Recreation

For the characteristic of these Chasii is to rejoice in bloodshed, and to consider it a treat to be allowed to thrust their swords...

That is the story of Apelchasem. The Emperor read the Sultan’s letter but did not think the offer contained therein worthy of consideration at...

I know that no sooner hadst thou taken up the reins of government, than thou wast involved in many wars, and that now when...

Egypt, Meroë, all the Troglodyte country, and the region adjacent to the torrid zone; and in the other direction far-famed Thule, and the races...

There the embassy wasted its time, thus giving the builders an opportunity and after the trick had been successful, the Lacedaemonians learnt of the...

Therefore Apelchasem, when he further heard that Prosuch was besieging towns held by various satraps and would soon be at Nicaea with the object...

In pursuit, then, of these plans he determined first to build some buccaneering vessels, as he had taken Cius (a town on the coast...

The Emperor then tried his former plan, that is, he dissipated the foragers and forced Apelchasem to sue for terms of peace. But as...

The Chiauss consented to this and pledged himself to the Emperor not to return home, after he had received holy baptism. Since he had...

In his grief at his father’s refusal he travelled for eight days to reach Nicaea, and there gained access to the Ameer Soliman (who...