The name Basil II is remembered throughout Byzantine history as one of its most powerful and ruthless Emperors in battle.

Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...

During his reign, Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos was transfixed with a strange prophecy concerning the survival of his ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

An ancient marble thoroughfare and shards of classical pottery are on display in the city of Thessaloniki's new underground "archaeo-stations" Sonja Anderson The fifth-century artifact was found ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

During their restoration, Dr. Anastasia Koumousi, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia, identified in the second ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

It dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness.

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which can be traced back to 330 AD, and survived for more than a thousand years. "I see it as a treasure, dearer than a treasure.