Arian religion separated
If Theoderic’s own old-fashioned Arian religion separated him in principle from Italy’s Catholics, he could modulate that division by generosity, as we have seen...
From Nicomedia into Italy
Galerius naturally could not stand idly by and see the very heart of the Empire wrested from his grasp, even though the new conquerors...
Decurion Paulos
“Search the building,” he ordered the men behind him. “Take out the benches and set them afire in the square with whatever other furniture...
Empress Prisca and Lady Valeria
The fire that consumed the scrolls and furnishings of the Christian church at Nicomedia marked the beginning of a holocaust that soon swept from...
Put the Christian to death
Take him before a magistrate so he can be properly charged and imprisoned to await trial,” he ordered, and the three marched off, the...
Except Eutropia
“And I of them,” he assured her. “May I take them to the games tomorrow?”
“Of course except Eutropia. I’m afraid she’s still too much...
Eusebius of Caesarea
“I thought the rite of baptism was supposed to wash away all • » sm.
“It is, but being human we are sure to sin...
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...
