The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...
Many people mistakenly think that the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire, but the truth is much more complex. In this video, we explain how the term "Byzantine" was actually coined ...
When researchers sifted through the ancient garbage of the Byzantine Empire's city of Elusa, they discovered clues of the city's destruction in the rubble. The team's findings from the garbage told a ...
About a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire — the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire — signs of its impending doom were written in garbage. Archaeologists recently investigated ...
An ancient, 1,500-year-old pile of trash has given archaeologists insight into the downfall of the Byzantine Empire. To uncover what may have contributed to the decline of the Byzantine Empire, ...
The so called Byzantine Empire never called itself Byzantine. Long after the fall of Rome in the West its people still believed they were Romans heirs of Caesar and Augustus. This video shows how war ...
A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery in ...
About a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire — the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire — signs of its impending doom were written in garbage. The researchers discovered that trash ...