 According to the contemporary historian Yahya of Antioch , the conspirators of 1022 were released by Constantine VIII after Basil 's death in 1025 , but Xiphias remained in exile until 1028 , when the new emperor , Romanos III , released him . Xiphias , however , was by now too old and weary , and soon retired to the Stoudios Monastery . Nothing further is known of him . 
