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...
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...
Caesar Constantius
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I should have recognized you from your resemblance to your father, but I was otherwise occupied. Caesar Constantius and I served together...
Constantine and Dacius had dismounted
The tall man was near midstream now, wading at the head of his troops, but the river was deepening rapidly and his armor made...
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,...
Constantine slammed into the opponent
Swung at the end of the strapas barbarians swung the spike studded iron balls attached to chains, called matteae, for close fighting the packet...
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...
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...
Foolishly thinking this the holier course of two evils
Agents were sent everywhere to force whomever they chanced upon to renounce the faith of their fathers. This, which seemed impious to rustic people,...
