The science of the laws is the slow growth of time and experience, and the advantage both of method and materials is naturally assumed by the most
Justinian Code Published
This series has sixteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Necessary Legal Reform.IntroductionJustinian's rule within the first
Constantinople’s Population
Since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial
Constantinople’s Main Buildings
The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length and one hundred in breadth.Constantinople Founded, featuring a
Constantinople’s First Day
Among the great cities of the ancient world its size was smaller than Babylon and Thebes. It yields to ancient Rome, to the 18th. century London, and
Nature Provided the Seat of a Great Empire
When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosporus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply
Constantinople Founded
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Start With a Great Harbor.IntroductionEdward Gibbon is the gold
Commodus Murdered
Today's installment concludes Commodus' Bad Reign,our selection from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon published in 1788.
Calamities of Rome
The servile crowd, whose fortune depended on their master's vices, applauded these ignoble pursuits.Continuing Commodus' Bad Reign,our selection