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