Published inOstrakaA Late Antique Herodotus, Cosmas and Adventures to IndiaCosmas Indicopleustes is practically a ghost before his writings appear, but the extraordinary details about his travels as a merchant…Feb 7, 2019Feb 7, 2019
Published inOstrakaScenes of Ravenna, Regaining the ‘Lost Capital’‘In that marsh of yours the laws of everything are always the wrong way about; the waters stand and the walls fall, the towers float and…Nov 14, 2018Nov 14, 2018
Published inOstrakaThe Magnificence of Majorian, Conquests and Conspiracies‘Majorian surpassed in every virtue all who have ever been emperors of the Romans’Oct 31, 2018Oct 31, 2018
Published inOstrakaIntroduction To The Series‘There exists another history, more absurd than the history of Rome since the time of Tacitus: it is the history of Byzantium. This…Oct 17, 2018Oct 17, 2018
Published inOstrakaThe Objective of Obscenity — Hyperides in ActionA cloudy winter’s morning in Athens. Small pillars of swirling dust ascend from ancient marble seating as the members of the Areopagus…Oct 16, 2018Oct 16, 2018
