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 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 13
The doors of the senate were thrown open to nearly all the rascally vagabonds of the market, and the honour was conferred not on...
Zoe and Theodora part 29
Sometimes the path is smooth, often strangely rough. So with Constantine, affairs did not go as he had hoped. Waves of trouble, one after...
Zoe and Theodora part 45
At break of day they were all in position before the walls, not in a confused mob, nor massed together in one great body,...
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 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 14
32. No man was better endowed by Nature with qualities that endeared him to his subjects. He was a good mixer, winning everyone’s affections...
Zoe and Theodora part 30
It is universally true that wherever the fine bloom of natural fertility, or of stoutheartedness and courage, or of any other good quality, wherever...
Zoe and Theodora part 46
110. As no favourable reply was forthcoming from the persons to whom these remarks had been addressed — actually they poured forth a torrent...
