One Blue and one Green
And so in 532, when he ordered the execution of two criminals prominent in the factions—one Blue and one Green—he poked the hornet’s nest...
Piet rebellion
“Galerius shall pay for thisl” Constantius said grimly. “I let him name Severus Caesar in Italy to avoid any controversy with Maxen tius, while...
Landowners
HOW LANDOWNERS WERE RUINED
I will now tell how he ruined the landowners everywhere; although it were a sufficient indication of their sufferings to refer...
The householders in Constantinople
Such were the constant afflictions of mankind under the rule of Justinian and Theodora; for there was no release from war or any other...
Huns and barbarous Saracens
For Cabades retired after doing hardly any damage to the buildings, but Chosroes burned to the foundations everything he took, and left greater ruin...
With both Constantius
“Looking ahead to his seventeenth birthday, Augustus and the beginning of his military training.”
Galerius looked surprised. “How old is he now?”
“Nearly eleven, and well...
Constantine seized Dacius
Galerius reached for a scroll lying on a small table beside him and handed it to Constantine. “Here are your orders. They authorize you...
Anyone strong and agile
“Marios and Helena spoke truly in their letters.” Constantius held his tall son away from him, examining him with eyes that were, like Constantine’s...
Against the Persians
Constantine felt somewhat the same sensation he remembered experiencing once, when he had watched a swaying serpent in the process of being charmed out...
Euphrates with King Tiridates
He read carefully the scroll Constantine handed him, then rolled it up and tied it with the purple ribbon identifying it as an imperial...
