Everybody impossible and futile
The Emperor, pretending to be incensed at this, proclaimed by edict that such clothing could not be sold for more than eight gold coins...
Cities and Plundered
HOW HE SPOILED THE BEAUTY OF THE CITIES AND PLUNDERED THE POOR
How he ruined the beauty and appearance of Constantinople and every other city,...
Justinian became Emperor
But as soon as Justinian became Emperor, he stationed a customhouse at either strait, under two salaried officials, to whom he gave full power...
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...
Notitia Dignitatum
(Register of Dignitaries), c. 400
The Notitia Dignitatum is an official listing of all ancient Roman civil and military posts. It survives as a 1551...
Sozomen (d. c. 450 CE)
Constantine Founds Constantinople, 324 CE
Nothing that Constantine the Great did shows his ability more clearly than his seizing upon the site of old Byzantium...
Injurious to the Roman Empire
But if you desire peace With me, I too shall gladly welcome it, though only on condition that you are ready to fulfil the...
