Michael III, the "Alcoholic" Byzantine Emperor, ruled surprisingly well despite his controversial behavior and personal ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories in Egypt, North Africa, and the Levant lost to the expanding Islamic ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

For two millennia, UNESCO City of Gastronomy Thessaloniki has been celebrated for its food culture, with flavours imported from across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Why did the inhabitants of Greece retain the name "Romans"? – What was happening during the years of the Turkish occupation? ...

In the late 9th century, the Byzantine Empire faced significant challenges in maintaining its influence over distant territories. Southern Italy, a vital region for the empire’s strategic interests, ...

"The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...

A leading proponent of Turkey's expansionist "Blue Homeland" doctrine has called for the revocation of Archbishop ...