Istanbul Private Tours Mevlevi
Enigmatic Istanbul is an endless story. It’s the story of Istanbul’s many names, the story of settling the city, ‘Opposite the blind’. Although these...
Tribonian and the others
The Digest was not the end, however. It was still too large—several bulky and expensive manuscript volumes in any rendition—to be more than a...
Newly intrusive managerial empire
Such growth meant that central government could know local affairs, and thus meddle in them, with much greater accuracy and timeliness than ever before....
Evidently ambitious Justinian
Justin remained on the throne for almost nine years, but he was neither young nor forceful nor well connected nor well educated. The younger...
Tribe responsible and the auxiliaries
“I’m not sure I understand all this,” Constantine admitted. “Crocus is an experienced fighter,” Dacius explained, “and the odds were in his favor. If...
Marry the daughter of Maximian Augustus
“She is well cared for, sir,” Constantine said evenly. ‘We both understood it to be the will of the Emperor Diocletian that my father...
A highranking Roman officer
The Caesar of the East tossed his purple cloak on a couch and Constantine saw that he was appareled in the formal regalia of...