Zoe and Theodora part 28
70. It should be superfluous to interrupt the main thread of my history at this point, by dilating on the tremendous effect her death...
Zoe and Theodora part 27
Then at other times I have seen her lying on the ground, her tears bathing the earth, while she beat her breasts over and...
Zoe and Theodora part 26
Each of her servants had a particular task to perform: one was allotted the duty of bottling the perfumes, another of mixing them, while...
Zoe and Theodora part 16
From Proclus I intended to proceed to more advanced studies — metaphysics, with an introduction to pure science, — so I began with an...
Zoe and Theodora part 15
I soon mastered the rhetoric enough to be able to distinguish the central theme of an argument and logically connect it with my main...
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 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 12
Consider how brief are the moments when the sea is calm and peaceful, and how at other times it is swollen, or lashed by...
Zoe and Theodora part 11
26. Such is the method I have adopted in composing eulogies of Constantine, but now that I have undertaken to write a history, this...
Zoe and Theodora part 10
24. Philosophers will tell you that the vain and superfluous are of all things on earth the most despicable. For them the object of...
