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77. I have seen this man myself, and I wondered at him, for nature had bestowed on him all the attributes of a man...

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...

And when those who had been ordered to do so had loosed him from his chains, Constantine gently urged him to make his defence;...

Many a time the emperor trusted me with secret despatches and ordered me to write them for him (he recognized my patriotism and my...

Khans, Tzars, Orpheus, Spartacus, Thracians, Levski, Botev … All of them start with capital `B` for Bulgaria. These are also the places that you...

From Proclus I intended to proceed to more advanced studies — metaphysics, with an introduction to pure science, — so I began with an...

80. The envoys he sent out to him were intended neither to flatter, nor simply to smooth out his troubles and bring him back...

150. When [he empress Theodora and his sister Euprepia, like the goddesses in the poem**132 expressed severe disapproval of these proceedings, and instead of...

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