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Such growth meant that central government could know local affairs, and thus meddle in them, with much greater accuracy and timeliness than ever before....

Justin remained on the throne for almost nine years, but he was neither young nor forceful nor well connected nor well educated. The younger...

“I named him Augustus,” Crocus protested. “With the army of Gaul behind us we can easily ”“I must accept only the lesser title, until...

“I am no soothsayer, as the priests of Apollo claim to be.” Eusebius appeared to take no umbrage at his words or manner. “But...

“With the army Galerius will lead against them this time, they will be too busy to destroy abandoned buildings,” Constantine assured him. “In less...

The sermon was quickly finished and the people filed out. The Empress and Lady Valeria went down an aisle along one side of the...

This Damian was president of the local Blues; and when the news came to Constantinople, the indignant Blues there made a great uproar throughout...

Later Mamillan also died, Anatolius’s son-in-law, leaving one daughter, who of course inherited his estate. While her mother was still living, this daughter too...

It might not be out of the way for me to tell a sequel of this incident. This Eudemon died a little later, leaving...

The law of nature is that which she has taught all animals; a law not peculiar to the human race, but shared by all...