A second Diocletian, it was Alexios I Komnenos that saved the empire from destruction from the Normans then the Pechenegs and then the Turks. He successfully handled the First Crusade and established a dynasty that would define the next century. He was one of the finest Eastern Roman Emperors.
Predocessor: Nikephoros III Botaneiates
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Anna Komnena, The Alexiad, Translation by Sewter, E.R.A. (1969)
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