Saksagan
Exploring Karaman’s Historic Fortifications and Architectural Gems
Başdağ Castle A Strategic Stronghold
Perched atop Mount Başdağ near Kilbasan town, Başdağ Castle boasts military structures and a reservoir. The castle’s towers, predominantly round...
Karaman A Journey Through History
The Ottoman Conquest
During the 14th century, the Ottoman Principality emerged as a formidable force, challenging the dominance of the Karamanogullari principality. For nearly 150...
Theoderic assures the Verrucans
Not, Theoderic assures the Verrucans, that they need to be so cautious “in our times”—but it’s always good to prepare for storms in times...
Theoderic paid close attention
On another day, not long afterward, the circus recruited a superstar charioteer named Thomas from one of the cities of the east, to the...
Symmachus to begin the project
Theoderic, writing to Symmachus to begin the project, pulled out all the stops. “We could easily dismiss the stories about this theater if we...
Lovely pillared gallery
The main structure was in the form of a somewhat irregular quadrangle, whose east and west sides were over seven hundred feet long, the...
Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius
With his own hands Diocletian placed upon Galerius’ head a pearlstudded circlet and draped a robe of rich purple about the shoulders of the...
Galerius snapped angrily
As Severus moved to his place behind Galerius, Carinus picked up the scroll and began to read from it again: “As Caesar of the...
River crossing were certain
Antioch and safety were still at least three days or more of hard riding away through an area that was certain to be heavily...
Jesus seemed to be waiting
Whether carrying a lamb or holding out his arms in a gesture of welcome, the man called Jesus seemed to be waiting to receive...
