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Zoe and Theodora part 80

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When they met me, each of them recognized in me something of a kindred spirit, and I, no less, saw mirrored in them my...

Zoe and Theodora part 79

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Many a time the emperor trusted me with secret despatches and ordered me to write them for him (he recognized my patriotism and my...

Zoe and Theodora part 78

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187. It was not merely the exceptional beauty of the whole, composed as it was of most beautiful parts, but just as much the...

Zoe and Theodora part 77

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The old foundations were raised and strengthened, or else sunk deeper. On these latter bigger and more ornate pillars were set up. Everything was...

Zoe and Theodora part 76

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182. These acts are of doubtful interpretation — it depends on your point of view — but there was nothing at all moderate about...

Zoe and Theodora part 75

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Although an ardent student of all branches of rhetoric, he devoted himself to forensic oratory in particular. When delivering a public speech, he cultivated...

Zoe and Theodora part 74

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And as for his acumen, that was proved by the profits he made; by the clever ways in which he saved labour; by the...

Zoe and Theodora part 73

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173. I could, if I wished, tell you other anecdotes of this sort about Constantine. There are things which a historian would probably reject,...

Zoe and Theodora part 72

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The collector of fines was unrelenting in his demands, for the imperial treasury, as well as the public funds, was concerned in the case....

Zoe and Theodora part 71

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This gentleness was most obvious in his dealings with moderate offenders — I mean by ‘moderate’ those who did no great harm to others....

Muslim calendar

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Discovering Perge

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Zoe and Theodora part 88

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