Note 11 — Chapter V · JUSTINIAN AND HIS WARS A.D. 528-540
Reading edition
There was deliberate insult in the use of the word βασιλεύς for both monarchs, as if they were equal and bore the same title.
Reading edition
There was deliberate insult in the use of the word βασιλεύς for both monarchs, as if they were equal and bore the same title.