George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...

Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

At the same time, western Roman cities began to crumble while Constantinople remained stable. How did the Byzantine Empire become rich and successful? caused Byzantine Empire to be successful and ...

What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, ...

ISBN: 0197549322 The Empire that Survived “Of the Byzantine Empire the universal verdict of history ... Kaldellis writes, “The history of the New Roman Empire is one of the most fascinating tales in ...

He writes: "My aim was to produce a clear account of the long history of the Byzantine Empire based on the latest research in all major European languages. I also wanted to highlight and explain ...