Constantinople with the traditional insignia
Odoacer went on to behave in as natural and Roman a way as one could expect. He sent ambassadors to Constantinople with the traditional...
Severinus’s death left the community at the mercy of brutes
Severinus’s death left the community at the mercy of brutes. A bad barbarian (a son of the good king we just heard of) sacked...
Rebaptize catholic Christians
His world was full of good barbarians and bad barbarians. Roman forces—or, to be more precise, the forces that Rome paid—were fading away, leaving...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 33
They are these:-the city of Antioch in Coele-Syria with its fortifications and its dependency together with Suetium situated on the sea-coast; Dux with all...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 36
But on behalf of . . . and against thine enemies we will don our corselets and take arms and spears and to thy...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 35
I mean the two hundred pounds of the coinage of the Emperor Michael. In addition to all these there has been given to me...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 34
And I will hold fast to the rights and privileges I have received from you, nor will I lay claim to those I have...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 32
Empire of Constantinople
With regard to those of my horsemen and heavy-armed soldiers, whom we generally call ‘chevaliers’, who are absent, let thy Majesty send...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 31
For I shall arrange for these men to take the most fearful oaths in order that they too will keep their faith unswerving to...
The Conpiracy of Aston part 30
This then is all that concerns the towns and countries which happen to be under the sceptre of the Romans. With regard to those...
