In this book, Anthony Kaldellis (Professor and Chairman of the Classics Department at The Ohio State University) argues persuasively that the so-called Byzantine Empire (c. 491-1453) was neither ...

wrote in a chapter of the book "The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire" (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Louth noted that between 630 and 660, much of the empire's eastern territory ...

This is the first attempt to produce a complete scholarly history of the Empire in a single-volume since Warren Treadgold’s History of the Byzantine State and Society (Stanford, 1997). The book ...

called the eastern empire a “new Rome,” but saw its history as a fall that followed the decline of the old Rome. In the 19th century, French historians used “Byzantine” to mean the ...

Byzantine Empress Theodora, would become an actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist, empress of the civilized world, and ...

In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine Empire over images of Christ. (The Conversation) — An adjunct lecturer at Hamline University recently lost her job for showing an ...

Excavators in Israel have discovered a trove of 44 Byzantine gold coins and other valuables. Coins from the hoard were minted by the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Phocas (A.D. 602 ...

Through this course, students will examine the history of Byzantine culture, which grew from the Greek-speaking remains of the Roman Empire. Students will consider how leading men and women shaped ...