Sidonius tells the story of a brave Roman war
The landscape was not without alarms and overreactions, betraying the tension in the air. In a poem of praise for the emperor Majorian, whose...
Transit Gloria Mundi
After Aetius’s death, twenty years unfold in a sequence of events of little interest except to specialists. The historian Procopius, writing 100 years later,...
The Price of Water
Vienna can boast the world`s best tap water. But is that a reason to charge for a glass of it at a restaurant?
An acquaintance...
