Greetings all,

Today is our commemoration of Isaac I Komnenos being proclaimed Emperor by the army after defeating the forces of Michael I Psellos on June 8th in 1057 AD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_I_Komnenos

Emperor Isaac I spent his reign attempting to shore up the Byzantine military, reduce bureaucracy and rebuild the treasury, all of which had been adversely affected by the excesses of his predecessors in the previous decades.

 He even won the Battle of Hades no less... which sounds pretty impressive...

There should be cake! 

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

www.byzantiumnovum.org