The Mythical east
Ancient history as commonly retold in European and American societies is pervaded by a great and deluding absence. When it suits us, we can...
Another king from the western city of Epidamnos
And after this there will arise another king from the western city of Epidamnos, which is in Latin Dyracchium. The name of the king...
Heliopolis not long after 502
The oracle was written at or near Heliopolis not long after 502. It certainly predates the death of Anastasius, but it also prophesies that...
Dacius protested
“Surely you don’t intend to determine prices and wages, as Diocletian did,” Dacius protested.
“No, that scheme was a failure. But a plan that makes...
Perhaps killed those you love
“No!” the crowd thundered.
“They have attacked you in your homes, perhaps killed those you love. What shall be their punishment?”
“Throw them to the beasts!”...
Salonae hoping to resume
Paris who was busy bringing his army up to the greatest strength he could attain against the day when some of the others might...
Diocletian and Maximian
The triumph of Diocletian and Maximian could hardly bear comparison with previous ceremonials marking the entry of Rome’s great heroes into the city after...
The Temple of Jupiter
Through the crowdlined streets of the city, many of whose people had never even seen the Senior Augustus, the procession moved at a majestic...
My sister Fausta
“Please forgive my brother for being a bore, Tribune,” she said with a dazzling smile. “Word of how you stopped the whole army of...
Continually subject to change
They even say that it was not so much by flattery that she made Justinian eat from her hand as by demoniac power. For...
