Few like Juliana in Constantinople
There were few like Juliana in Constantinople. At Rome, such wealth and ostentation had once been commonplace, and the dwindling senate there acted as...
Juliana shining light of God-blessed parents
It showed no impiety to outdo one’s ancestors in this manner, especially while outdoing one’s contemporaries to advance the family name.From among them Juliana,...
Olybrius’s brief reign
Juliana and her mother had never gone west during Olybrius’s brief reign, when she was only about ten years old, or after, and so...
Increased immeasurably under the rigorous training
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
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
In the barracks after the run they had time only to splash their faces and bodies with water, the soldiers at a long trough...
