10/10/2025
El historiador Jorge Paquimeres (Γεώργιος Παχυμέρης, 1242- +-1310) nos cuenta en su obra “Historia” (ἱστορία) sobre el destino de los restos del emperador Basilio II tras la Cuarta Cruzada de 1204. Cuando el emperador Basilio II falleció en 1025 fue enterrado, según sus deseos, en Hebdomon, a las afueras de la ciudad, donde su tumba se situaba junto a su epitafio. Los cruzados saquearon su tumba y profanaron su cuerpo. Sacado de su tumba, le quitaron los brazos, le colocaron una flauta en la boca y lo dejaron a la intemperie.
"𝑬𝒏 1260, 𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒔, 𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒐́𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒐, 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒂 𝒄𝒊𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒐. 𝑼𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏̃𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒐́ 𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒃𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒊́ 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒔𝒆 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐. 𝑺𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒏 𝒆𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂. 𝑯𝒂𝒃𝒊́𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒔 𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊́𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒄𝒂. 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊́𝒂 𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒐́𝒇𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒊́𝒐 𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒔 𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒔: "𝑽𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂 𝒎𝒊 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒂, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒋𝒐𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒗𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂". 𝑭𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊́𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒐 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒐 𝑰𝑰, 𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒖́𝒍𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒔. 𝑨𝒍 𝒐𝒊́𝒓 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐, 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐́ 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒅𝒂 𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒖́𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒐. 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒂 𝒍𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒗𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊́𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒖𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓”.
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In his work "History” (ἱστορία), historian George Pachymeres (Γεώργιος Παχυμέρης, 1242- +-1310) tells us about the fate of Emperor Basil II's remains after the Fourth Crusade of 1204. When Emperor Basil II died in 1025, he was buried, according to his wishes, in Hebdomon, on the outskirts of the city, where his tomb was located next to his epitaph. The Crusaders plundered his tomb and desecrated his body. Once removed from his grave, they removed his arms, placed a flute in his mouth, and left him exposed to the elements.
"𝑰𝒏 1260, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒐𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑨 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒃 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒃𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒚. 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒅´𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉. 𝑵𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆". 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒃 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝑰𝑰 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏-𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒌 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓”.
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