50.47 Πλουτον ουτω τον δημοσιον ευθυς εκφορησας επι τους κατηκοους το βλεμμα ηγε, πλειστους τε αυτικα τας ουσιας αφειλετο αρπαζων τε και βιαζομενος ουδενι λογω, των εγκληματων τε ουδεμη γεγονοτων υπαγων τους ευδαιμονας εν τε Βυζαντιω και πολει εκαστη δοκουντας είναι, και τοις μεν πολυθεΐαν, τοις δε δοξης εν Χριστιανοις ουκ ορθης αιρεσιν. As soon he spent the public money [Justinian] he turned against his subjects, grabbing the estates from a great number of them, without a reason or excuse and with violence, putting them on the jurors bench for crimes they never committed, men from Byzantion and from others who were known for their prosperity, accusing them for polytheism, others for some perverted Christian dogma ) 19.11
50.59 τι μεντοι και αλλαις ζημιων ιδεαις πολλαις τους στρατιωτας απεκναιον, ωσπερ αμειβομενοι των εν τοις πολεμοις κινδυνων, επικαλουντες τοις μεν Γραικοι ειεν, ωσπερ ουκ εξον των από της Ελλαδος το παραπαν τινι γενναιω γενεσθαι.
(But in other cities and damages fell heavily on the soldiers like being a contineous strick for war games, some others were accused for being Greeks, like it meant it impossible for someone to be brave coming from Hellas) 24.
We are the new Hellenes or Greeks after the Romans named us thanks to one of our tribes immigrated to Great Hellas in southern Italy. The world gets to know us by this name, an ethnic name being corrupted in value because of the new inhabitants in the metropolitan geographic Hellas and call themselves umeritedly Hellenes or Greeks (!!!!).
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