Daughters of the Augusti
“I wasn’t making fun,” he assured her. “And I’m sure you told the truth when you said you always get your way.”
“Now about our...
Killed after Diocletian names
“It’s no secret that Galerius hates you.” Her forehead was wrinkled in a frown, as she considered the question, and he saw that she...
Persians following Galerius
“This must have been Carrhae all over again,” Dacius said. “I only hope Galerius suffered the same fate.”
For a moment Constantine was too much...
Destroying their intended victims
The chances of very many of those under attack getting safely across the broad flood, here almost half a mile in width, appeared hopeless....
Sometimes called Europos nowadays
Lucius Catullus put a finger on the map. “There is a ruined town here at Dura it’s sometimes called Europos nowadays. I’m sure you...
Emperor with high favor
There remained, while he ruled the Romans, no sure faith in God, no hope in religion, no defense in law, no security in business,...
Received from Hecebolus
This Macedonia, they say, greeted Theodora at the time of her arrival from Egypt and Libya; and when she saw her badly worried and...
Destroyed their subjects
So quenchless was his thirst for human blood; and with his wife, intent on this end, he neglected no possible excuse for slaughter. For...
Mother sympathized with these often persecute
He knew his mother sympathized with these often persecuted people. He had been intrigued, too, by the stories his fellow schoolmates told of strange...
Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia
Most often Constantine placed himself at the eastern center of the Empire, the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia in the beautiful province...
