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Physician

Anna Komnene, born on December 1, 1083 and died in 1153, was a physician and a daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire. She is renowned for her work 'The Alexiad', which is an important historical document for studying the late Byzantine Empire.

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War Sides Arms Horse Medieval War

Author:Anna Komnene

“Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity.”

Flow Depth Carrie Flood Irresistible Obscurity

Author:Anna Komnene

“The mounted knight is irresistible; he would bore his way through the walls of Babylon.”

Way Wall Bores Knights Irresistible Babylon

Author:Anna Komnene

“Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity. . . . But the tale of history forms a very strong bulwark against the stream of time, and checks in some measure its irresistible flow, so that, of all things done in it, as many as history has taken over it secures and binds together, and does not allow them to slip away into the abyss of oblivion.”