GOD-LOVING, GOD-FEARING
I — On the Plain of Anzen
21st of July, 838 AD
(24th of Sha’ban, 223 AH)
Anzen,
Armeniac Theme,
Empire of the Eastern Romans
At dusk…
Though he could scarcely see them for the dying light, Theophilos the Amorian—Basileus and Emperor of the Romans—knew well what stood...