Leading Catholic Christian clergyman of Provence
Theoderic had the sense early on to invite the leading Catholic Christian clergyman of Provence, bishop Caesarius of Arles, to visit him in Ravenna....
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...
Lucius Catullus grimly
“The Emperor was concerned about the arsenal at Damascus,” Constantine explained. “And he wanted to know what is really happening on the Persian frontier.”
“The...
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...
