When you think of Byzantine emperors, you don’t necessarily think of flying thrones, machines and automations, do you?

An exceptional discovery has brought to light the only known contemporary representation of the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Constantine XI Palaiologos. This valuable work was uncovered ...

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense, says ...

The Byzantium Empire was the longest lasting empire in the western world. It was inaugurated in 330 A.D. when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to Byzantium ...

For reviewers, books generated by academic conferences present a challenge. Typically each scholar invited to submit a paper beats the drum of his or her own micro-specialty, paying minimal lip ...

Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xxi, 440+. Illus., maps, table, appends., notes, biblio., index. $44.99. ISBN: 1108480713 A Byzantine ...

Archaeologists think the coin dates to the first years of the region's rule by the Ottoman Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Long after the Western Empire fell, a Roman emperor returned to Rome. In 663, Constantine II visited the ancient capital under Byzantine rule. His stay became infamous for systematic stripping of ...

A Byzantine gold coin that was recently discovered in the mountains of southern Norway has historians perplexed over how it ...