Travel

43. Today, in fact, neither Athens, nor Nicomedeia, nor Alexandria in Egypt, nor Phoenicia, nor even the two Romes (the ancient and lesser Rome,...

46. At that first interview, my words were distinguished neither by their fluency nor by their elegance, but I told him about my family...

Only a fraction of these duties was reserved for himself. Instead, he chose a life of pleasure and luxury, as if it were his...

51. Whatever the reason, they were so much in love with each other that both found separation intolerable, even when they were threatened with...

They gave her letters, one from the emperor, the other from Zoe herself, promising a friendly reception and encouraging her to return. Such were...

57. He wasted the imperial treasures in satisfying her every whim. For example, he found in the palace a bronze casket, ornamented with figures...

She bewitched me, at any rate, when, as often happened, she would ply me with questions about the Greek myths and add a point...

The younger sister (Theodora) daily gloated over her collection of darics, for which she had had bronze coffers made. Knowing their hobbies, therefore, the...

Zoe and Theodora 1042Constantine 1042-1055Theodora 1055 – 10561. So the Empire passed into the hands of the two sisters, and for the first time...

Then with his army he crossed over to the opposite mainland, after avoiding the attention of all the coastguards. None of his adversaries dared...