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“I was going to visit you tomorrow, before Dacius and I leave for the Euphrates,” Constantine said. “Is anything wrong?” “Wrong enough that it...

“You mean he dared to ignore Father’s letter?”“Most likely he was going to pretend that it was not received before you were safely dispatched...

“One thing, Augustus.” It was Marcellinus. “Is it true that you have become a Christian?”In his chair on the front row of seats in...

“How could we, when it would mean our death?” the old nobleman cried. “We only managed to escape by smuggling ourselves aboard a galley...

“We come at the peril of our lives and the certain loss of our positions and possessions, Augustus,” said the spokesman for the delegation,...

And in legal disputes each of the two would pretend to favor one of the litigants, and compel the man with the worse case...

Confronted with this disgrace, they all yielded, I suppose, to necessity, for it was as if Fate were giving proof of its power to...

It was then that he undertook to complete his marriage with Theodora. But as it was impossible for a man of senatorial rank to...

Antioch and safety were still at least three days or more of hard riding away through an area that was certain to be heavily...

Whether carrying a lamb or holding out his arms in a gesture of welcome, the man called Jesus seemed to be waiting to receive...