The king was at Verona
Boethius then sets a dramatic stage for us to contemplate. “You recall” (he tells the allegorical woman called Philosophy, his personification for wisdom itself...
Stepping down from the dais
“Augusta,” he said, stepping down from the dais, upon which the throne chair stood, and moving toward her.
“The title is no longer mine,” she...
Magnificent imperial baths
A little east of the Forum at the center of the city were the magnificent imperial baths, called the barbarathermen. Consisting of three stories,...
Unsuspecting enemy
The cavalry did not remain with the foot, but launched a wide swing eastward and then south, trapping the unsuspecting enemy against the river...
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...
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...
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...
A Liar and A Hypocrite
Knowing countless other such acts of Justinian, I cannot include them, since the end of this book draws near. In any case, what I...
Their innocent fellow citizens
But since there was a statute of limitations barring action after thirty years, except in mortgages and certain other matters, where the limit was...
Faustin restored to his former rank
So the Senate investigated the affair and by the will of the Emperor, punished Faustin with exile. But the Emperor, after getting from him...
