Saksagan
Flavius Valerius Constantinus was born
“Your son!” The butcher looked as if he were going to faint. “But they say ”
“Whoever they are, you can now set them aright,...
Plundering of countries sacking of cities
For he decided such cases without full examination, naming the punishment when he had heard only the accuser’s side of the matter. Without hesitation...
Soldiers to others of their chieftains
These Huns, as soon as they had got this money, sent it together with their soldiers to others of their chieftains, with the word...
The Emperor Claudius
“I’m not alone now,” the larger boy boasted. “We are four against one.”
“Tell us the story of your ancestor, the Emperor Claudius,” another of...
King Tiridates
Night had already fallen by the time the camp was established. While some of the men ate, others took torches and explored what remained...
The official panegyrists
His brief speech finished the official panegyrists had spent hours earlier delivering the customary final orations in honor of the dead Constantine turned toward...
Imperial Courier to Galerius
Galerius in Nicomedia
It was midnight before Constantine was able to step down from the throne chair of the audience chamber in his father’s now...
Deference to Galerius
“I named him Augustus,” Crocus protested. “With the army of Gaul behind us we can easily ”
“I must accept only the lesser title, until...
