One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, popular discontent, foreign war, and a plague all combined to bring his ...

The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor ...