The Secret History · Character
Constantine
A general executed by Belisarius for plotting against him.
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First appearance: the secret history
Constantine shows up with force in How the Great General Belisarius Was Hoodwinked by His Wife, Whose Lover Became a Monk. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A man who sympathizes with Belisarius but remarks he would have killed Antonina rather than Theodosius, leading to his murder at Antonina's instigation.
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- How the Great General Belisarius Was Hoodwinked by His Wife, Whose Lover Became a Monk
- XX: Debasing of the Quaestorship
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