Komika

But as soon as Justinian became Emperor, he stationed a customhouse at either strait, under two salaried officials, to whom he gave full power...

Then ,there was a secretary to Justinian named Priscus: an utter villain and Paphlagonian, of a character likely to please his master, to whom...

“Yet, Highness, such is my plight. I have creditors to whom I owe money, while others owe money to me. And those whom I...

Not civility, but servility was now the rule, and Theodora was the slave driver. So far had Roman society been corrupted, between the false...

“Batnae is on the main route from Antioch to Carrhae and Resaina.” Dacius put a stubby forefinger on the map. “Galerius must intend to...

“For the same reason Crassus risked it several hundred years ago the hope of covering himself with glory with a sudden blow at the...

‘It was no more than he deserved for seeking to destroy his father.”“No doubt,” Dacius agreed. “But the Jews have another explanation. They claim...