Tribunus Primi Ordinarius
Again there was a brief colloquy, at the end of which Josiah reported: “He knows of a caravan route to the neighborhood of Circesium...
Josiah did not quibble
“Tell him to buy the caravan from this man and resell it later for what he can get. He will be paid the difference...
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...
