In some areas conquered groups nursed vengeance in their hearts and bided their time, ready to turn on their oppressors, while others lived in fear of imminent attack. Further north among the hills and moors of the highland zone, more tribes led a still harder life, snatching a scanty living from...
Men and women dressed in expensive gowns and robes lined the water’s edge. At the centre of the gathering was a tall and elegant figure, more simply dressed than the rest – in the manner of a soldier of Byzantium, in fact – but noticeable as a result. His hair was light brown and hung to his shou...