Vakif Hans and Yeni Mosque Hunkar Kasri
Vakif Hans Reviving Istanbul’s Commercial Heritage
Vakif Hans, or charitable lodges, are iconic landmarks in Istanbul’s urban landscape, reflecting the city’s rich cultural and architectural...
Some indication that Gundila
The war dragged on, and at some point Totila returned; we have some indication that Gundila lost land again. After the war was over...
Totila was smart
Totila was smart, strong, and patient, and so his forces began to recruit directly from the other side. There was little difference between the...
Amalasuntha’s death gave Justinian the pretext
And so in 535, Amalasuntha’s death gave Justinian the pretext he needed—supposed instability and illegitimacy—to set his fleets on the water again, this time...
Constantine had somehow expected
“You have changed,” she said.
“I’m almost two years older than when you saw me last,” Constantine reminded her. “But I am still a tribune...
Artifice of prayer
HOW ALL ROMAN CITIZENS BECAME SLAVES
Theodora too unceasingly hardened her heart in the practice of inhumanity. What she did, was never to please or...
False reports and misleading statements
The officers called Referendars were no longer satisfied to perform their duties of presenting to the Emperor the request of petitioners, and referring to...
Necessary to his prestige
JUSTICE FOR SALE
Everything was done the wrong way, and of the old customs none remained; a few instances will illustrate, and the rest must...
Constantius is married to Theodora
“But only because my father moved from Milan into Gaul, when yours took his army to Britain, and secured the Rhine crossing at Colonia...
Britain and Spain
“The same way emperors have been destroyed before, by death,” she said calmly. “After all, the people called for you at Diocletian’s abdication. They...
