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This Medieval Byzantine Shipwreck Boasts More Gold Treasures Than Any Other Vessel Found Beneath the Mediterranean

The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth century C.E. Its cargo included a gold signet ring likely ...
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Was the Byzantine navy really a decline from Rome or a powerful evolution?

When the Western Roman Empire fell, its navy disappeared with it. But in the East, Roman naval power did not vanish. It ...
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This video shows the Byzantine Empire's last great victory before its decline

The Battle of Sirmium in 1167 was one of the Byzantine Empire's greatest military triumphs. Emperor Manuel I Komnenos sent ...

Greek fire was the most devastating weapon in the Eastern Roman empire. But what was it?

Before modern weapons of mass destruction, there was Greek fire (ignis graecus). This was the term medieval Crusaders applied ...
Hyperallergic

The Art World's Orientalist Fantasies About the Byzantine Empire

In November, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opened Africa & Byzantium, its first Byzantine-focused exhibition in nearly 20 years. According to the museum’s press release, the show promises ...