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