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Constantine was speaking the truth

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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

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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

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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

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Constantine told of his visit to Dura on the Euphrates; the strange effect the painting of the shepherd on the wall there had had...

Christianity appeals to the poor

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“If I give you all the money you need to support your school at Autun, will you guarantee to solve all my knotty problems...

Suspected that the silversmith

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“Why would a man think to no purpose?” “You are a soldier, so such may seem foolish to you, but some of the greatest discoveries...

Tribune Constantinus belongs

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“Enoughl” The Caesar of the East shut his nephew up before he could say more. “You know Tribune Constantinus belongs to the Imperial Guard...

Differently from the rest of the Romans

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Then it was that Justinian, fanning the flame and openly inciting the Blues to fight, made the whole Roman Empire shake on its foundation,...

The conquest of Libya and Italy

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Though the plague, described in my former books, attacked the whole world, no fewer men escaped than perished of it; for some never were...

Some evidence of the Emperor’s hand

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As time went on, this Justin came to great power. For the Emperor Anastasius appointed him Count of the palace guard; and when the...