B74

Theodahad first shows up in the record in a strongly worded letter to him from Theoderic, who had to remind him that scripture says...

Procopius confines his story to wars, not peace. As a result, he gives us only the tip of the iceberg for the story that...

Historians from Herodotus to Procopius recount ancient battles with discouraging sameness over most of 1,000 years, for good reason. Fortified vehicles are the most...

Flocks of birds rose into flight, stirred from their feeding by the passage of so many mounted men. And from the jungle along the...

Constantine smiled. “Sometimes I wonder why I listen to these wild tales of yours ”“Because you know they’re true. Empires are built, and maintained,...

“Somewhere between here and Busiris or Coptos, you became a man,” he said. “I’m sorry about Minervina. She was a lovely child.” “It has...