HOW BELATED JEALOUSY AFFECTED BELISARIUS’S MILITARY JUDGMENT
But Theodosius refused to leave his monastery, saying he was completely resolved to give himself forever to the cloistered life. This noble pronouncement, however,...
Theodosius came to Italy
And it was not long after this that Belisarius was persuaded by his wife to kill Constantine. What happened at that time concerning Presidius...
Same mistake before Galerius
“Don’t tell me you want to stay, after moping around like a lovesick swain for three months.”
“I intend to go to Nicomedia, if only...
Centuries emperormakers
In spite of all the beauty around him, the peaceful and almost bucolic life of Salonae held no lure to an active and ambitious...
Justinian became Emperor
But as soon as Justinian became Emperor, he stationed a customhouse at either strait, under two salaried officials, to whom he gave full power...
Photius agreed to serve him in everything
“Yet remember this of me, that I still love my wife exceedingly well; and if it is in my power to punish the ruiner...
Increased immeasurably under the rigorous training
So a year passed and by its end Constantine who showed all the natural instincts of a fine soldier and particularly a cavalryman was...
Usually young men of noble birth
Each army had been commanded originally by a consul responsible to the Senate, but now a general responsible to one of the two Emperors,...
The officer candidates at the copper basins
In the barracks after the run they had time only to splash their faces and bodies with water, the soldiers at a long trough...
