Skeptical historian Procopius of Constantinople
This moralizing reading appears twenty years later, from the skeptical historian Procopius of Constantinople, and he burdens it with several overlays. It shows the...
Several legions making up
The evening meal, which Constantine had been invited to share with his father, turned out to be a staff conference of the leading commanders...
Britain from Dacius
“Why not, if Bonar can be brought to terms? After all, Carausius ruled for a while there. If he hadn’t wanted Gaul too, and...
Eumenius agreed
“They will live with me,” Crocus said at once. “I would not hear of it being otherwise.”
“Perhaps that is just as well,” Eumenius agreed....
Prosperous and peaceful
“My first duty is to you, Dominus.”
“Not unless you’re a fool, which I don’t think you are. Every man’s first duty is to himself,...
Whole expanse of the Roman Empire
All of this was known, of course, to Galerius and Maximian through the spies they maintained in the territory of Constantius, as well as...
Constantine was speaking the truth
Theognis looked deep into the eyes of the younger man, as if searching for a reason to believe Constantine was speaking the truth. Finally...
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...
