Thirty gold centenaries
Quadratus, however, approached only to hand him a letter from the Queen. And thus the letter read: “You know, Sir, your offense against us. But because I am greatly indebted to your wife, I...
Caucasus to menace the fertile plains
Brought up as a Roman, Tiridates had returned to Armenia after a victorious campaign against the Persians and had proved a very popular and capable ruler, stabilizing the northeastern comer of the Euphrates frontier....
The Emperors face softened
“The message said you wanted to see me at once.”“Good! I’m glad to find somebody who obeys my orders.” The Emperor’s face softened. “It has come to my attention that you suffered a loss...
Flavius Valerius Constantinus at the age of twenty two
Thus at the age of twenty two, Flavius Valerius Constantinus was not only a father, an eventuality he had been quite too busy during the last months even to consider, but also seemed to...
Accusations against the man
To my astonishment, he displayed extraordinary pleasure, and when I asked him why, he replied: ‘Because if you must know, I have heard many complaints about the fellow before and now . . .’,...
Exiles cannot share in such pleasures
They might have lost their hands or been mutilated in some other way. Instead, some of them were forcibly shaved and the rest condemned to exile. The emperor, as if to celebrate his narrow...
Abstain from physical violence
At the time when he was crowned, he made a vow to God that he would never inflict corporal punishment. It was a promise that he kept, and more than kept, for not only...
