The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

Who is responsible for the birth of Christianity? As with any major phenomenon, the answer is complex. Christianity developed ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

The Byzantine Empire preserved the intellectual heart of Greece and ... A prime example of their influence is Emperor Justinian I’s Corpus Juris Civilis, a comprehensive collection of Roman law. This ...

Forced conversions: Emperor Justinian (527-565) enacted laws banning Jewish religious traditions, including Hebrew scripture readings. Jews were blamed for plagues, fires, and military defeats ...

The empire during the time of Justinian. Credit: Tataryn / Wikimedia Commons The ... possibly Leo Phokas (some have even suggested the emperor himself, Nikephoros Phokas). It was written in Greek ...

first built as a Christian cathedral by Byzantine emperor Justinian in the 530s and then rebuilt in grand fashion after an earthquake and finally turned into a mosque by the conquering Sultan Mehmed ...

President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office just one month ago, but for many Americans, these few weeks have felt like years. Executive orders targeting diversity programs and marginalized ...