Sigurd the Stout’s mother promised that her banner would win him a battle, but warned that its bearer would die. Judith Jesch ...

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Despite there being no evidence that he existed, belief in an impossibly powerful and wealthy ruler of a Christian empire in ...

Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor.