Severus and Jacob Baraddaeus
The year 536 was a turning point. In that year, the deposed Severus and Jacob Baraddaeus, the two leaders of the monophysite community, accepted...
Procopius of Caesarea wrote the history of Justinian’s wars
Procopius of Caesarea wrote the history of Justinian’s wars in eight books, and in so doing he accomplished exactly what Justinian wanted, making the...
Not only Theodora but also Belisarius
Procopius slanders not only Theodora but also Belisarius, Justinian’s most successful general. Belisarius’s Antonina could not be accused of low origins, but Procopius blames...
Put the Christian to death
Take him before a magistrate so he can be properly charged and imprisoned to await trial,” he ordered, and the three marched off, the...
Hosius of Cdrdoba
Constantine told of his visit to Dura on the Euphrates; the strange effect the painting of the shepherd on the wall there had had...
Destroying their intended victims
The chances of very many of those under attack getting safely across the broad flood, here almost half a mile in width, appeared hopeless....
The entire Roman Empire
CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF JUSTINIAN
Now this went on not only in Constantinople, but in every city: for like any other disease, the evil, starting...
Bosphorus and forthwith vanished
The magistrates seemed to have been driven from their senses, and their wits enslaved by the fear of one man. The judges, when deciding...
Pointing out personal enemies
Some of the opposite party joined this faction so as to get even with the people of their original side who had ill-treated them;...
Suspected that the silversmith
“Why would a man think to no purpose?”
“You are a soldier, so such may seem foolish to you, but some of the greatest discoveries...
