And Dadaces, the chiliarch, spear-struck, Forth from his galley leapt with nimble bound.

I have stated what I consider compelling reasons why the Hortensian Law(s) would have best served their purpose if they were curiate.

At the meridian hour he [Philippikos Bardanes] withdrew to his chamber, intoxicated with flattery and wine, and forgetful that his example had made every ſubject ambitious, and that every ambitious ſubject was his ſecret enemy.

Its “mathematicizations”, as Martin has called them, entail taking what Martin calls only a “partial consideration” of the phenomena studied.