Formal main boulevard entered the Augustaion
The best approach to the palace was from the west, on foot. The great middle street of the city drew together those who arrived...
The church reopened at the Christmas season
When the dome collapsed, Paul tells us, clouds of dust darkened the day, the earth shook, but Christ protected his church and no one...
One Blue and one Green
And so in 532, when he ordered the execution of two criminals prominent in the factions—one Blue and one Green—he poked the hornet’s nest...
Less important a weapon than the sword
Constantine looked at Crocus and saw the same bewilderment in the eyes of the young Frank that he felt himself. The lance used by...
Constantine felt tin breath
At the metallic command, both lines turned slightly at full gallop, passing through each other’s ranks so closely that Constantine felt tin’ breath of...
Caesar Galerius rode in from Sirmiu
“Caesar Galerius rode in from Sirmium” yesterday, especially for the Augustalia,” he said. “Diocletian is always glad to delegate a reviewing chore to someone...
