DIALOGUE WITH PAUL OF NISIBIS
Church Policy
Justinian I (b.483- r.527-d.565)Justinian’s “dialogue” with a Nestorian.St. Emperor Justinian:
DIALOGUE WITH PAUL OF NISIBIS
The Dialogue with Paul of Nisibis is a transcript of...
Violation of the Thracian Land Law
Codex Justinianus:
Coloni Bound to the Soil, c. 530
An earlier law had attached coloni to the soil in provinces of the Empire other than...
Ruling of Justinian to the effect
In all such cases it seems to us sufficiently wrong for the lord to prejudge the absence of his coloni, who, born in the...
Euphrates frontier
“I would trust your father with my life and, I am beginning to suspect, you also,” he said. “But Galerius insists that you remain...
Theodora have a son named Constantine
“Give the next one who does it the lie then, on my authority. I drank wine at your father’s wedding; you are legitimate.”
“But he...
Capital at Treves in Gaul
As a decurion of the training maniples, Constantine was allowed much more freedom than while a cadet. And since Drepanum was not far away,...
Endless discomfort of a soldier’s life
Now, the harmonious structure and great charm of the Caesar’s writings are well-known to all who have chanced to take a look at his...
Caesar Nicephorus
But he who undertakes the “role” of an historian must sink his personal likes and dislikes, and often award the highest praise to his...
THE ALEXIAD OF ANNA COMNENA
I time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity,...
