Saksagan
Time in Sultanahmet
Sultanahmet is a quarter that has experienced a rebirth, rising from the ashes scattered over it once upon a time. It never misses the...
The Unique Place Where Everyone Plays Chess
We can confidently assert that Bahcesaray is the exclusive settlement in our country where everyone, without exception, engages in chess playing. It is genuinely...
Pets Wander the Streets
Let’s explore Tevkifhane Street, then move on to Kapiagzi and Ishakpapa Street from Utangap Street. As we walk downhill, we’ll reach Cankurtaran Square. We...
Theoderic’s visit to Rome in 500
Liberius served as praetorian prefect until Theoderic’s visit to Rome in 500, when he stepped down, but even then he always stayed in touch...
In all Theoderic’s years
Some of these families we know well enough to strike up an acquaintance, as the generations lead one into another for at least one...
The World That Might Have Been
We must enter Theoderic’s theater with appropriate reverence for the stately performance he will stage for us, and with keen-eyed skepticism, determined, as if...
Michael V Part 25
Book Five Notes
64. The Guardian of the Orphans was banished to the monastery of Monobatae. Cedrenus (749D) has a different account. According to him...
Michael V Part 24
49. When the executioner tried to tie him down, to prevent him moving at the moment of blinding, he said, ‘Look you. If you...
Michael V Part 23
47. Actually they had already left the church, and a shameful reception awaited them outside. The rabble made fun of them, naturally enough under...
Michael V Part 22
He swore by the Holy Relics and used all manner of persuasion, saying that they would neither suffer any evil nor would he, the...
