Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire and even of the Roman Republic. Its political ideology was fundamentally secular and grounded in the ancient Roman republican belief ...

These men were part of an "equestrian elite" who wore Roman-style armour manufactured ... have found local reproductions made in the Byzantine style. Dr Gittos suggests that some recruits may ...