The Secret History part 7
For the fact was that, possessed with jealous passion for his wife, he was unwilling to go far away from Roman territory, so that...
The Secret History part 6
“Yet remember this of me, that I still love my wife exceedingly well; and if it is in my power to punish the ruiner...
The Secret History part 5
But Theodosius refused to leave his monastery, saying he was completely resolved to give himself forever to the cloistered life. This noble pronouncement, however,...
The Secret History part 4
And it was not long after this that Belisarius was persuaded by his wife to kill Constantine. What happened at that time concerning Presidius...
The Secret History part 3
And Antonina not only embraced Theodosius with reasonable fondness as her son by holy word, and thus cared for him, but soon, while her...
The Secret History part 2
But, finally, I was again constrained to proceed with this history, for the reason that future tyrants may see also that those who thus...
The Secret History part 1
Procopius of Caesarea: The Secret History
The Secret History claims to provide explanations and additions that the author could not insert into his work on...
The Friar of Novara part 7
Here the risible muscles of the-notary would permit him to proceed no further, and his laugh was speedily caught and re-echoed through the whole...
The Friar of Novara part 6
Ser Tomeno, the moment he had perused this document, lost no time in acquainting Agabio with the progress of the affair, and he, desiring...
The Friar of Novara part 5
This done, they next despatched a confidential servant with a message to the wily monk in their mother`s name, begging that he would no...
