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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 81
196. The outcome of this interview reacted instantly on me. I could neither sleep nor rest because of it, and it was equally difficult...
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 47
112. The emperor, after he had recovered his self-composure, thought it would be disgraceful if he did not get together some soldiers to oppose...
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 80
When they met me, each of them recognized in me something of a kindred spirit, and I, no less, saw mirrored in them my...
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 78
187. It was not merely the exceptional beauty of the whole, composed as it was of most beautiful parts, but just as much the...
Zoe and Theodora part 65
152. As long as the empress was still alive, his intrigues were more or less secret: he preferred to go and come unseen, under...
