After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the exiled Byzantine claimant Andreas Palaiologos bequeathed the imperial title in ...

The Monastery of Panagia Yiatrissa (“Mary the Healer”) in Kastania, on the slopes of Taygetus, is traditionally believed to stand on the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Athena. In villages ...

The Byzantine Greeks are a nation that is very often misunderstood for a number of historical and political reasons.

When the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD, the story of Rome did not simply end. Instead, many powerful states began ...

Step into the world of the Varangian Guard - elite Viking mercenaries who shaped Byzantine warfare and left their mark on history. Discover their secrets and savage tactics! In this gripping dive into ...

Word of the day: Byzantine is a long, historically rooted and dramatically expressive word meaning excessively complicated or labyrinthine, often with strategic undertones. Derived from the Byzantine ...

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al-Numan ...

Through an interdisciplinary methodology, the historian reshaped the international image of Byzantium, distancing it from earlier Western-centric interpretations ...