Zoe and Theodora part 44
These men had been quartered in the depths of Iberia, where they were engaged in repelling a barbarian invasion. There was no hope of...
Zoe and Theodora part 43
For his part, once he was garbed in an emperor’s apparel, he lorded it over his supporters in a dictatorial and truly imperial fashion,...
Zoe and Theodora part 42
102. It happened that at that particular time there was a Macedonian colony living in the neighbourhood of the city. Prominent among them were...
Zoe and Theodora part 41
With old-fashioned arrogance she would find fault with most of his actions. She would find fresh causes for complaint and then, when she saw...
Zoe and Theodora part 40
At this stage I would like to describe a second revolt against the emperor, a revolt more terrible even than the first. Let me...
Zoe and Theodora part 39
97. Personally, I know of no power of divination possessed by the man. I attribute the phenomenon to an easy-going and carefree disposition. Men...
Zoe and Theodora part 38
Our men, meanwhile, engaged them with stones from above and fought them off with their cutlasses. Greek fire, too, was hurled at them, and...
Zoe and Theodora part 37
Such were the proposals they put forward, either because they imagined that there were springs of gold in our domains, or simply because they...
Zoe and Theodora part 36
The Russian Upheaval and the Revolt of Tornicius
90. Indeed, this lack of vigilance was the cause of the war against the barbarians, the war...
Zoe and Theodora part 35
87. When the army came back, most of the soldiers were decorated with crowns, in honour of the victory. They were now encamped near...
