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

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 ...

Muawiya became one of Muhammad’s scribes, and after the prophet’s death, he took a leading role in the conquest of Syria from the Byzantine empire ... name inscribed on coins and documents ...

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

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

Scores of thousands of Judaean warriors joined their Persian allies in fighting the hated Byzantine successors ... Note, it’s an Iudaea (Judaea) Capta coin, not a Palaestina Capta one.

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 ...

They even minted their own coins to facilitate trade - a sure sign of the island ... The island continued to enjoy a degree of independence under the Byzantine Empire. Improvements in irrigation and ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...