Waiting for the Han Keeper
The old man kept us waiting for a long time before he finally appeared with a dim light and opened the gates of the...
Few like Juliana in Constantinople
There were few like Juliana in Constantinople. At Rome, such wealth and ostentation had once been commonplace, and the dwindling senate there acted as...
Juliana shining light of God-blessed parents
It showed no impiety to outdo one’s ancestors in this manner, especially while outdoing one’s contemporaries to advance the family name.
From among them Juliana,...
Olybrius’s brief reign
Juliana and her mother had never gone west during Olybrius’s brief reign, when she was only about ten years old, or after, and so...
German kings south of the Rhine
Nispite of a forced march across country from their debarkation point at Gesoriacum, Constantine failed to trap the German kings south of the Rhine,...
Germanic revolt
Constantine’s first thought was that the Germanic revolt was the 0 Bath
f Glastonbury worst thing that could possibly have happened now, but on its...
Embark at Londinium for Gaul
“What next?” Crocus asked. “Remember Gaul is waiting to acclaim our new Augustus.”
“It will take several weeks for the letter to reach Galerius,” Constantine...
Galerius intends to let Constantine go
“So he said in a letter Galerius received last night. He wants Constantine to join him.”
“He wouldn’t say it unless he were.” Helena turned...
Instead of in Nicomedia
“I was going to visit you tomorrow, before Dacius and I leave for the Euphrates,” Constantine said. “Is anything wrong?” “Wrong enough that it...
Second letter from Constantius
“You mean he dared to ignore Father’s letter?”
“Most likely he was going to pretend that it was not received before you were safely dispatched...
