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Private Istanbul Tours
A lot has been said and written about Istanbul. Still, the city is an endless source of information. It’s definitely worth trying getting to...
Uncivilizable injection of barbarism into Rome
Many who know nothing of the facts of the matter still deeply and instinctively believe an alternative view—that these people represented an irreducible and...
Balkans into Italy
And bear in mind the passage of time. When adult men and women who made their way from the Balkans into Italy with Theoderic...
Deliberately Gothic and dynastic
The spectacle hit every note of Roman splendor, but the message was deliberately Gothic and dynastic. At the same time, Theoderic’s house historian wrote...
Prosperous and peaceful
“My first duty is to you, Dominus.”
“Not unless you’re a fool, which I don’t think you are. Every man’s first duty is to himself,...
Whole expanse of the Roman Empire
All of this was known, of course, to Galerius and Maximian through the spies they maintained in the territory of Constantius, as well as...
Constantine was speaking the truth
Theognis looked deep into the eyes of the younger man, as if searching for a reason to believe Constantine was speaking the truth. Finally...
The most infamous part of Antioch
The broad, columnlined street ended among the foothills of Mount Silpius in a road that wound upward toward the craggy peaks of the mountain...
Stately tour with Galerius walking
For the entire length of the Via Caesarea, the golden chariot continued its stately tour with Galerius walking beside it like a lackey at...
Hosius of Cdrdoba
Constantine told of his visit to Dura on the Euphrates; the strange effect the painting of the shepherd on the wall there had had...
