Saksagan
Zoe and Theodora part 10
24. Philosophers will tell you that the vain and superfluous are of all things on earth the most despicable. For them the object of...
Zoe and Theodora part 9
22. Several persons, on more than one occasion, have urged me to write this history. Among them were not only men in authority and...
Zoe and Theodora part 8
She spoke openly on the subject to her personal bodyguard and household staff, and when she saw that they were unanimous in their support...
Zoe and Theodora part 7
Alliance with this family conferred on the young man extraordinary brilliance, but he still held no important office. Basil’s advisers, because of the hatred...
Zoe and Theodora part 6
Under the pretence or giving him a more important office, he was posted away from the capital. That biased the empress in his favour...
Zoe and Theodora part 5
12. Among others who were living at that time was a native of Dalassa (a most celebrated place) whose name was Constantine. He was...
Zoe and Theodora part 4
8. The prize-money for the soldiers and the revenues devoted to army expenditure were quite unnecessarily diverted and put aside for the use of...
Zoe and Theodora part 3
The virtue of well-doing is most characteristic of those who govern, and where discrimination is made, where the particular circumstances and the fortune of...
Zoe and Theodora part 2
When all was ready, the other business was carried on. There were lawsuits to be settled, questions of public interest, or contributions of money,...
Zoe and Theodora part 1
Zoe and Theodora 1042
Constantine 1042-1055
Theodora 1055 – 1056
1. So the Empire passed into the hands of the two sisters, and for the first time...
