Have you ever thought that politics feels like a rollercoaster, with machinations and sharp ups and downs similar to those of ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by ... successes of the Macedonian Dynasty came during the late 10th century when the intellectual revival of the empire had already been ...

At the turn of the third century. In the late summer of Constantine's reign, "New Rome" appeared on the scene - an incredible Christian city with monumental architecture, immense wealth, and great ...

For the Eastern Roman Empire -- known to us as "Byzantine" -- the Danube was a critical military ... history of Byzantine military organization on the Danube from the 10th to the 12th century.

In 1081, while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis, Robert Guiscard, Norman Duke of Apulia-Calabria, sought ...

During the past century, the tiny, inbred academic field of Byzantine ... He writes: "My aim was to produce a clear account of the long history of the Byzantine Empire based on the latest research in ...