Lartius, or Titus Larcius Flavus, is a Roman statesman who is the first<hr>
magistrate invested with the dictatorship in 501 or 498 BC. He leads the siege of Corioli in the war against the Volscians. The city is captured due to the actions of a young man, Coriolanus.<hr>
      Cominius, or Postumius Cominius Auruncus, is a Roman politician of the<hr>
5th century BC. He is appointed consul with Titus Larcius Flavus.<hr>
      The Antiates are the inhabitants of Antium, one of the main cities in ancient Latium.<hr>
It is located on the Tyrrhenian coast. It is the capital of the Volscians until the Romans take over.<hr>
       The Aediles, also called ediles, are magistrates in ancient Rome. Their<hr>
primitive function is linked to the urban administration of Rome. They play a judicial role by acting as judges.<hr>
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                     Thirteenth Discourse - Eudoxia to Theodosius<hr>
                               Eudoxia, Empress of the East<hr>
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      Eudoxia, the daughter of philosopher and rhetorician Leontias, rose to the Byzantine Empire thanks to her beauty, the exceptional quality of her mind and the favors of Pulcheria. However, her luck was short-lived. Emperor Theodosius, her husband, influenced by his sister Pulcheria who gave him the throne, as well as by the feedback from Paulinus, condemned her to death and deprived her of his favors. In her distress, Eudoxia was cleverly persuaded to withdraw from court. Feeling herself helpless, she asked what was expected of her, namely permission to go to Jerusalem. Thus, at the time of her departure and their farewell, she approximately addressed Emperor Theodosius in these terms.<hr>
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                                          Eudoxia to Theodosius<hr>
      Lord, as I prepare to leave court to retire in Palestine, I ask you, in the name of Emperor Trajan, from whom she is descended, and in the name of the great Theodosius, her grandfather, and in the name of Arcadius, her father, and in the name of the great Constantine, from whom she holds the scepter and whose devotion she imitates, to allow me today to reveal to you all that I think of your sister, responsible for my past happiness and present misfortune. Therefore, I might at least have the satisfaction of not having abandoned my innocence as I distance myself from you. Who would have told the poor Eudoxia, when the philosopher Leontias, her father, was teaching her ethics, that her own would one day be suspected? I would have never imagined it. Back then, the simplicity of my conduct, the little ambition I had and the modest walls of my homeland were teaching me contentment.<hr>
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