Despite these and his great popularity however, he was unable to achieve his ambition of marrying Praejecta: his wife came to the imperial capital and presented her case to the Empress Theodora.
Trotz dieser Auszeichnungen und seiner allgemeinen Beliebtheit gelang es ihm nicht, Praejecta zu heiraten: seine frühere Frau reiste in die Hauptstadt und trug ihren Fall der Kaiserin Theodora vor.