Queen answered musically
“Yet, Highness, such is my plight. I have creditors to whom I owe money, while others owe money to me. And those whom I...
Superficial difference between them
Not civility, but servility was now the rule, and Theodora was the slave driver. So far had Roman society been corrupted, between the false...
Augusti of the East prudently
As Dacius had predicted, Galerius continued to go downhill and died some months later. Both Licinius and Maximin Daia moved at once to claim...
Favorable reply Dacius
Watching closely from his capital at Treves the steady disintegration of the Prefecture of Italy, Constantine made two important moves in regard to it....
Jesus seemed to be waiting
Whether carrying a lamb or holding out his arms in a gesture of welcome, the man called Jesus seemed to be waiting to receive...
Christian family
No one answered for a moment, then the trooper called Josiah from Philadelphia came into the room. “I was raised in a Christian family,...
Military gear the slave shortly
The cubicula assigned to Constantine was barely large enough to contain a sleeping pallet which could be rolled up in the daytime, enlarging the...
Penetrating gray eyes of the Master at Arms
Centurion Dacius was seated behind a table in a room at the end of the long barracks building. His skin was burned to a...
No attention to Constantine
Just inside the compound a sentry leaned upon his spear talking to another soldier, but he paid no attention to Constantine until the youth...
