Fausta assured him
“This will be ours one day,” Fausta assured him, running her finger across the marble boundaries of nations and seas. “The whole of it,...
Accompanied Photius to Ephesus
Theodora was now in some fear for Antonina, for she had heard what had happened to her; so she sent word to Belisarius to...
Showing the danger of interfering with a woman’s intrigues
Aroused at this, Chosroes found the following remedy for the trouble. He read them a letter which the Empress had recently written to Zaberganes....
Sisauranum by way of the city of Nisibis
For this reason he ordered the forces under Arethas to cross the Tigris River; and they returned home, having accomplished nothing worthy of mention....
Time to say goodbye to Constantius
In the morning Constantine managed to avoid both his father and mother until it was time to say goodbye to Constantius. No one had...
Constantius was saying to Helena
His thirst satisfied, he was returning to the sleeping quarters by way of the atrium, the large room at the front of the house,...
Why Flavius task is so important
‘I told you there was no point in trying to deceive her, or the boy.” Marios turned and spoke directly to Constantine. “That’s why...
