Diocletian and Maximian
The triumph of Diocletian and Maximian could hardly bear comparison with previous ceremonials marking the entry of Rome’s great heroes into the city after...
The Temple of Jupiter
Through the crowdlined streets of the city, many of whose people had never even seen the Senior Augustus, the procession moved at a majestic...
Comparison to the new officials
The Emperor was always very careful to choose for his agents men who were truly of all people the worst scoundrels; and he had...
Junilus completed the measure
When Junilus completed the measure of his life, Constantine was appointed Quaestor: a man not unacquainted with law, but exceeding young, and without actual...
Pillaging the country
Also everywhere else in the Roman Empire Justinian did the same. Picking out the worst scoundrels he could find, he sold them the offices...
My sister Fausta
“Please forgive my brother for being a bore, Tribune,” she said with a dazzling smile. “Word of how you stopped the whole army of...
Eusebius of Caesarea
“I thought the rite of baptism was supposed to wash away all • » sm.
“It is, but being human we are sure to sin...
Italians living in Ravenna
Totila, indeed, was willing enough to meet him before his city walls, but could not catch him there, since like the rest of the...
Except Eutropia
“And I of them,” he assured her. “May I take them to the games tomorrow?”
“Of course except Eutropia. I’m afraid she’s still too much...
From Nicomedia into Italy
Galerius naturally could not stand idly by and see the very heart of the Empire wrested from his grasp, even though the new conquerors...
