Britain from Dacius
“Why not, if Bonar can be brought to terms? After all, Carausius ruled for a while there. If he hadn’t wanted Gaul too, and...
Eumenius agreed
“They will live with me,” Crocus said at once. “I would not hear of it being otherwise.”
“Perhaps that is just as well,” Eumenius agreed....
Several legions making up
The evening meal, which Constantine had been invited to share with his father, turned out to be a staff conference of the leading commanders...
Flavius Valerius Constantinus was born
“Your son!” The butcher looked as if he were going to faint. “But they say ”
“Whoever they are, you can now set them aright,...
Constantine slammed into the opponent
Swung at the end of the strapas barbarians swung the spike studded iron balls attached to chains, called matteae, for close fighting the packet...
The Emperor Claudius
“I’m not alone now,” the larger boy boasted. “We are four against one.”
“Tell us the story of your ancestor, the Emperor Claudius,” another of...
The Emperor’s Illness
What happened next? I will tell you. An illness of all unusual and painful character befell Romanus. Actually, the whole of his body became...
The chamberlains discovered a plot
In fact, he made him servant of the bedchamber, and in order that the young man might do this office, deliberately abandoned his wife...
Her kisses became more passionate
She clung to him all the closer. Her kisses became more passionate, she truly loving him, he in no way desiring her (for she...
