Saksagan
Artifice of prayer
HOW ALL ROMAN CITIZENS BECAME SLAVES
Theodora too unceasingly hardened her heart in the practice of inhumanity. What she did, was never to please or...
Far north of the Antonine Wall
Constantine, however, spoke before his father could answer. “I still say I must earn whatever honor shall come to me,” he insisted. “Name me...
Britain and the channel
“Why not go beyond it?” Constantine bent over the map that occupied the top of the table. “Just north of a line drawn eastward...
False reports and misleading statements
The officers called Referendars were no longer satisfied to perform their duties of presenting to the Emperor the request of petitioners, and referring to...
Necessary to his prestige
JUSTICE FOR SALE
Everything was done the wrong way, and of the old customs none remained; a few instances will illustrate, and the rest must...
Traditional weapon among the Dalmatian troops
At another time Constantine would have been interested in seeing it, for a group of Illyrian legionnaires were demonstrating the use of martiobarbuli, the...
Crocus struck the ground almost at Constantines feet
Crocus was almost upon him, when he knelt suddenly, and dropped the butt of his lance to the ground, elevating the point. It struck...
Constantine realize that the Gallic nobleman
Only when he saw the feverish light in Crocus’ eyes as he leaned forward in his saddle, every muscle tensed, did Constantine realize that...
