Zoe and Theodora part 66
155. The actor fellow, of whom I spoke some time ago, had been in love with this princess before, and he was successful in...
Zoe and Theodora part 82
The function of Rhetoric is not merely to deceive by persuasive argument, or to deck itself out with ambiguous sentiments: it is an exact...
Zoe and Theodora part 3
The virtue of well-doing is most characteristic of those who govern, and where discrimination is made, where the particular circumstances and the fortune of...
Zoe and Theodora part 35
87. When the army came back, most of the soldiers were decorated with crowns, in honour of the victory. They were now encamped near...
Zoe and Theodora part 67
Surely nobody could surpass her in that good quality, for she depended wholly on God, ascribed all events to His influence, thought all things...
Zoe and Theodora part 83
In fact, he sent me other messages, of quite a different tenor, in which he congratulated me on preferring the spiritual life and actually...
Zoe and Theodora part 4
8. The prize-money for the soldiers and the revenues devoted to army expenditure were quite unnecessarily diverted and put aside for the use of...
Zoe and Theodora part 36
The Russian Upheaval and the Revolt of Tornicius
90. Indeed, this lack of vigilance was the cause of the war against the barbarians, the war...
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...
Zoe and Theodora part 84
There were certain factors that made her influence with them all-powerful: the fact that she had been born in the purple; her gentle character;...
