Theoderic’s visit to Rome in 500
Liberius served as praetorian prefect until Theoderic’s visit to Rome in 500, when he stepped down, but even then he always stayed in touch...
Fiftyfive years old
“Just how ill is my father?” Constantine asked the secretary when they were outside the room.
Eumenius gave him a quick, appraising glance. “He had...
Your regular commanders
“Cross over to Britain with you and help subdue the Piets.” “As my secondincommand? You’ve been kept from your just dues long enough.”
Constantine knew...
Be enough Augustus
“You were right to ask, Augustus.” Adrian forced his voice under control. “After three days in the hands of the Praetorians, my niece threw...
Folly progressed to an indescribable extent
Once, in Carthage, Belisarius caught her in the very act, but allowed himself to be deceived by his wife. Finding the two in an...
HOW THE GREAT GENERAL BELISARIUS WAS HOODWINKED BY HIS WIFE
The father of Belisarius’s wife, a lady whom I have mentioned in my former books, was (and so was her grandfather) a charioteer, exhibiting...
Procopius of Caesarea The Secret History
In what I have written on the Roman wars up to the present point, the story was arranged in chronological order and as completely...
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
The De Cerimoniis is a work of compilation produced for the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-59), and partially revised or updated under Nikephoros II...
Notes on the Diplomatic Stylesheet
The attention paid in the De Cerimoniis to foreign affairs in minimal, and to some extent this can be explained by the existence of...
Byzantine society produced the harmonious
The central theme in this document is taxis. Taxis, or correct order, within Byzantine society produced the harmonious hierarchy of institutions that consituted the...
