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May 4, 2016 Leave a Comment

Byzantine Law on Sex and Marriage

A sin, a vice, a crime, are the objects of theology, ethics, and jurisprudence. Whenever their judgments agree, they corroborate each other; but as

May 3, 2016 Leave a Comment

Champlain Reached Niagara Falls

Now, like a wall bristling at the top with woody islets, the Falls of the Chats faced them with the sheer plunge of their sixteen cataracts . . . .

May 2, 2016 Leave a Comment

Byzantine Penal Laws

In the absence of penal laws and the insufficiency of civil actions, the peace and justice of the city were imperfectly maintained by the private

May 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

Byzantine Criminal Law

The execution of the Alban dictator, who was dismembered by eight horses, is represented by Livy as the first and the last instance of Roman cruelty

April 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

Victory and Marriage

The emperor rejoiced. And on the 24th. day of the 9th. month he received Hime-tatara-i-suzu-hime no Mikoto and made her his wife.Today's installment

April 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

Psalms of the Emperor

It was in this campaign that the emperor, fully resolved on victory, made these verses, saying . . . .Continuing Japan's First Emperor,our

April 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Emperor Trapped on a Mountain

All the places occupied by the enemy were strong positions, and therefore the roads were cut off and obstructed, so that there was no room for

April 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

March into the Interior

The emperor then endeavored to advance into the interior, but among the mountains it was so precipitous that there was no road by which they could

April 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Royal Army Marches East

The emperor ordered the end of a pole of Shihi wood to be given to the fisher, and caused him to be taken and pulled into the imperial vessel, of

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