Saksagan
Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror’s Conquest Letters
Strengthening Bonds with Mecca
Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror continued the tradition of sending conquest letters, known as “be§aretname,” to announce the conquest of Istanbul. These letters not only conveyed the news of conquest but also...
Diplomatic Correspondence and Gift Exchange
Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror’s Announcement of the Conquest of Istanbul
Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror continued the tradition of announcing conquests to the Islamic world through letters known as “Be§aretname.” These letters contained remarkable details about...
Ottoman Diplomacy and Wealth
Accumulation During Sultan Murad II’s Reign
Diplomatic Endeavors and Treaty Agreements
During both periods of Sultan Murad II’s reign, the Ottomans were engaged in military campaigns toward inner Europe. Despite this, diplomatic efforts were made towards...
Recurrent raids into Gaul
Galerius, however, had no intention of offering refuge to the old troublemaker, so Maximian was forced to flee again, this time to Arles, where Constantine received his fatherinlaw with all the deference due his...
Arles the Massilotes
At Arles the Massilotes had built an important trading station in the time of the early Phoenicians, before the luckless Queen Dido of Tyre had founded Carthage on the African coast to the south....
With Maximian and Maxentius
“There is no hurry,” he assured her. “I plan to remain in Arles for a while; it will be easier to keep in touch with events in Italy from there.” Both of them understood...
Eusebius admitted
The sermon was quickly finished and the people filed out. The Empress and Lady Valeria went down an aisle along one side of the almost empty room, however, and knelt in prayer before the...
History of your religion
“I am no soothsayer, as the priests of Apollo claim to be.” Eusebius appeared to take no umbrage at his words or manner. “But I can tell you this: whatever God’s purpose for you...
Eusebius explained
“With the army Galerius will lead against them this time, they will be too busy to destroy abandoned buildings,” Constantine assured him. “In less than a year, the place should be back in Roman...
Lucius Catullus grimly
“The Emperor was concerned about the arsenal at Damascus,” Constantine explained. “And he wanted to know what is really happening on the Persian frontier.”
“The arsenal should be safe, for the moment. Narses will be...
