The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

Show portraying life of first Umayyad caliph banned in Iraq over sectarian tension fears and criticised in Egypt over ...

She minted coins in Antioch and Alexandria ... launches a full-scale invasion of the Byzantine Empire. For twenty-five years, a relentless back-and-forth of blitzkrieg campaigns and ...

Gaza was once a crossroads of the ancient civilisations of the Nile and the Levant. The coastal strip was a trading and ...

A new exhibition on the history of the Cyclades reveals the ‘untold stories’ of the islands’ women – and how they made the ...

Ireland’s craic, Denmark’s hygge and Spain’s sobremesa are just a few of the local customs that should be embraced by ...

He crushed Maximian’s forces in Marseille, leaving only Maxentius as his remaining rival—who still controlled Rome, the symbolic heart of the empire. Constantine’s vision and the Battle of the Milvian ...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Romans and the Eastern Roman Empire continues with a video in which we ask if the Byzantine Empire was the heir to the ...