Saksagan
Wealth of Romans
HOW HE SEIZED ALL THE WEALTH OF THE ROMANS AND THREW IT AWAY
How he seized all wealth I will next discuss: recalling first a...
Scirtus River flooded Edessa
However, punishment for these offenses was mostly directed against the Greens.
Furthermore the persecution of the Samaritans and the so-called heretics filled the Roman realm...
Boundaries of Persia
Such were the results of the wars in Libya and in Europe. Meanwhile the Saracens were continuously making inroads on the Romans of the...
The civil law of Rome
The law of nature is that which she has taught all animals; a law not peculiar to the human race, but shared by all...
Most difficult undertaking
After having concluded this work and collected it all in a single volume under Our illustrious name, raising Ourself above small and comparatively insignificant...
Corpus Iuris Civilis 6th Century
Laws
Corpus Iuris Civilis, 6th Century
Although Law as practiced in Rome had grown up as a type of case law, this was not the “Roman...
My sister Fausta
“Please forgive my brother for being a bore, Tribune,” she said with a dazzling smile. “Word of how you stopped the whole army of...
The Temple of Jupiter
Through the crowdlined streets of the city, many of whose people had never even seen the Senior Augustus, the procession moved at a majestic...
Diocletian and Maximian
The triumph of Diocletian and Maximian could hardly bear comparison with previous ceremonials marking the entry of Rome’s great heroes into the city after...
No more killing on pain of punishment
“No more killing!” he ordered. ‘The prophecy has been fulfilled! No more killing lest we offend the god.”
“Carry the order to the troops ahead,”...
