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...
Since Christians believed
Many aspects of that story pull us into the world of Roman late antiquity: clashing religious practices, legal interference in religion, the brutality of...
Tribunus voluptatum
Somewhere at the bottom of the hierarchical pyramid of government, we find one officer whose role may still inspire some skepticism: the “tribune of...
Edict of Theoderic
For Theoderic belongs to an old, conservative tradition, and if the Edict of Theoderic that comes down to us in 154 short chapters—virtually every...
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...
