At its zenith under the Macedonian dynasty (the 9th and 10th centuries) the Byzantine world produced great heroes, but no great historians, excepting the solitary figure of the Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.
Na svom vrhuncu, koji pada u vreme vladavine makedonske dinastije (9. i 10. vek), vizantijski je svet dao mnoge velike junake, ali ne i značajne istoričare, osim usamljene ličnosti cara Konstantina VII Porfirogenita.