The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...

Belisarius was the Byzantine military genius behind Justinian's conquests. His incredible victories were overshadowed by an ...

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 only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th century.

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A number of historians believe that its construction dates back to the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, but researcher Younis Khair Bek believes otherwise, as he says that through an ...

The Byzantine Empire, a continuation of the Roman Empire, had a complex political structure, with the emperor often sharing power with co-rulers. Constantine IX Monomachos, who reigned from 1042 to ...

A farmer’s 1860 discovery in Slovakia, the Monomachos Crown, may link to Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX. Featuring enameled gold plates with depictions of co-rulers Zoë and Theodora, the crown ...

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