Saksagan
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...
Byzantium in the Eleventh Century
In the preface to his Synopsis Historion, John Skylitzes reveals that he held the elevated rank of kouropalates, and was formerly the megas droungarios...
Combinations of colour and perfume
He was especially expert in the art of preparing rich savoury sauces, giving the dishes character by combinations of colour and perfume, and summoning...
Subsequent promotion
The third and last daughter was very tall, curt and glib of tongue, but not so beautiful as her sister. Their uncle, the emperor...
Essentially Oriental character of Byzantine architecture
The Oriental love of splendour is shown in the piling up of domes and still more in facing the walls with slabs of marble,...
Koimesis or Dormitio in Nicaea
A type appearing more frequently is the domical church plan or the Greek-cross plan. The Koimesis, or Dormitio, in Nicaea (ninth century) has a...
Paul the Silentiary – the Magnificence of Hagia Sophia
Here are some short extracts from a famous encomium by Paul the Silentiary, in which he draws on the imagery of Hagia Sophia...
Inconstant character of the Latins
Most gladly Bohemund received them and with many gracious thanks he left, intending to return to his rest in the inn. But changing his...
