Saksagan
Istanbul’s Architectural Marvels
Şehzade Water Tower, Ummugulsum Hatun Fountain, and Unkapam Cistern
Şehzade Water Tower
Water towers played a crucial role in Istanbul’s water distribution system, serving to transport...
Justin was acclaimed
Justin was acclaimed in a raucous scene—the new emperor came away with a split lip from a scuffle with the scholares—and was carried off...
Gaining the throne
A proclamation might follow, or the welcoming of an ambassador. At the end, the emperor would rise and leave, and then the dignitaries would...
the palace were the private quarters
Deep inside the palace were the private quarters, the bedchamber or cubiculum of the emperor and a separate one for the empress—each, of course,...
Mothers kinspeople
Only the picked group of Imperial Guards Constantine had selected to accompany the Emperor into retirement occupied the top platform besides Diocletian and Carinus,...
Be selected by Galerius
“And the new Caesars?”
“They will be selected by Galerius. Your father has agreed to this, rather than accept Maxentius. But you will be well...
As Augustus of the West
“Are you sure my father will not be so tempted?” Constantine asked.
“Constantius and I were comradesinarms, so I know he places honor above every...
King Tiridates
Night had already fallen by the time the camp was established. While some of the men ate, others took torches and explored what remained...
Emperor with high favor
There remained, while he ruled the Romans, no sure faith in God, no hope in religion, no defense in law, no security in business,...
Received from Hecebolus
This Macedonia, they say, greeted Theodora at the time of her arrival from Egypt and Libya; and when she saw her badly worried and...
