The Secret History · Character
Evangelius
A Roman official or clergyman in the text.
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Evangelius shows up with force in XXX: Further Innovations of Justinian and Theodora, and a Conclusion Which Imagines the Death of an Emperor. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A lawyer from Caesarea whose seaside village Porphyreon was seized by Justinian for a fraction of its value.
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In XXX: Further Innovations of Justinian and Theodora, and a Conclusion Which Imagines the Death of an Emperor: A lawyer from Caesarea…
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Character groups
- Historical Figures and Narrator
- Justinian's Court Intriguers
- Protagonist
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Theodora’s jealousy and fear of Amasalontha’s beauty and cunn…
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