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Belisarius was the Byzantine military genius behind Justinian's conquests. His incredible victories were overshadowed by an ...

The mystery of Greek fire continues to baffle historians millennia after its creation. Not only did the 7th-century weapon ...

Archaeologists uncover remains of a Byzantine Christian settlement in Jordan, revealing artifacts and a basilica.

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...

Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...

The Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th century AD, was a continuation of the Roman empire with its capital in Constantinople — today's Istanbul — and Christianity as its official religion.

The current Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century when Constantinople — as Istanbul was then called — was the heart of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire that emerged as Ancient Rome ...

The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453, when Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. Through the past two centuries, ...

The Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th century AD, was a continuation of the Roman empire with its capital in Constantinople — today’s Istanbul — and Christianity as its official religion.