“God rules mankind by inspiring fear of Hell and promising reward in Heaven, in other words with a stick and a carrot. Likewise, the Emperor governs his subjects through fear: his enemies are thrown in prison, banished, disciplined by the whip, deprived of their eyesight or of their life. Even innocent people ‘serve him in trembling’: they may be sent into battle or given unpleasant tasks, but no one dares to disobey.” – Cyril Mango, Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome