"ponderous pensées on human frailty by an apologetic autocrat" From this article about a different emperor: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n04/christopher

"ponderous pensées on human frailty by an apologetic autocrat" From this article about a different emperor: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n04/christopher-kelly/a-shocking-story https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n04/christopher-kelly/a-...