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-Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (905 - 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty,
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 ![Error loading easter-roman-empire.png](./easter-roman-empire.png)
 
 > [1715 map of the Eastern Roman Empire under Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus's reign in the 10th Century by Guillaume De L'Isle](https://www.reddit.com/r/Map_Porn/comments/81ren9/1715_map_of_the_eastern_roman_empire_under/)
 
-On Relations with Pechenegs
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-![Error loading pechenegs.png](./pechenegs.png)
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-> [The Pechenegs and contemporary Asian polities circa 1000 CE.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechenegs)
-
-### Keeping Peace with the Nation of the Pechenegs
-
-'Ψπολαμβάνω γάρ κατά πολύ συμφέρειν αεί τω βασιλεΐ 'Ρωμαίων ειρήνην έ&έλειν έχειν μετά τοΰ έ&νους τών Πατζινακιτών καί φιλικάς προς αύτούς ποιεΐσ&αι συνθήκας τε καί σπονδάς καί άποστέλλειν κα&* έκαστον χρόνον έντεΰ&εν προς αύτούς άποκρισιάριον μετά ξενίων άρμο-
-6νΡ ζόντων ] καί πρός τό έ&νος επιτηδείων καί άναλαμβάνεσ&αι έκεΐθεν 20 ομήρους, ήτοι δψιδας καί άποκρισιάριον, οΐτινες έν τη &εοφυλάκτω ταύτη πόλει μετά τοΰ καθ-υπουργοΰντος εις ταΰτα συνελεύσονται, καί βασιλικών εύεργεσιών καί φιλοτιμιών τών επαξίων πάντων τοΰ βασι λεύοντος άπολαύσουσιν.
-
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-- Send every year to them from our side a diplomatic agent with presents
-- Take from their side hostages and a diplomatic agent
-- A broken friendship with them may cause them invading [Cherson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherson_(theme))
-
-### Dealing with Pechenegs and Russians Together
-
-- When the two are not at peace with each other, __raid Russia hard__
-- Russia have to maintain a relationship with Pechenegs because
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-  - It imports indispensable goods from Pechenegs
-  - Russian cannot safely conduct distant and massive invasion unless Pachenegs are happy with not sneak attacking their
-    homes at the back
-
-:::important
-Managing relationships among parties is about prioritizing the power & strength among them
-:::
-
-### Of the Dispatch of Imperial Agents from Cherson to [Patzinacia (Pechenegs)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Map_Porn/comments/81ren9/comment/dv5u195/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
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-- The imperial agent, on arriving at the Patzinacia, is supposed to costly deliver an overwhelmingly set of treasure and
-  gifts to the local authorities
-- Porphyrogenitus calls them "ravenous". But in order to
-  [keep a relationship between the two empires](#keeping-peace-with-the-nation-of-the-pechenegs), he accepts it as a
-  norm
-
-### Everything until 13.
-
-This guy of Porphyrogenitus keeps talking about the geography around his empire (The 1715 map above)
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-### 13*
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-- Do not send out these 3 things by excuses of holy emperor Constantine and God to any other nations
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-  - imperial vesture
-  - diadems
-  - state robes
+### Περί τών Πατζινακιτών, καί προς πόσα συμβάλλονται μετά τοΰ βασιλέως 'Ρωμαίων είρηνεύοντες.
 
-- Porphyrogenitus, who values the power of learning, advices his son to learn as much as he can about the surrounding or
-  nearby nations in terms of
+'Ψπολαμβάνω γάρ κατά πολύ συμφέρειν αεί τω βασιλεΐ 'Ρωμαίων ειρήνην έ&έλειν έχειν μετά τοΰ έ&νους τών Πατζινακιτών καί
+φιλικάς προς αύτούς ποιεΐσ&αι συνθήκας τε καί σπονδάς καί άποστέλλειν κα&* έκαστον χρόνον έντεΰ&εν προς αύτούς
+άποκρισιάριον μετά ξενίων άρμο6νΡ ζόντων ] καί πρός τό έ&νος επιτηδείων καί άναλαμβάνεσ&αι έκεΐθεν 20 ομήρους, ήτοι
+δψιδας καί άποκρισιάριον, οΐτινες έν τη &εοφυλάκτω ταύτη πόλει μετά τοΰ καθ-υπουργοΰντος εις ταΰτα συνελεύσονται, καί
+βασιλικών εύεργεσιών καί φιλοτιμιών τών επαξίων πάντων τοΰ βασι λεύοντος άπολαύσουσιν.
 
-  - difference between them
-  - their origins
-  - customs
-  - manner of life
-  - the position and climate of the land they dwell in
-  - geographical description and measurement
+### Περί τών πατζινακιτών καί τών 'Ρώς.
 
+'Ότι καί οί 'Ρώς διά σπουδής έχουσιν ειρήνην έχειν μετά τών Πατζινακιτών.