“Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off” ( 1 Kings 20:11 ) ...

The Byzantine Empire, which lasted for over a millennium, is one of history's most fascinating empires, not just for its longevity, but for its territorial evolution. Originating from the Eastern ...

One of the many lost cities is a place called Tharais, which dates all the way back to the Byzantine Empire. And researchers might have just found it.

RAVENNA is the world's chief repository of early Byzantine art, surpassing even Istanbul, the capital of Byzantium. The ancient churches and chapels of the sleepy Italian town (pop. 35,000) are ...

Over its long existence, the empire was ruled by a significant number of emperors—approximately 70 in the West alone, with many more in the East—each contributing to its tumultuous history in ...

Foreign warriors recruited by the Byzantine Empire were initially given a suit of armor and then money to buy more armor, weapons and equipment.

Constantine XI Palaiologos ruled the Byzantine Empire for a short period between January 6, 1449 and May 29, 1453, dying in battle during the fall of Constantinople, when the capital was captured ...

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 ...

Viking Trade and the Byzantine Empire The reason some Vikings chose to travel East instead of West toward today’s England, Ireland, Scotland, and France, for instance, was mainly for trade.

The cataphracts became particularly important in the army of the Byzantine Empire, the successor to the Eastern Roman Empire, where they formed an important part of the forces of the famous General ...

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a medieval house that contained even older gold coins, which date to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great.