Theodosius
confessed his sin, accepted the public penance which the bishop
imposed upon him, and for eight months remained at the door of the
church.
FOOTNOTES:
[168] Of the forty-five emperors from the first to the third century,
twenty-nine died by assassination.
[169] Other considerations also led to the change of capital--ED.
[170] There were often two emperors, one in the East, the other in the
West, but there was but one empire. The two emperors, though they may
have resided, one in Constantinople and the other in Italy, were
considered as being but one person. In addressing one of them the word
"you" (in the plural) was used, as if both were addressed at the same
time. This was the first use of the pronoun of the second person in the
plural for such a purpose; for throughout antiquity even kings and
emperors were addressed in the singular.
[171] The number under Diocletian was 101; under Constantine (Bury's
Gibbon, ii., 170), 116.--ED.
[172] Without counting the ancient titles of consul and praeter, which
were still preserved, and the new title of patrician which was given by
special favor.
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