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Increased immeasurably under the rigorous training

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So a year passed and by its end Constantine who showed all the natural instincts of a fine soldier and particularly a cavalryman was...

Usually young men of noble birth

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Each army had been commanded originally by a consul responsible to the Senate, but now a general responsible to one of the two Emperors,...

The officer candidates at the copper basins

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In the barracks after the run they had time only to splash their faces and bodies with water, the soldiers at a long trough...

Endless discomfort of a soldier’s life

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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

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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

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I time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity,...

Spice Bazaar

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