Author : William Richard Wood Stephens
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times; a Sketch of the Church and the Empire in the Fourth Century by : William Richard Wood Stephens
Download or read book Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times; a Sketch of the Church and the Empire in the Fourth Century written by William Richard Wood Stephens. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...discharge of duty. The collision of the ruling powers with him was yet to come, but the contest with Gainas immediately succeeded the fall of Eutropius. The Empress procured the elevation of Aurelian, Praetorian Prefect, to the consulship, and of her favourite (some said her criminal lover8), Count John, to the office of Comptroller of the Eoyal Treasury, or sacred largesses. The public affairs of the Empire were discussed and settled in a sort of cabinet council by her and her friends, of whom three wealthy but avaricious ladies, Castricia, Eugraphia, and Marcia, were the most influential. The haughty and manly spirit of the Gothic warrior naturally disdained to i Zosim. v. 18. Cod. Theod. ix. i0, 17. I'hilostorg. xi. 6. s Zosim. v. 18. Ch. xv. SURRENDER OF THE THREE FAVOURITES. /267-/ be directed by a coterie of women. He united nis/jrmy / y, JK with that of Tribigild, and the two forces assumed a menac/ ing attitude in the vicinity of Constantinople, on the Asiatic-y 'A' side of the Bosporus. Gainas opened negotiations with the ' Emperor, refusing to communicate with any lesser power, '-L=d complained that his services had been inadequately requited, and demanded, as a preliminary to any further correspondence, the surrender of three principal favourites at Court--Aurelian the Consul, Saturninus the husband of Castricia, and the Count John. The embarrassment of the Court was extreme; but the three ministers, in a genuine spirit, to all appearance, of Eoman courage and self-sacrifice for the good of the State, crossed the Bosporus, and sent word to the camp of Gainas that they had come to surrender themselves into his hands. The chieftain subjected them to a grim practical jest. He caused them to be loaded with chains, and received them...
