Symmachus to begin the project
Theoderic, writing to Symmachus to begin the project, pulled out all the stops. “We could easily dismiss the stories about this theater if we...
Superficial difference between them
Not civility, but servility was now the rule, and Theodora was the slave driver. So far had Roman society been corrupted, between the false...
Queen answered musically
“Yet, Highness, such is my plight. I have creditors to whom I owe money, while others owe money to me. And those whom I...
Expected similar consideration
Then ,there was a secretary to Justinian named Priscus: an utter villain and Paphlagonian, of a character likely to please his master, to whom...
Instead of in Nicomedia
“I was going to visit you tomorrow, before Dacius and I leave for the Euphrates,” Constantine said. “Is anything wrong?” “Wrong enough that it...
Galerius intends to let Constantine go
“So he said in a letter Galerius received last night. He wants Constantine to join him.”
“He wouldn’t say it unless he were.” Helena turned...
Second letter from Constantius
“You mean he dared to ignore Father’s letter?”
“Most likely he was going to pretend that it was not received before you were safely dispatched...
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...
