The Misunderstood Byzantine Princess and Her Magnum Opus
I. TIME in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity, no matter if they be quite unworthy of mention, or most noteworthy and important, and thus, as the tragedian says, "he brings from the darkness all things to the birth, and all things born envelops in the night."... See more
Anna Comnena: • Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook
Several of the stories of the poisoning of imperial heirs, for example, point to the uncertainty of the rights of succession.
Mary Beard • SPQR
For the most part, they are portrayed as abusers rather than users of power. They take it illegitimately, in a way that leads to chaos, to the fracture of the state, to death and destruction. They are monstrous hybrids, who are not, in the Greek sense, women at all. And the unflinching logic of their stories is that they must be disempowered and pu
... See moreMary Beard • Women & Power: A Manifesto
The other side of the story