Byzantine writers christened the city as "the second eye of the empire", "overseeing the western provinces". Unsleeping vigilance was needed: a Byzantine garrison quartered in Solun had to endure ...

At first Saint Methodius was in the military and was governor in one of the Slavic principalities dependent on the Byzantine Empire, probably Bulgaria, which made it possible for him to learn the ...

Life in Greece and in the Byzantine Empire as a whole is a fascinating chapter of human history that not many pay attention ...

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 ...

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire ... condemned by the Church but popular with the people such as slavery, prostitution, pornography, and gladiatorial games.

The life of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610–641), his military triumphs, reforms, and the establishment of Greek as the ...

The Battle of Manzikert was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire in 1071 near Manzikert, in Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey. Source: Supplied A lecture about the Byzantium ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...