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...
Zoe and Theodora part 54
128. The symptoms of disease were not all immediately apparent. The humours first flowed into his feet, and at once he was compelled to...
Zoe and Theodora part 53
126. His beauty, we are told, was that of Achilles or Nireus.**126 But whereas, in the case of these heroes, the poet’s language, having...
Zoe and Theodora part 52
Without a moment’s hesitation, with no thought for reason, he condemned them to blinding on the spot. At that the pretender emitted a cry...
