isdigune

Updated: June 6, 2025

Yet the repeated labors of Isdigune could procure only a partial and imperfect truce, which was always purchased with the treasures, and renewed at the solicitation, of the Byzantine court Many years of fruitless desolation elapsed before Justinian and Chosroes were compelled, by mutual lassitude, to consult the repose of their declining age.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4

When Isdigune had saluted the emperor, and delivered his presents, he passed ten months at Constantinople without discussing any serious affairs.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4

The successor of Cyrus assumed the majesty of the Eastern sun, and graciously permitted his younger brother Justinian to reign over the West, with the pale and reflected splendor of the moon. This gigantic style was supported by the pomp and eloquence of Isdigune, one of the royal chamberlains.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4