The Byzantines and the Venetians were masters of commerce, and that led to a devastating trade war between the two powers.
The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense ...
"That he found a gold coin on a random trip in the mountains is completely surreal. This is unusual and exceptional. From ...
A mosaic depicting the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (left) decorates Ravenna’s Basilica of San Vitale (right). The monumental building was one of many constructed during his reign, which lasted ...
A silver platter, known as the “Anastasius Dish”, bears the monogram of Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491–518), indicating its origin in Constantinople. Silver vessels from Sutton Hoo, mentioned in ...