In the mid-sixth century, a devastating disease swept across the Byzantine world and changed the course of entire cities. The ...
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Possible date of the Antioch earthquake in the Byzantine Empire (present-day Syria), which kills 200,000 people 1498-Portuguese explorer ...
In 1167, the Battle of Sirmium became a brutal showdown between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary for control ...
Have you ever thought that politics feels like a rollercoaster, with machinations and sharp ups and downs similar to those of ...
Researchers analyzed isotopes and DNA in the teeth of remains found in a mass grave from the Plague of Justinian, which swept through the Byzantine Empire ...
A pair of 1,500-year-old lady's sandals with a message in Greek was discovered during a dig in Constantinople, today's ...
Fate of the Phoenix immersion pack is available now on PC. Watch the Europa Universalis 5: Fate of the Phoenix launch trailer ...
Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...
The Byzantine Empire is often overlooked in history. But for over a thousand years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it remained one of the most advanced civilizations in the world. This ...
The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger By A. Wess Mitchell  Princeton, 2025, 352 pages, $27 “In history,” ...
Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer ...
By Will Dunham April 29 (Reuters) - The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed teenage emperor Romulus Augustulus in ...