There was Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus; who was the future Roman emperor. “He was not an intellectual. He was a robust and energetic Thracian peasant, with a round face, fresh complexion and inclined to seriousness, as men of rural stock often are: a man who was inclined to be restless and a hard worker. He was of course rich” (GP Baker 5). Even the famous Theodora had compassion for the poor, she loved to indulge a rich