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...
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...
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...
Stepping down from the dais
“Augusta,” he said, stepping down from the dais, upon which the throne chair stood, and moving toward her.
“The title is no longer mine,” she...
Magnificent imperial baths
A little east of the Forum at the center of the city were the magnificent imperial baths, called the barbarathermen. Consisting of three stories,...
Nicomedia without Galerius
Constantine had not known Galerius was in the city until he saw the stocky figure of the Caesar of the East follow the much...
Become Augustus of the East
“You will obey, of course?”
I can do nothing else, though I had enough of that in Alexandria. But I wanted to be sure no...
Drepanum and Dura
The interior arrangement was somewhat like those he had seen at Drepanum and Dura, consisting of a single large room with benches for the...
Faring in small boats
But this tyrant first suppressed the post from Chalcedon to Dacibiza, and then compelled the couriers to go from Constantinople to Helenopolis, however little...
