The money there is in the preparations the citizens of Antioch know from experience; so they have had permission to join the prefect in the honors intended for the great man.

A month ago heralds went to the four quarters to proclaim the opening of the Circus for the celebration.

The name of the prefect would be of itself good guarantee of variety and magnificence, particularly throughout the East; but when to his promises Antioch joins hers, all the islands and the cities by the sea stand assured of the extraordinary, and will be here in person or by their most famous professionals.

The fees offered are royal." "And the Circus--I have heard it is second only to the Maximus." "At Rome, you mean.

Well, ours seats two hundred thousand people, yours seats seventy-five thousand more; yours is of marble, so is ours; in arrangement they are exactly the same." "Are the rules the same ?" Malluch smiled.
"If Antioch dared be original, son of Arrius, Rome would not be the mistress she is.