Few like Juliana in Constantinople
There were few like Juliana in Constantinople. At Rome, such wealth and ostentation had once been commonplace, and the dwindling senate there acted as...
Juliana shining light of God-blessed parents
It showed no impiety to outdo one’s ancestors in this manner, especially while outdoing one’s contemporaries to advance the family name.
From among them Juliana,...
Olybrius’s brief reign
Juliana and her mother had never gone west during Olybrius’s brief reign, when she was only about ten years old, or after, and so...
Armenia and the kingdom of Tiridates
It was a clever scheme, Constantine conceded. By burying him in the East, Galerius would avoid the trouble with Constantius that would surely come,...
Recurrent raids into Gaul
Galerius, however, had no intention of offering refuge to the old troublemaker, so Maximian was forced to flee again, this time to Arles, where...
Arles the Massilotes
At Arles the Massilotes had built an important trading station in the time of the early Phoenicians, before the luckless Queen Dido of Tyre...
With Maximian and Maxentius
“There is no hurry,” he assured her. “I plan to remain in Arles for a while; it will be easier to keep in touch...
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 POOR
How he ruined the beauty and appearance of Constantinople and every other city,...
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,...
