Anglo-Saxons joined the Byzantine Varangian Guard after the 1066 Norman Conquest, shaping the Byzantine Empire.

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

The Byzantine Empire (also known as Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire) was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after it collapsed. With its base at Constantinople (modern-day ...

C. Fischer-Bovet, SOCIAL UNREST AND ETHNIC COEXISTENCE IN PTOLEMAIC EGYPT AND THE SELEUCID EMPIRE, Past & Present, No. 229 (NOVEMBER 2015), pp. 3-45 ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never ...

When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...

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