Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Old Sandals With a Message in Greek, Provides an Insight Into Rich Hellenic History A pair of lady’s sandals that was 1,500 ...

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

while Constantinople - modern-day Istanbul - was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire. Rome - and the Western Roman Empire - fell in 476 AD. The 'eternal ...

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman ... from the city officially named New Rome but commonly called Constantinople (“Constantine’s city”) and founded originally as Byzantion ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

Their relationship with other heretics – Why did they avoid contact with others – Their role in the betrayal of Amorium's ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. The famous ...

This bold assumption of right to the Byzantine throne was the more ... does not concern itself with the natural growth of an empire. Constantinople will be acknowledged as belonging to us, when ...

In 1453, the Byzantine capital of Constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is but a shadow of its former glory due to the empire's ever receding coffers, while the Ottoman Empire ...