Hundred Harlots
HOW SHE SAVED FIVE HUNDRED HARLOTS FROM A LIFE OF SINI have told earlier in this narrative what she did to Belisarius, Photius and...
Roman citizen of good standing
Then there was Basanius, one of the Green faction, a prominent young man, who incurred her anger by making some uncomplimentary remark. Basanius, warned...
False reports and misleading statements
The officers called Referendars were no longer satisfied to perform their duties of presenting to the Emperor the request of petitioners, and referring to...
Necessary to his prestige
JUSTICE FOR SALEEverything was done the wrong way, and of the old customs none remained; a few instances will illustrate, and the rest must...
Military gear the slave shortly
The cubicula assigned to Constantine was barely large enough to contain a sleeping pallet which could be rolled up in the daytime, enlarging the...
Penetrating gray eyes of the Master at Arms
Centurion Dacius was seated behind a table in a room at the end of the long barracks building. His skin was burned to a...
No attention to Constantine
Just inside the compound a sentry leaned upon his spear talking to another soldier, but he paid no attention to Constantine until the youth...
