One bishop claimed that in Constantinople:

If you ask anyone for change, he will discuss with you whether the Son is begotten or unbegotten. If you ask about the quality of bread, you will receive the answer that ‘The Father is greater, the Son is less.’ If you suggest that you require a bath, you will be told that ‘There was nothing before the Son was created.’

Adrian Goldsworthy, How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (2009)