On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ...

The emperor died fighting the Ottoman Turks when Constantinople fell in 1453 ... chronologically preserved portrait of an emperor in Byzantine monumental painting,” added the Ministry of ...

The Byzantine Empire faced numerous challenges, forcing many Greeks to employ genius tactics to defend the Empire.

"That he found a gold coin on a random trip in the mountains is completely surreal. This is unusual and exceptional. From ...

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the ... civilians from the city officially named New Rome but commonly called Constantinople (“Constantine’s city”) and founded originally as ...

In the 300s, the emperor Constantine I converted to Christianity, and a new Byzantine capital was founded in his name: Constantinople, which heralded the beginning of Byzantium’s golden age.

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

In 1453, the Byzantine capital of Constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is but a shadow of its former glory due to the empire's ever receding coffers, while the Ottoman Empire ...

A silver platter, known as the “Anastasius Dish”, bears the monogram of Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491–518), indicating its origin in Constantinople. Silver vessels from Sutton Hoo, mentioned in ...

The Triumph of Orthodoxy did not secure the survival of the Byzantine Empire. In 1453 the city fell to the Turks, Constantinople became the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and the great cathedral ...

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was awarded the "Star" Order of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew by the Greek ...