January 23. Telemachus. By the year 404, bloody gladiatorial battles had been going on for 140 years.  On this date in 393, Honorius became Emperor of Rome. Five years before today’s story starts, the Emperor had decreed the violent games should stop, but they went right on—until Telemachus showed up.  Sizewise, he was a little man, but he has an important story. In 1984, President […]