Zoe and Theodora part 64
150. When [he empress Theodora and his sister Euprepia, like the goddesses in the poem**132 expressed severe disapproval of these proceedings, and instead of...
Zoe and Theodora part 63
And when those who had been ordered to do so had loosed him from his chains, Constantine gently urged him to make his defence;...
Zoe and Theodora part 62
He calculated that there was no difficulty in murdering the emperor, and secondly, he himself had the keys to the secret entrances: he had...
Zoe and Theodora part 61
144. Well, this clown of ours not only took possession of the men’s apartments in the palaces but having wormed his way into the...
Zoe and Theodora part 60
The clown put his arms round the emperor’s neck and kissed him, over and over again, on the face ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘he has...
Zoe and Theodora part 59
140. At first the emperor treated the man with indifference. In fact, he only appeared at court every now and then after the ceremony...
Zoe and Theodora part 58
He put him in chains at once, and on the next day he himself sat as judge at the trial — a very stern...
Zoe and Theodora part 57
135. There was a fellow in my time, a filthy barbarian scoundrel who far outdid the Romans in arrogance and was so brazen that...
Zoe and Theodora part 56
If one took the liberty of rebuking him for this laxity, Constantine was not vexed about it, but he dismissed the reproach as unnecessary....
Zoe and Theodora part 55
130. Even while I write this history I am still absolutely amazed to think how the man was able to bear the excruciating pain...
