The Secret History part 74
One of the municipal aqueducts, which furnished not a small share of the city water, collapsed; but the rulers disregarded the matter and refused...
The Secret History part 73
Of what is left to tell, this is worth mentioning. Each year two Roman consuls were appointed: one at Rome, the other at Constantinople....
The Secret History part 72
In this way he got much money for the Emperor and more, quietly, for himself; and the custom he started continues to this day,...
The Secret History part 71
This was the state of affairs throughout the Empire.
I must not omit, I suppose, mention of what the rulers did to the petty coinage....
The Secret History part 70
But this Emperor deprived them of nearly all this money, to the great harm of these officials and everybody else. For poverty, attacking them...
The Secret History part 69
And when he saw there was no further possible vacancy, he enrolled two thousand more, whom he called Supernumeraries. When he himself took over...
The Secret History part 68
Later, some of the palace guards were sent throughout the whole Roman Empire to investigate how many on the military lists were unfit for...
The Secret History part 67
Their annual taxes were not remitted, and they had to pay not only their own, but their deceased neighbors’ share. And in addition to...
The Secret History part 66
Yet to these remaining sufferers, for whom he made this ridiculous remission of taxes, and to all the others, who had many times been...
The Secret History part 65
Those who were thus deprived of their dole sat around in great grief. Furthermore, he did not coin the customary amount of gold, but...
