Michael VII sent more peace overtures through group of bishops, but too late

Summary:
Michael VII sent episcopal envoys to Romanos IV with a message of friendship, offering him amnesty and promising him that nothing unpleasant would happen to him. They were the bishop of Chalcedon, Theophilos, bishop of Koloneia and Theophilos, metropolitan of Herakleia. Michael was terribly worried that Romanos would be captured by the army, and either fall fighting or be taken prisoner and have some part of his body mutilated. He pushed even Romanos' adamantine spirit towards agreement 
Dates:
1072 
metropolitan of Chalcedon [1072] (Anonymus 114)
  • Michael 7 entrusted to him a message of friendship: a letter to Romanos 4 undertook all kinds of promises, but persuaded even his adamantine spirit to submission: together with Theophilos 101, Theophilos 103 (:) τοὺς περὶ τῆς φιλίας λόγους πιστεύει Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 37.5-8
Emperor Michael VII Doukas (Michael 7)
  • Sent envoys (Anonymi 5001) with letters to Romanos 4 offering him amnesty for his evil actions after the senate had deliberated and supported opposing views (:) γράμματα...κακῶν ἀμνηστίαν τούτῳ ἐπαγγελλόμενα Bryennios 129.12-15
  • For the purpose of the agreement archpriests were sent by him, giving Romanos 4 a sworn assurance that he would suffer nothing unpleasant (:) Zonaras 18.15.16
  • He was terribly worried that Romanos 4 would be captured by our army and either fall fighting or be taken prisoner and have some part of his body mutilated (:) ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἐν δεινῷ ποιεῖται Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 36.15-17
  • He therefore entrusted to Theophilos 101 a message of friendship; a letter to Romanos 4 undertook all kinds of promises, and persuaded even his adamantine spirit to submission (:) ἐγχειρίζει πᾶν μὲν ὁτιοῦν ὑπισχνούμενα Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 37.5-8
Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (Romanos 4)
  • For the purpose of the agreement archpriests (Theophilos 101) were sent by Michael 7, giving him a sworn assurance that he would suffer nothing unpleasant (:) Zonaras 18.15.16
  • Michael 7 entrusted to Theophilos 101 a message of friendship: a letter to him undertook all kinds of promises, and persuaded even his adamantine spirit to submission (:) πείθοντα δὲ πρὸς ὑπακοὴν καὶ ἀδαμαντίνην ψυχήν Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 37.5-8
  • Michael 7 was terribly worried that he would be captured by our army and either fall fighting or be taken prisoner and have some part of his body mutilated (:) εἰ ἁλοίη τῷ ἡμεδαπῷ στρατεύματι ὁ πολέμιος Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 36.15-17
Theophilos, bishop of Koloneia [1072, 1079] (Theophilos 101)
  • Michael 7 entrusted to him a message of friendship: a letter to Romanos 4 undertook all kinds of promises, but persuaded even his adamantine spirit to submission: together with Anonymus 114, Theophilos 103 (:) τοὺς περὶ τῆς φιλίας λόγους πιστεύει Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 37.5-8
  • Before he arrived Romanos 4 was roused to war: he remained inside the fort that he had previously taken ..., while almost all his army under the command of Chatatourios 61 had been sent to war, it seemed auspiciously (:) πρὶν ἢ τούτους καταλαβεῖν Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 38.1-6
Theophilos, metropolitan of Herakleia (Thrace) [1072, 1079, 1082] (Theophilos 103)
  • Before he arrived Romanos 4 was roused to war: he remained inside the fort that he had previously taken ..., while almost all his army under the command of Chatatourios 61 had been sent to war, it seemed auspiciously πρὶν ἢ τούτους καταλαβεῖν Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 38.1-6
  • Michael 7 entrusted to him a message of friendship: a letter to Romanos 4 undertook all kinds of promises, but persuaded even his adamantine spirit to submission: together with Theophilos 101, Theophilos 103 τοὺς περὶ τῆς φιλίας λόγους πιστεύει Psellos: Chronographia VIIb 37.5-8