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Wealth of Romans

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HOW HE SEIZED ALL THE WEALTH OF THE ROMANS AND THREW IT AWAY How he seized all wealth I will next discuss: recalling first a...

Scirtus River flooded Edessa

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However, punishment for these offenses was mostly directed against the Greens. Furthermore the persecution of the Samaritans and the so-called heretics filled the Roman realm...

Boundaries of Persia

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Such were the results of the wars in Libya and in Europe. Meanwhile the Saracens were continuously making inroads on the Romans of the...

Flavius Valerius Constantinus was born

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“Your son!” The butcher looked as if he were going to faint. “But they say ” “Whoever they are, you can now set them aright,...

Constantine slammed into the opponent

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Swung at the end of the strapas barbarians swung the spike studded iron balls attached to chains, called matteae, for close fighting the packet...

The Emperor Claudius

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“I’m not alone now,” the larger boy boasted. “We are four against one.” “Tell us the story of your ancestor, the Emperor Claudius,” another of...

Endless discomfort of a soldier’s life

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Now, the harmonious structure and great charm of the Caesar’s writings are well-known to all who have chanced to take a look at his...

Caesar Nicephorus

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But he who undertakes the “role” of an historian must sink his personal likes and dislikes, and often award the highest praise to his...

THE ALEXIAD OF ANNA COMNENA

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I time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity,...

Marriage nor of relationship nor of friendship

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So there grows up in them against their fellow men a hostility which has no cause, and at no time does it cease or...