The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

I was in Paris during my sophomore year of college when I started reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ... the early sixth century when Emperor Justinian ruled the eastern ...

This description of emperor Justinian “the Great” who reigned at Constantinople ... and a gifted politician who laid the foundations for the Byzantine empire’s remarkable millennium of survival? Or ...

George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

She was the daughter of a bear trainer and made a living as an actress and (very likely) a sex worker before catching the eye of the soon-to-be Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire.

The Byzantine Empire is known for many things, however, not many people know the unusual life journeys of some of its emperors, like Basil I.

The period from the late fourth to the sixth century C.E. saw the collapse of the Roman empire in the West ... is 379 to 565 C.E., from the accession of emperor Theodosius I to the death of emperor ...

In the 6th century AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - including Italy, North Africa and Rome itself - that ...