Saksagan
The Turkish Quarter
To reach the Turkish part of the town, you pass through a narrow stone gateway. Kavala is full of steep, rocky stairs—both going up...
Laughing at the Challenge
I laughed, lifted my hat, and urged my horse to run faster, quickly passing by. These mischievous young Turkish women! They would never dare...
Wandering Among the Ruins
For an hour, I walked around the old ruins. I found the remains of Philip's theater on a hillside of the Acropolis. A few...
Fausta demanded angrily
Dacius took a quick look at her and reached for his helmet. “I’ll maintain a guard outside,” he said. “In the name of Jupiter,...
Waiting for Maxentius
“And then on to Rome! He who has the city holds the key to the Empire.”
“Tell me,” Dacius said. “Has there ever been a...
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....
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...
Imperial Guard
Dacius had been relieved of his duties as Constantine’s second incommand with the cavalry detachment and was now in command of a section of...
Account of Maxentius
Dacius came in and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his forearm, although the air outside was not warm. “Well, she’s safely out...
My family through Theodora
“You were so busy telling me you were going to marry me and become Augusta that I never had a chance,” he retorted. What...
