Saksagan
The Turkish Quarter
To reach the Turkish part of the town, you pass through a narrow stone gateway. Kavala is full of steep, rocky stairs—both going up...
Laughing at the Challenge
I laughed, lifted my hat, and urged my horse to run faster, quickly passing by. These mischievous young Turkish women! They would never dare...
Wandering Among the Ruins
For an hour, I walked around the old ruins. I found the remains of Philip's theater on a hillside of the Acropolis. A few...
Since Christians believed
Many aspects of that story pull us into the world of Roman late antiquity: clashing religious practices, legal interference in religion, the brutality of...
Tribunus voluptatum
Somewhere at the bottom of the hierarchical pyramid of government, we find one officer whose role may still inspire some skepticism: the “tribune of...
Edict of Theoderic
For Theoderic belongs to an old, conservative tradition, and if the Edict of Theoderic that comes down to us in 154 short chapters—virtually every...
German kings south of the Rhine
Nispite of a forced march across country from their debarkation point at Gesoriacum, Constantine failed to trap the German kings south of the Rhine,...
Germanic revolt
Constantine’s first thought was that the Germanic revolt was the 0 Bath
f Glastonbury worst thing that could possibly have happened now, but on its...
Embark at Londinium for Gaul
“What next?” Crocus asked. “Remember Gaul is waiting to acclaim our new Augustus.”
“It will take several weeks for the letter to reach Galerius,” Constantine...
To marry you Constantine
“Aren’t you taking a lot for granted?”
“You mean you don’t want to be with me?” Her eyes began to take fire. “I never lack...
