Edict of Theoderic
For Theoderic belongs to an old, conservative tradition, and if the Edict of Theoderic that comes down to us in 154 short chapters—virtually every...
Artifice of prayer
HOW ALL ROMAN CITIZENS BECAME SLAVES
Theodora too unceasingly hardened her heart in the practice of inhumanity. What she did, was never to please or...
False reports and misleading statements
The officers called Referendars were no longer satisfied to perform their duties of presenting to the Emperor the request of petitioners, and referring to...
Necessary to his prestige
JUSTICE FOR SALE
Everything was done the wrong way, and of the old customs none remained; a few instances will illustrate, and the rest must...
Dacius protested
“Surely you don’t intend to determine prices and wages, as Diocletian did,” Dacius protested.
“No, that scheme was a failure. But a plan that makes...
Perhaps killed those you love
“No!” the crowd thundered.
“They have attacked you in your homes, perhaps killed those you love. What shall be their punishment?”
“Throw them to the beasts!”...
Salonae hoping to resume
Paris who was busy bringing his army up to the greatest strength he could attain against the day when some of the others might...
Unpleasant experience
This, however, is what he schemed with reference to the Student Corps. Whenever an army was about to be sent against Libya, Italy, or...
Authority in Italy
Later, some of the palace guards were sent throughout the whole Roman Empire to investigate how many on the military lists were unfit for...
Expected similar consideration
Then ,there was a secretary to Justinian named Priscus: an utter villain and Paphlagonian, of a character likely to please his master, to whom...
