos, and he illuminated her in return (in the depths of winter:ὑπὸ χειμῶνο σφοδρῷ) Psellos Orationes panegyricae XIX, 1-24
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He wrote an improvised encomium on Romanos 4, who was setting out against the Turks in mid-winter, spurning his new wife and the delights of his new imperial position; he wished him every success in battle Τῷ αὐτῷ ὡς ἐν ἐγκωμίου πρσχήματι Psellos Orationes panegyricae XIX, 1-46
Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (Romanos 4)
  • He received an improvised encomium from Michael 61 as he left the capital, setting out against the Turks in mid-winter, spurning his new wife and the delights of his new imperial position; Michael wished him every success in battle (in the depths of winter:ὑπὸ χειμῶνο σφοδρῷ) Τῷ αὐτῷ ὡς ἐν ἐγκωμίου πρσχήματι Psellos Orationes panegyricae XIX, 1-46