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...
Mother sympathized with these often persecute
He knew his mother sympathized with these often persecuted people. He had been intrigued, too, by the stories his fellow schoolmates told of strange...
Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia
Most often Constantine placed himself at the eastern center of the Empire, the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia in the beautiful province...
Flavius Valerius Constantinus
It was a day to turn a boy’s thoughts away from the schoolroom where he had spent the morning at the feet of his...