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Old Night Business

Edit CounterPunch 14 Oct 2016
His Arrival. ... Under this ridiculous climate change in old Jerusalem lurks the old, dark Christmas. In the shadow of the Magi is the eldritch shape of the Krampus and his cohort, y’elder gods of Yule. Perhaps ... St. Nicholas himself was born in 347 in Turkey, tossed into jail by Diocletian (the emperor identified with the Luciferian digits 666) and later played a major role in shaping the Nicene Creed ... This was meted out by St ... His Revenge. ... ....

My Historical Novel Is Coming Soon!

Edit Medium 01 Oct 2016
As the Roman emperor Diocletian was rising to power in the West, the Han Chinese were churning out popular novels and poetry collections with printing presses, tracking earthquakes with seismographs, fueling furnaces with natural gas, directing their armies with odometers and compasses, developing mathematical matrices and linear equations, mapping ......

Let the right ones in

Edit The Spectator 29 Sep 2016
As the UK prepares for Brexit into the big wide world outside, it has been pointed out that the Foreign Office is sadly lacking in people with hard experience of that world, and even more lacking in people from that world. But if the Romans can do it, surely we can too. Whatever else the Romans were, they were not hung up about race ... ad 117) ... During the military power struggles of the 3rd century ad, he became co-emperor with Diocletian....

The end of the road in Croatia: time to Split

Edit The Guardian 10 Sep 2016
Emperor Diocletian had it constructed around the turn of the fourth century, then retired to it in 305 AD, thus avoiding the violent fate of many other Roman rulers ... Diocletian’s mausoleum became the cathedral of St Domnius, the Temple of Venus was converted into a baptistry....

Saga reserves whole of new hotel for solo guests on beautiful island of Brac, in Croatia (Saga Group Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Aug 2016
(Source. Saga Group Ltd) ... Hotel Osam is a friendly boutique hotel which opened in summer 2015 on the island of Brac, in Croatia. In the peaceful old town setting of Supetar, it has an outdoor pool and views of the Adriatic ... Much of the Roman structure of Split survives, including the Mausoleum of Diocletian and the Peristyle - a courtyard surrounded by Corinthian columns and now an attractive square ... ENDS ... Local flights are also available....

Residence by Vestibul Palace

Edit The Daily Telegraph 12 Aug 2016
A 10-minute stroll from Diocletian's Palace, in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Split is this purpose-built apartment-hotel. It has six smart modern self-catering suites (sleeping two to six), a small spa and a superb concierge service. In short. low-profile luxury ... ....

The ‘Splainer: Who is St. Sebastian and why do athletes claim him?

Edit Deseret News 04 Aug 2016
For example, athletes who are religious may say a little extra prayer to St ... Q ... Sebastian was deeply upset by Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of Christians, so he joined the Roman army to help them from within ... When Sebastian’s Christianity was discovered, Diocletian took a special interest in his punishment ... The recovered Sebastian waited for Diocletian in the streets of Rome and upbraided him for his cruelty to Christians....

The 2,000-Year War: Two Millennia (and Counting) of Killing Christians

Edit The American Spectator 04 Aug 2016
Tried by Fire. The Story of Christianity’s First Thousand Years. William J. Bennett. (Thomas Nelson, 496 pages, 32.99) ... Once it came in the mail and had a closer look, I was thrilled by his newest undertaking ... This first Great Purger, a model to the likes of other great tyrants from Diocletian to Stalin, literally had Christians fed to wild beasts, nailed to crosses, and set ablaze at night for illumination amid his empire’s darkness ... > ....

Benvenuto in Italia! Join the queue as tourist numbers soar

Edit The Guardian 23 Jul 2016
Holidaymakers seek safety in Italy but historic hotspots may struggle to absorb the crowds ... The question now is whether Italy will be able to cope with the influx, which follows an already busy 2015 summer season ... While most travellers want to visit the Colosseum, the nearly 2,000-year-old amphitheatre at the heart of Rome, tourists ought also seek out beautiful spots like the Baths of Diocletian, Lazzerini added ... Expect queues. ....

A charming window

Edit Topix 16 Jul 2016
Diocletian's Palace is a monument built in the city of Split, Croatia, commissioned by the Emperor Diocletian between the third and fourth centuries d. C. Diocletian had built this palace to spend his last days after his abdication in May 305 ... ....

The Infinite Sadness of Syria

Edit CounterPunch 15 Jul 2016
Syria is a place of wounds. Flesh wounds, mental wounds, wounds of the memory. The scars settle like a tissue over every conversation ... Many people feel like this ... There are moments of unexpected, infinite sadness ... He sat under the shade of a wrecked house, close to the spot where almost 2,000 years earlier, another military man, the Emperor Diocletian, had built a camp for the 1st Legion after Palmyra had rebelled against Roman rule ... ....

Revolts of the Debtors: From Socrates to Ibn Khaldun

Edit CounterPunch 24 Jun 2016
Last week I attended a wonderful conference in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, on “Debt. The First 3500 Years,” to bring ancient historians together to discuss David Graeber’s book . I was enlightened by two papers in particular ... Warum die Globale Finanzwirtschaft uns Zerstört ... The tax reform of Diocletian (ruled 284-305), enacted in 297, taxed the hitherto exempt wealthy landowners as well as the rest of the economy ... Prof ... 105 ... ....

The 5,000-year history of interest rates shows just how historically low US rates are right now

Edit Business Insider 17 Jun 2016
Stele of Narâm-Sîn, king of Akkad, c. 2250 BC. The Federal Reserve continues to keep its benchmark interest rate target pegged to a range of 0.25% to 0.50%. That's low. Interestingly, rates aren't just low within the context of American history. They also happen to be at the lowest levels in the last 5,000 years of civilization ... BAML ... 4% Rome, under Diocletian, 300 AD ... 1150 ... ....
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