The boundary between the human and the divine
Reducing these various stories and assertions to a single set of dialectically defensible assertions that all can agree on has proved, over two millennia,...
Theodosius left behind
What Theodosius left behind, more important than his sons, was a religious landscape denuded of the familiar and the emergence, by encouragement and by...
Constantine postponed baptism
Constantine postponed baptism until he was on his deathbed to assure himself of heaven without risking post-baptismal relapse. The half century that followed saw...
Time to say goodbye to Constantius
In the morning Constantine managed to avoid both his father and mother until it was time to say goodbye to Constantius. No one had...
Constantius was saying to Helena
His thirst satisfied, he was returning to the sleeping quarters by way of the atrium, the large room at the front of the house,...
Why Flavius task is so important
‘I told you there was no point in trying to deceive her, or the boy.” Marios turned and spoke directly to Constantine. “That’s why...