Magister memoriae
Constantius’ eyes closed and for a moment Constantine thought he was gone. Then he saw that the broad chest was still moving with breathing,...
Embroidered dalmatic
“Only a miracle could save him. The priests have been praying for him.”
For the first time Constantine noticed that one of the men standing...
Roman territory Marios protested
“Must there always be war, and suffering?” Helena had barely spoken during the spirited discussion, except to make the comment about the barbarians.
“We cannot...
Constantine could stand the strained atmosphere
On other occasions when Constantius had visited them farther and farther apart of late though they had been the small villa had been filled...
Giving half of the Empire to Maximian
Diocletian will rue the day he let Galerius Valerius Maximianus get a foot in the door,” Marios said dourly. “It was bad enough when...
Bohemund came demanding their acclamations
In these they placed armed men and cut up heavy beams into pieces about a foot-and-a-half long and studded them with sharp iron nails...
Constantinople in the month of August
He himself at once set out from Constantinople in the month of August in the fourth Indiction, leaving Isaac in the capital to carry...
The Roman and Venetian fleets guarded the straits
But as he could not proceed to put his plans into action, for strong winds were blowing at the time and he feared shipwreck,...
Procopios on the Great Church – Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s great building project of the Church of the Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia – was completed in a few short years of building,...
Byzantine Architecture
A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco-Roman and Oriental elements which, in earlier centuries, cannot be clearly separated. The form of the...
