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Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

The battle between these two Venetian presses became so intense that complaints reached the revered Rabbi Moshe Isserles (the Rema) in Krakow.

It led to the deaths of approximately 30,000 people. The riot occurred during the rule of the Roman Emperor Justinian I and was largely instigated by the city’s two major chariot racing teams – the ...

Established in 549 AD by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, it stands as the oldest continuously operating Christian monastery globally. The Monastery has maintained its Greek Orthodox identity for ...

Emperor Constantine the Great authorised Christianity across the Roman Empire in 313, but it was Theodosius I, half a century later, who put the brute force of the imperial state behind the faith.

They reached the courts of Justinian in the West and the Tang emperors in the East through their mobility and diplomatic skills. Lesser known are the rich pictorial worlds they have created on wall ...

In the following century, Justinian even deprived them of their salaries ... possibly Leo Phokas (some have even suggested the emperor himself, Nikephoros Phokas). It was written in Greek (three ...

Once the largest Christian church for over a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was built under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Over time, it has served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, a Roman ...

President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office just one month ago, but for many Americans, these few weeks have felt like years. Executive orders targeting diversity programs and marginalized ...

To that end, he takes up the example of Justinian I, emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire from 527 to 565 CE. Justinian, Swist says, assumed power in a time marked by fierce tribalism ...

The Ulpian Library, a great library in the center of Rome, was founded by Emperor Trajan, who ruled around the turn of the second century C.E. Referenced often by ancient authors, it could have ...