The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Alexius Ducas Mourzoufle
Also known as Mourzoufle, Alexius Mourzoufle, Alexius V Ducas
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 270
A prince of the house of Ducas whose close-junction black and shaggy eyebrows give him a fierce, almost animal quality. The iron mace he carries and royal buskins he wears mark him as both warrior and claimant to imperial authority.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 270
- Books
- 1
Alexius Ducas Mourzoufle, usurper emperor and assassin of Alexius IV, led resistance against the Latin forces during the fall of Constantinople. As a prince of the house of Ducas, he fought with an iron mace and wore the royal buskins of imperial authority until his ultimate defeat.
Description
A warrior-like adult man with close-junction black and shaggy eyebrows, olive skin, and a fierce presence. He wears royal buskins tinged with imperial purple and carries a heavy iron mace, his clothing combining warrior's armor with the royal colors of Byzantine nobility.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
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