Conventional hexameter epitaph for Romanos, with grieving wife: he distributed gold & died in bath

Summary:
Christopher of Mytilene wrote a conventional epitaph in hexameters: Romanos was dead, losing his imperial symbols. After distributing gold, he went to the baths and there breathed his last. A man went to Zoe and, grieving, told her the dreadful news. She wept, then closed the palace, taking all the keys. Later, Romanos was given a splendid funeral, and buried in the Peribleptos. They went on to the new emperor, and forgot Romanos 
Dates:
1034 
messenger who told Zoe of her husband's death (Anonymus 13151)
  • He left the baths, where Romanos 3 had just breathed his last, and went to take the dreadful news to Zoe 1, who also grieved (:) Christophoros of Mitylene 8.16-23
Christophoros of Mitylene, poet (Christophoros 13102)
  • He wrote a hexameter epitaph for Romanos 3 Εἰς τὸν βασιλέα ῾Ρωμανόν· ἐπιτάφια ἡρωικά Christophoros of Mitylene 8 tit
Emperor Romanos III Argyros (Romanos 3)
  • He distributed gold, then went to the baths and died, losing his imperial symbols; a man went from the bath to Zoe 1, and told her, grieving, of his death; his funeral was splendid, and he was buried in the Peribleptos church, then forgotten Christophoros of Mitylene 8.1-32
Empress Zoe (Zoe 1)
  • She was told of the death of Romanos 3 by Anonymus 13151; she grieved, then shut up the palace, collecting the keys (:) Christophoros of Mitylene 8.18-26