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Anna Comnena

“The stream of time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth, plunging them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration.”
- Anna Comnena,
- The Alexiad
- (1148)

Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator, historian

(1083 - 1153)

Sometimes seen Anna Komnena.