The defeat at the Battle of Manzikert was a pivotal moment for the Byzantine Empire as it undermined its power and allowed Turk nomads to settle in Anatolia. The battle took place on August 26, 1071 ...

However, a recent study in the journal Klio by researchers Haggai Olshanetsky and Lev Cosijns challenges this view, suggesting that the empire may have actually experienced a population boom during ...

Ancient shipwrecks have shone new light on how and when the Eastern Roman Empire began its 1,000 year decline and eventual ...

Credit: MapMaster / Wikimedia Commons As we were saying, Anna knew him because he was in Constantinople… as he had tried before in his youth, by force of arms: in 1080 Bohemond accompanied his father ...

After the fall of the Roman Empire, other peoples and cultures moved in to fill the void that was left behind. In Thrace, that void was filled by Slavic tribes who moved in relatively peacefully.

As per the Mirror, dating back approximately 1,500 years, the rooms were discovered beneath the Church of St.Polyeuctus in what was then Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The church ...

“Echoes of Byzantium” by Eleni Kostas Set in the twilight years of the Byzantine Empire, Kostas weaves a tale of intrigue, ...

Jim Claven explores Nafpaktos's history and multicultural heritage, a historic gem near the Corinthian Gulf. He visits the ...

Pope Francis named a New Mexico pastor as bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy, apostolic nuncio to the United States Cardinal Christophe Pierre announced on Friday. Father Artur Bubnevych ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Andriake, located on the southwestern coast of Anatolia (in present-day Demre, Turkey), was the main port of ancient Myra, ...