Zoe and Theodora part 77
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
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
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
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
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
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
This gentleness was most obvious in his dealings with moderate offenders — I mean by ‘moderate’ those who did no great harm to others....
Zoe and Theodora part 70
I was not deceived by appearances myself, though, and I knew that he had a temper, and that he held it in check, as...
Zoe and Theodora part 69
Suppose the historian were allowed to return favour for favour, in the case of someone who had been friendly to him in the past,...
Zoe and Theodora part 68
160. As her life drew to its appointed close, when she was on the point of dying, slight changes made their appearance in her...
