Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX dismissed Konstantinos Leichoudes in favour of Ioannes logothetes Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Failed plot of Nikephoros & Michael, sons of Euthymios, against Konstantinos IX Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX made an annual grant of 1000 modioi of wheat to Nea Mone Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Sigillion in favour of Nea Mone, providing tax exemptions for named group of peasants Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Pardon (by Konstantinos IX) of a man caught stealing military funds Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Plot against Konstantinos IX of anonymous low-born ex-barbarian Certainty: 1
Certainty: 0 Privileges restored to see of Euchaita Certainty: 0
Certainty: 0 Psellos wrote simple verse text-books on various subjects for Konstantinos IX Certainty: 0
Psellos wrote Oratio Panegyrica 3 for Konstantinos IXCertainty: 1
1051
Certainty: 3 Argyros arrived at Otranto after a time in Constantinople, with money from Konstantinos IX Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Pechenegs ravaged Macedonia & Thrace; Bryennios (&/or Michael the akolouthos) sent to fight them Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Kegen released from prison & sent to pacify Pechenegs; he was murdered by them Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Pecheneg detachment at Katasyrtai near Constantinople killed by patrikios Ioannes Philosophos Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Death of Helena, sister of Konstantinos IX Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Romanos Boilas conspired to kill Konstantinos IX; no significant punishment Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Suggestive links between Romanos Boilas & Konstantinos IX's Alan mistress Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos IX used advanced engineering to build &/or restore aqueducts Certainty: 1
1052
Certainty: 2 Taxation suddenly enforced on rich, & grants to religious foundations cut off by Konstantinos IX Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Chrysobull of Konstantinos IX entrusting the epi tou kanikleiou Ioannes with the protection of Lavra Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Petros III appointed patriarch of Antioch by Konstantinos IX Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Psellos wrote to console his old friend, Leon Paraspondylos, who had recently lost power & wealth Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos IX after dismissing Konstantinos Leichoudes, completed his reign in sickness & failure Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Psellos, at times of crisis, liked to visit beautiful memorials, like the Mangana wih the tomb of Zoe Certainty: 1
Certainty: 0 A young Nikephoros (Nikephoritzes) taken into the palace by Konstantinos IX Certainty: 0
1053
Certainty: 2 Engagement of Michael Psellos' adopted daughter (c. 9 years old) to Elpidios Kenchres (c. 18) Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Battle of Civitate: Normans massacred Germans brought to Italy by pope Leo IX, who was captured Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX ordered Lazaros out of Galesion to Bessai Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Delegation of monks from Mount Galesion to Konstantinos IX, who confirmed the rule of their monastery Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX ordered Michael akolouthos & Basileios the synkellos to attack north of the Sidera Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 30-year peace treaty concluded with Pechenegs (at Byzantine or Pecheneg suggestion?) Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Nea Mone freed from obligation to receive within its walls exiles from prominent families Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Peace treaty with Mihailo (son of Voisthlav of Serbia) Certainty: 1
Certainty: 0 Kutulmush fled from Tughrul Beg, captured Kars & requested alliance with Byzantium Certainty: 0
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos IX was congratulated for improving situation in Italy Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Psellos wrote Orationes panegyricae 1 & 4 for Konstantinos IX, the latter for delivery in a large theatre Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Ioannes Xiphilinos became a monk, reminding Psellos that he had promised to follow him Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Michael Psellos by chrysobull received rights at Madytos Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Psellos claimed to a suppliant that he had worked hard to support him with Konstantinos IX Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Psellos wrote to Ioannes Mauropous that Konstantinos IX would recall him - subject to a favourable interview Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 In an encomium of his mother, Psellos said Konstantinos IX's praise of his learning stopped him following her monastic vocation Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos IX's over-humble letters to the Fatimid ruler were spiced up by Michael Psellos Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 The Fatimid ruler sent an elephant & a giraffe Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos IX, out of false economy, disbanded he powerful army of Iberia Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Tughrul Beg drove Kutulmush out of Iberia, which he ravaged before withdrawing Certainty: 1
1054
Certainty: 2 Leo IX wrote to Konstantinos IX, introducing his three legates Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Papal envoys arrived in Constantinople, making a negative impression on Keroularios Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Chrysobull for Nea Mone: Helos, an imperial estate obliged to supply 1000 bushels of cereals yearly Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Helos having been given to Skleraina, previous Chrysobull for Nea Mone was annulled: cereals now to come from Bessai Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Niketas Stethatos forced to anathematise his own writings at Stoudios Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 The papal legates took leave for home from Konstantinos IX Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 First Byzantine reactions to the bull of excommunication Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 The bill of excommunication was itself anathematised Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 The papal legates returned, but soon left again: immediate results of their departure Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Disagreement between patriarch Keroularios & Michael Mermentoulos, hegoumenos of Stoudios Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Elpidios Kenchres was promoted patrikios at the request of Psellos, his potential father-in-law Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Macedonian armies & generals, including Bryennios, sent against Turks by Konstantinos IX Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Psellos' sickness (partly feigned) which he used to support demands for tonsure Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Two letters of Konstantinos IX to Psellos, one advising against tonsure, the other praising him for carrying it through Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX's exploits in palace & garden construction Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Tonsure of Michael Psellos Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Psellos' return to court after tonsure, & its uncomfortable results Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Chrysobull of Konstantinos IX granting a donation & privileges to Iveron Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Psellos wrote to Zomas, krites of Opsikion, suggesting how to achieve retirement & tonsure Certainty: 1
1055
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX terminally ill; Nikephoros Proteuon was invited to succeed but was arrested by Theodora Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos IX's Alan mistress returned to the status of hostage
Konstantinos IX's Alan mistress, wooed too by Romanos Boilas, had no good fortune after the emperor's death; she returned to her former status as hostage
Certainty: 2 Psellos became the confidant of Theodora - as far as the envy of others would permit Certainty: 2
1056
Certainty: 2 Failed attempt of Theodosios Monomachos to seize throne Certainty: 2