Destructive earthquake in Thrace followed by smaller tremors for 2 years
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1063
Summary:
Michael Psellos wrote a monody on the terrible earthquake of 23 September. He gives little detail on the event, but much more discussion of its reasons: divine anger and human sin
Dates:
1063 September 23
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He wrote a monody on the terrible earthquake of 23 September 1063, with a little description of the terror caused, and far more discussion of the reasons: divine anger at human sin
Εἰς τὸν σεισμὸν τὸν γενόμενον τῇ εἰκοστῇ τρίτῃ τοῦ σεπτεμβρίου μηνὸς τοῦ Προδρόμου Psellos Monodies (Gautier) 145-151
Michael Attaleiates (
Michael 202
)
Although still at the beginning of his career and not wealthy yet, he rebuilt and equipped at great expense the house which he had purchased and which had been ruined by the ravages of time and as a result of an earthquake (:)
ἐκ τῶν ὑστερημάτων μου κατεκόσμησα Attaleiates: Diataxis 27.146-154