The secretaries who had performed this duty for centuries were no longer trusted When he wished to issue a decree, he did not give it out through the Quaestor's office, as is usual, but most frequently preferred to announce it himself, in spite of his barbarous accent or sometimes he had a whole group of his intimates publish it together, so that those who were wronged by the edict did not know which one to complain against. In his accent, in his dress, and in his ideas he was a barbarian. In the first place, Justinian, having no natural aptitude toward the imperial dignity, neither assumed the royal manner nor thought it necessary to his prestige. by Richard Atwater,, at ĮVERYTHING was done the wrong way, and of the old customs none remained a few instances will illustrate, and the rest must be silence, that this book may have an end. Sacred Texts Classics Procopius Index Previous Next
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