In 542 AD, during the Gothic War—a conflict sparked by Emperor Justinian’s ambition to restore Roman rule in the West—Eastern Roman forces under Constantianus and Alexander faced the Ostrogoths near ...

Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains of Thessaly.

The period from the late fourth to the sixth century C.E. saw the collapse of the Roman empire in the West, and the emergence of the Eastern or “Byzantine” empire, with a distinctive culture that ...

Researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) have discovered an early Christian Basilica in Aquileia, Italy. The church flaunts a monumental ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On February 1, 1935, Vatican City ...

THEODORA AND THE EMPEROR (336 pp.) —Harold Lamb—Doubleday ($4.50). The only surprising thing about Theodora and the Emperor is that it took Harold Lamb so long to get around to it. Subject and author ...