Anna Komnene, An Historian Born to the Purple

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Anna Komnene, An Historian Born to the Purple

It is the 941st anniversary of the birth of Anna Komnene (in Greek: Ἄννα Κομνηνή, Romanized as Ánna Komnēnḗ; 01 December 1083 – 1153), who was born a true princess of the blood in the Porphyry chamber of the Great Palace of Constantinople on this date in 1083 AD.

Anna Komnene’s Alexiad is an account of her father’s reign as Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. As a royal personage herself, Komnene had the opportunity for the best education, and her royal status gave her inside knowledge of the Byzantine court, both of which she employed in her unique history.

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