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The Empress’s Adoption of Michael**48 and his Promotion to Caesar22.’A very easy measure,’ answered John, ‘and all ready. If our brother **49 were not...

24. What had taken place was, in reality, the beginning of mighty disasters in the future, and what was, to all appearances, the foundation...

26. Let me now give some account of this man.**50 His family, on his father’s side, was altogether insignificant and completely obscure. His father...

There before the cross they laid him. Then they began earnestly to implore God, the Maker of all things, to bring them consolation and...

Insights into Professions and Stories Exploring Artistic Narratives on Tombstones Nautical and Military Tributes Discovering the profession of the deceased is often possible through elements on tombstones....

Beautiful spot near EphesusThence they sailed for Syracuse, a city in the same country. Sailing from Syracuse, they crossed the Adriatic and reached the...

This Spaniard had a brother at the king’s court, who was the chamberlain of the King of the Saracens. And when the governor who...

Then they made for the town called Tiberias. It stands at the edge of the sea on which our Lord walked dry¬shod and where...

On the very place where Christ was baptized and where they now baptize there stands a little wooden cross: a little stream of water...

Antiochus Strategos: The Sack of Jerusalem (614)Byzantine law granted toleration to Jews , although there were occasional attempts at forced conversion , but there...