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The king was at Verona
Boethius then sets a dramatic stage for us to contemplate. “You recall” (he tells the allegorical woman called Philosophy, his personification for wisdom itself...
Immediately sent a delegation from Ravenna to Constantinople
Theoderic, seeing his regime still at risk, immediately sent a delegation from Ravenna to Constantinople, led by Pope John himself, to confirm that assurances...
Anonymus Valesianus
Our chief sources for the story of Boethius’s end are two. The first is the Anonymus Valesianus, a chronicle of Theoderic’s years in power....
Many persons into his intimacy
And in legal disputes each of the two would pretend to favor one of the litigants, and compel the man with the worse case...
Complexion was moderately colorful
Confronted with this disgrace, they all yielded, I suppose, to necessity, for it was as if Fate were giving proof of its power to...
Theodora born and brought up
It was then that he undertook to complete his marriage with Theodora. But as it was impossible for a man of senatorial rank to...
Eusebius of Caesarea
“I thought the rite of baptism was supposed to wash away all • » sm.
“It is, but being human we are sure to sin...
Except Eutropia
“And I of them,” he assured her. “May I take them to the games tomorrow?”
“Of course except Eutropia. I’m afraid she’s still too much...
From Nicomedia into Italy
Galerius naturally could not stand idly by and see the very heart of the Empire wrested from his grasp, even though the new conquerors...
