Well enough to strike up an acquaintance
Some of these families we know well enough to strike up an acquaintance, as the generations lead one into another for at least one...
Theoderic from Odoacer
What differentiated Theoderic from Odoacer—other than good luck and a long life—was his identification with the people on whose military loyalty he depended. The...
Seen through Italian eyes
Soldiers raised Odoacer up on a shield, in the military way of declaring rulership, and then he led his troops through northern Italy against...
Constantius is married to Theodora
“But only because my father moved from Milan into Gaul, when yours took his army to Britain, and secured the Rhine crossing at Colonia...
Britain and Spain
“The same way emperors have been destroyed before, by death,” she said calmly. “After all, the people called for you at Diocletian’s abdication. They...
Escape from Nicomedia
“Why are you hiding like a criminal, Constantine?” she demanded.
“Didn’t Dacius tell you?”
She wrinkled her nose in a wry expression. “Dacius doesn’t approve of...
Theognis told
“You could hardly censure me more than I have already condemned myself,” Theognis told him. “Being both philosopher and priest, I am perhaps as...
Marios and Centurion
“I shall not be here long. Your Uncle Marios and Centurion Da cius asked me to talk to you. They are comrades from my...
Holy Scriptures
Diocletian`s first edict had called for the destruction of Christian churches and Christian books; a second and a third ordered Christian priests to offer...
Emperor confiscated his property
Paul, convicted of the murder, was removed from the bishopric; Rhodon, who fled to Constantinople, was beheaded by the Emperor and his estates confiscated,...
