Istanbul Private Tours Mevlevi
Enigmatic Istanbul is an endless story. It’s the story of Istanbul’s many names, the story of settling the city, ‘Opposite the blind’. Although these...
The king was at Verona
Boethius then sets a dramatic stage for us to contemplate. “You recall” (he tells the allegorical woman called Philosophy, his personification for wisdom itself...
Immediately sent a delegation from Ravenna to Constantinople
Theoderic, seeing his regime still at risk, immediately sent a delegation from Ravenna to Constantinople, led by Pope John himself, to confirm that assurances...
Anonymus Valesianus
Our chief sources for the story of Boethius’s end are two. The first is the Anonymus Valesianus, a chronicle of Theoderic’s years in power....
Restricted Constantine
The massive bulk of Diocletian’s palace had restricted Constantine’s view until now. When they rounded it on the way to the barracks, where the...
Constantines eyes danced with eagerness
Constantine’s eyes danced with eagerness and excitement as they rode through the busy streets of Nicomedia. On every side he could see new buildings...
Rome doomed
“Then is Rome doomed?”
“Hardly, though I would not be sad to see it wither away. The Empire needs a symbol to represent it in...
