Phillips noted that by this time, the Byzantine military was in bad shape. "The death of Emperor Manuel Comnenus (1143-80) presaged a series of regencies, usurpations and coups.

The Byzantine Empire, which lasted for over a millennium, is one of history's most fascinating empires, not just for its ...

The incomparable and irrepressible Edward N. Luttwak has a short article in the November/December issue of Foreign Policy called "Take Me Back to Constantinople: How Byzantium, not Rome, can help ...

Gittos noted that the Byzantine leaders launched a major military campaign in the 570s against the Sasanian Persians who threatened their Eastern territories, and historical records show the ...

The burial mound of Sutton Hoo. Credit: Neil Theasby / Wikimedia Commons The most recent study, published in the English Historical Review, proposes a groundbreaking hypothesis: some Anglo-Saxons may ...

Amorium was also, temporarily, a military hotspot and became a stronghold that served as the region's first defense line against the Arab invasions, including the Arab conquest of Amorium in A.D ...

The Collapse of East Roman Power. The Battle of Manzikert in August 1071 ranks as one of the most decisive military clashes you never heard of. When Sultan Alp Arslan’s Seljuk Turks destroyed the ...

5 Great Byzantine Army Leaders. Source: Byzantine News. October 17, 2016 Justinian I (482-565) ...