Saksagan
Christianity appeals to the poor
“If I give you all the money you need to support your school at Autun, will you guarantee to solve all my knotty problems...
Empress Prisca and Lady Valeria
The fire that consumed the scrolls and furnishings of the Christian church at Nicomedia marked the beginning of a holocaust that soon swept from...
Decurion Paulos
“Search the building,” he ordered the men behind him. “Take out the benches and set them afire in the square with whatever other furniture...
Persians following Galerius
“This must have been Carrhae all over again,” Dacius said. “I only hope Galerius suffered the same fate.”
For a moment Constantine was too much...
Sometimes called Europos nowadays
Lucius Catullus put a finger on the map. “There is a ruined town here at Dura it’s sometimes called Europos nowadays. I’m sure you...
Naz arenes appearances to his followers
Finally, Theognis told a beautiful story of how devoted women came to the sepulcher where Jesus’ body had been placed, ready to anoint it...
Strangely beautiful and simple invocation
A small reading stand or pulpit stood beside the altar. After going to it, the priest raised his arms and began to speak the...
Considerably more austere shrines of Mithras
Constantine had no wish to spend his brief holiday listening to the caterwauling of priests. But the two women had backed him into a...
