Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

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The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, which he founded in 1968, presented more than 50 of his plays, among them “My Head Was a Sledgehammer” and “Permanent Brain Damage.” By Anita Gates ...

The Byzantine Papacy was actually a rather long period of more ... It is noted that the veneration of the icons had been banned during the iconoclastic controversy that lasted for several with the ...

He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 491 to 518 CE. Born around 430 CE in Dyrrhachium (modern-day Albania), and was originally a high-ranking official in the Byzantine civil service before ...

Cat remains found by archaeologists in Istanbul reveal that, unlike in Europe, cats were cared for in the Middle Ages in Byzantium due to the influence of Islamic culture. For his part Altan Armutak, ...