Rose

“No!” the crowd thundered. “They have attacked you in your homes, perhaps killed those you love. What shall be their punishment?” “Throw them to the beasts!”...

Only the picked group of Imperial Guards Constantine had selected to accompany the Emperor into retirement occupied the top platform besides Diocletian and Carinus,...

“And the new Caesars?” “They will be selected by Galerius. Your father has agreed to this, rather than accept Maxentius. But you will be well...

“Are you sure my father will not be so tempted?” Constantine asked. “Constantius and I were comradesinarms, so I know he places honor above every...

“I am a Christian,” she said quietly. “We are forbidden to worship any god except our own, and any graven image.” “But it is dangerous...

For whatever reason, Diocletian did not immediately put into effect the decree he had discussed with Constantine, but the promise of a position in...

“I can see the advantage of fixing the amount of precious metal in the coinage, Dominus,” he said. “But I don’t think setting prices...