He divided his chronicle in half at the capture of Rome in 476; the second half will reach its climax in the reign of Manuel 1; Konstantinos addressed him, as ushering in a kind of golden age
Manasses, Chronicle 2506-2512
He preferred to believe that Konstantinos 9 was exiled for illegitimate sexual intercourse with Zoe 1 than for aiming directly at the throne
The labour of producing the Synopsis Chronike, a straightforward outline of history in a simple form, was considerable and unattractive; however the work was sweetened by frequent and generous payment
The story ends at the deposition of Nikephoros 3, because the great deeds of the heroic, noble, brave, great-hearted and generous Komnenian emperors are too many to be described - even more than those of the great Hercules