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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...
Unsuspecting enemy
The cavalry did not remain with the foot, but launched a wide swing eastward and then south, trapping the unsuspecting enemy against the river...
Stepping down from the dais
“Augusta,” he said, stepping down from the dais, upon which the throne chair stood, and moving toward her.
“The title is no longer mine,” she...
Magnificent imperial baths
A little east of the Forum at the center of the city were the magnificent imperial baths, called the barbarathermen. Consisting of three stories,...
Fausta assured him
“This will be ours one day,” Fausta assured him, running her finger across the marble boundaries of nations and seas. “The whole of it,...
Maximian regarded
Constantine had no reason to suspect that Maximian regarded him as anything other than simply the tribune who headed Diocletian’s personal guard, until he...
Fausta was quite as lovely
“You will be free. I promise it.”
And free he was not entirely to his surprise to meet her chair the next afternoon, according to...
Constantines voice Dacius
“We will gain nothing by dividing our forces.” At the note of assurance in Constantine’s voice Dacius glanced at him sharply. The old soldier...
The hill Dacius saw ahead
“How far ahead are the others?”
“No more than an hour’s march.”
“Then we should be able to attack before the band sent to destroy us...
