Born in Sozopolis
By comparison, Severus the Sober embodied a newly serious age. He was born in Sozopolis (near modern Konya) in Asia Minor, where his grandfather...
Constantinople in religious matters
The overweening blindness of Constantinople’s men arose in part from an accident of the fourth and fifth centuries. Antioch and Alexandria (that is to...
Affair between Solomon and Pegasius
After Pegasius had ransomed Solomon from the Levathae, and the barbarians had gone home, Solomon with Pegasius his ransomer and a few soldiers, set...
Comparison to the new officials
The Emperor was always very careful to choose for his agents men who were truly of all people the worst scoundrels; and he had...
Believe Christianity
“Publish it, of course. After all, I’ve been doing the same thing in Gaul and Britain for several years.”“Your mother will be happy to...
Rule the rest of the Empire
Constantine had expected Fausta to be difficult while Crispus was in Treves. The boy was less than a decade younger than she and posed...
Riding with Eumenius and Crispus
“And now only Maxentius stands in my way ”“Our way, darling. Remember, I started planning all this when I saw you fight Crocus at...
Across the mouth of the Mare Adriaticum
The mists of the night had still not lifted from the countryside when they had taken to the fields in a southward direction outside...
Between Nicomedia and Sirmium
In the end Constantine had been left no choice except to order Dacius to find Fausta, or at least try to learn where she...
Constantine stood in an upper room
“It will be well planned, you can wager on that,” Dacius agreed. “But that’s a game two can play. Now we’d better get a...
