ALEXIUS V  ., eastern See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, was proclaimed emperor on the 5th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1204, during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople by the Latins (See also:

• FOURTH

Fourth Crusade) . His name was Alexius See also:

• DUCAS
• DUCAS (15th cent.)

Ducas Murtzuphlos, and he was a connexion of the imperial See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the Angeli . His See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation was the result of a revolution in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city against See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac II. and Alexius IV . He conducted the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence with See also:

• GREAT

great bravery till it became See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope-less (See also:

• APRIL

April 12), whereupon he fled . He would then have made See also:

• COMMON

common cause with Alexius III. against the Latins, but was blinded by that ex-monarch and See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the crusaders, who put him to See also:

• DEATH

death by casting him from the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the See also:

• PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

Pillar of See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius as the murderer of Alexius IV .