Become Augustus of the East
“You will obey, of course?”
I can do nothing else, though I had enough of that in Alexandria. But I wanted to be sure no...
Amounted to two million bushels
This Hephaestus, planning to incur even greater favor of the Emperor, contrived the following additional scheme. When Diocletian became ruler of the Romans, he...
Became a nominal Christian
Now there was a certain Arsenius a native of Palestine, who had become one of the most useful intimates of the Empress Theodora, and...
Emperor confiscated his property
Paul, convicted of the murder, was removed from the bishopric; Rhodon, who fled to Constantinople, was beheaded by the Emperor and his estates confiscated,...
Justinian I (b.483- r.527-d.565)
Justinian I (b.483- r.527-d.565): Novel 137,
Regulating Church Ritual
The concept of a free and independent Church was unacceptable to Justinian. He regarded himself as head...
Carry into the palace in Byzantium
And one of the Jews, seeing these things, approached one of those known to the emperor and said: “These treasures I think it inexpedient...
Franks hurried back to Robert
Afterwards the Franks hurried back to Robert. When he saw them coming empty-handed and heard all that had befallen them, he blamed them all...
Straightway the barbarian
The Emperor first directing his hand aright, struck at his opponent with his spear, which passed right through his breast, and out at the...
They kept the Emperor upright
And a strange sight it was to behold. For those on the left strove to overthrow him whilst those on the right fixed their...
