Totila was smart
Totila was smart, strong, and patient, and so his forces began to recruit directly from the other side. There was little difference between the...
Amalasuntha’s death gave Justinian the pretext
And so in 535, Amalasuntha’s death gave Justinian the pretext he needed—supposed instability and illegitimacy—to set his fleets on the water again, this time...
Nicomedia without Galerius
Constantine had not known Galerius was in the city until he saw the stocky figure of the Caesar of the East follow the much...
Drepanum and Dura
The interior arrangement was somewhat like those he had seen at Drepanum and Dura, consisting of a single large room with benches for the...
Become Augustus of the East
“You will obey, of course?”I can do nothing else, though I had enough of that in Alexandria. But I wanted to be sure no...
Hosius of Cdrdoba
Constantine told of his visit to Dura on the Euphrates; the strange effect the painting of the shepherd on the wall there had had...
Christianity appeals to the poor
“If I give you all the money you need to support your school at Autun, will you guarantee to solve all my knotty problems...
Suspected that the silversmith
“Why would a man think to no purpose?”“You are a soldier, so such may seem foolish to you, but some of the greatest discoveries...
Everybody impossible and futile
The Emperor, pretending to be incensed at this, proclaimed by edict that such clothing could not be sold for more than eight gold coins...
Cities and Plundered
HOW HE SPOILED THE BEAUTY OF THE CITIES AND PLUNDERED THE POORHow he ruined the beauty and appearance of Constantinople and every other city,...
