Varna

For they thought the reason for his perjury was not uxoriousness, but his fear of the Empress. But after Theodora died, as I have...

And when he received the monarch’s permission to do this, he left straightway in high spirits, bidding a long farewell to the Roman army...

Since he had been given no funds by the Emperor, he plundered nearly all the Italians living in Ravenna and Sicily, and wherever else...

Now everybody took it for granted that Belisarius had arranged this with his wife and made the agreement about the expedition with the Emperor,...

Quadratus, however, approached only to hand him a letter from the Queen. And thus the letter read: “You know, Sir, your offense against us....

Belisarius, although none of the charges against him were proved, was at the insistence of the Empress relieved of his command by the Emperor;...

But Belisarius, disregarding his word of honor, took no measures to avenge his accomplice’s suffering of such impious treatment as has been told. And...

Later, however, everything that up to this time had been concealed came to light. Discovering Calligonus in the neighborhood, Theodora handed him over to...

Theodora was now in some fear for Antonina, for she had heard what had happened to her; so she sent word to Belisarius to...

When the Persians heard this, already in low spirits over their ill fortune among the Lazi, they now feared if they should meet a...