Empress Theodora at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. Credit: Louis Hector Leroux, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far ...

Trade ties between Italian city-states and the Byzantine Empire before the fall of Constantinople enhanced this cultural interaction even more, offering numerous opportunities to both sides of the ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine ... dubbed the last Christian ruler of Constantinople, showing his true likeness ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While there have been dozens of important, interesting battles over the past five thousand years of recorded warfare, here are five that changed history forever, ...

For a thousand years, Russia has had a vision of Constantinople as the centre ... and assumed the double-headed eagle of the Byzantine Empire as the symbol of the Russian. This bold assumption ...

He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 491 to 518 CE ... Anastasius introduced several important reforms, including a new tax system, which helped stabilise the empire’s economy. His fiscal ...

When Heraclius died in February 641 CE, the brothers were declared joint emperors. The sudden death of Constantine III in May 641 left Heraclonas as the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Though ...

A stunning and informative graphic from the National Post. Why are we doing this? How can we possibly afford it? Over to you, Bill Kauffman. This is a good place to commend to you my TAC colleague ...

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