A Liar and A Hypocrite
Knowing countless other such acts of Justinian, I cannot include them, since the end of this book draws near. In any case, what I...
Their innocent fellow citizens
But since there was a statute of limitations barring action after thirty years, except in mortgages and certain other matters, where the limit was...
Faustin restored to his former rank
So the Senate investigated the affair and by the will of the Emperor, punished Faustin with exile. But the Emperor, after getting from him...
Dacius swore a purple
“You look as if you were roughly treated,” he said. “Who unloosed your bonds? Maximian?”
Dacius swore a purple oath. “Don’t tell me you were...
The entire Roman Empire
CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF JUSTINIAN
Now this went on not only in Constantinople, but in every city: for like any other disease, the evil, starting...
Bosphorus and forthwith vanished
The magistrates seemed to have been driven from their senses, and their wits enslaved by the fear of one man. The judges, when deciding...
Pointing out personal enemies
Some of the opposite party joined this faction so as to get even with the people of their original side who had ill-treated them;...
Dacius pointed out
Flocks of birds rose into flight, stirred from their feeding by the passage of so many mounted men. And from the jungle along the...
Intrigues like the one Galerius
Constantine smiled. “Sometimes I wonder why I listen to these wild tales of yours ”
“Because you know they’re true. Empires are built, and maintained,...
Busiris or Coptos
“Somewhere between here and Busiris or Coptos, you became a man,” he said. “I’m sorry about Minervina. She was a lovely child.” “It has...
