“The city was the setting of dances and jests, of taverns, baths and brothels. Women went about with uncovered heads. Everything about them was indecent: their speech, their gestures, their costume, their hair-style, the movement of their limbs and the sidelong glances they cast. Young men, too, such as were to be seen in the city, simulated effeminacy and let their hair grow long. Indeed, people went so far as to decorate their boots.” – Cyril Mango, “The Ideal Life,” Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome