The Secret History part 50
Fearing this repulsive fate, the sisters fled to the Church of St. Sophia, and running to the holy water, clung tightly to the font....
The Secret History part 49
So the Empress locked up Theodorus, one of Diogenes’s friends, in one of her private dungeons; and there first with flattery, then with flogging,...
The Secret History part 48
No other tyrant since mankind began ever inspired such fear, since not a word could be spoken against her without her hearing of it:...
The Secret History part 47
So she forthwith persuaded Justinian to send Peter, alone, to Italy as ambassador to Theodatus. When he set out the Emperor gave him the...
The Secret History part 46
“Highness, it is hard for a patrician to ask for money. For what in other men brings sympathy and pity, in one of my...
The Secret History part 45
But to the Queen’s presence even the highest officials could not enter without great delay and trouble; like slaves they had to wait all...
The Secret History part 44
And even buying Leo’s support gave no certainty, for Justinian was quite willing to take money from both sides: he felt no guilt at...
The Secret History part 43
Under this reign of violence nothing was stable, but the balance of justice revolved in a circle, inclining to whichever side was able to...
The Secret History part 42
For his constant wakefulness, his privations and his labors were undergone for no other reason than to contrive each day ever more exaggerated calamities...
The Secret History part 41
For if there were an ever infamous, he had no scruple against making a law and then repudiating it. Nor were his decisions made...
