Alexander more than ever
This man immediately decided to deprive them of all this. When Justinian, Emperor of the Romans, learned of this economy, he was greatly pleased,...
Scruples against profiting
He put a bitter and perpetual tax on the sale of bread, which the day laborers, the poor and the infirm could not help...
Appointed one at Rome
Of what is left to tell, this is worth mentioning. Each year two Roman consuls were appointed: one at Rome, the other at Constantinople....
Prior to the arrival of the army a Roman fleet
Seen the next morning, the city itself was only a low white mass on the horizon. But as the advancing troops grew near its...
About the Christians in Alexandria
“Perhaps, when I have the time. But why come to me about the Christians in Alexandria? I am only a tribune, with little real...
A great amphitheater and a palacecitadel
Caesarea proved to be as magnificent a city as Nicomedia, with a great amphitheater and a palacecitadel where Diocletian took up his headquarters while...
Constantinople in the month of August
He himself at once set out from Constantinople in the month of August in the fourth Indiction, leaving Isaac in the capital to carry...
The Roman and Venetian fleets guarded the straits
But as he could not proceed to put his plans into action, for strong winds were blowing at the time and he feared shipwreck,...
Bohemund came demanding their acclamations
In these they placed armed men and cut up heavy beams into pieces about a foot-and-a-half long and studded them with sharp iron nails...
