03-30-2014, 06:40 PM
Quote:the author of Emperors Don't Die in Bed goes so far as to describe him as a blond lover of Constans
What a bizarre idea! Fik Meijer is (according to Amazon) a 'professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam, translator and author', but how he's managed to translate candidatus as 'blond lover' truly escapes me...
Nathan Ross