Saksagan
Constantine assured her
“What is it, dearest?” he asked.
“I almost betrayed you by believing Father was sincere, when he seized control here,” she admitted.
“I knew you had...
Came from Milan with Maximian
“Are you sure you aren’t spinning daydreams again?” “Centurions run the army and through it the Empire; you should know that by now. I...
Fausta had spent every possible moment
In the week he had been in Rome, he and Fausta had spent every possible moment together and his desire for her had risen...
Constantine was afraid
“My sole ambition is to do my duty as a soldier and a Roman, Augustus,” Constantine said evenly.
“Do you deny trying to turn Fausta’s...
Emperor pretended to be no less outraged
This Damian was president of the local Blues; and when the news came to Constantinople, the indignant Blues there made a great uproar throughout...
Reduced to beggary
Later Mamillan also died, Anatolius’s son-in-law, leaving one daughter, who of course inherited his estate. While her mother was still living, this daughter too...
Eudemon died
It might not be out of the way for me to tell a sequel of this incident. This Eudemon died a little later, leaving...
Emperor with high favor
There remained, while he ruled the Romans, no sure faith in God, no hope in religion, no defense in law, no security in business,...
Destroyed their subjects
So quenchless was his thirst for human blood; and with his wife, intent on this end, he neglected no possible excuse for slaughter. For...
Received from Hecebolus
This Macedonia, they say, greeted Theodora at the time of her arrival from Egypt and Libya; and when she saw her badly worried and...
