Theirs was, in their view, none other than the Roman Empire, founded shortly before the beginning of the Christian era by God’s grace to unify his people in preparation for the coming of his Son. Proud of that Christian and Roman heritage, convinced that their earthly empire so nearly ...
Did you know?One of the most extraordinary aspects of the Byzantine Empire was its longevity: It was the only organized state west of China to survive without interruption from ancient times until the beginning of the modern age. Though Constantine ruled over a unified Roman Empire, this unity...
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation ofthe Roman Empireprimarily in its easternprovinces. Established during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, its capital city was Constantinople, strategically positioned at the crossroads of Europe and Asia...
The European part of the empire was the scene of an ethnographic evolution. From ancient times the mountains of Epirus and Illyria had been inhabited by Albanians; from the beginning of the fifteenth century they spread over what is now Greece, down towards southern Italy and Sicily. Since ...
Great wars were fought between the Byzantine Empire and the neighboring Persians at the beginning of the 600s. In the beginning, the Persians marched to as far as the heart ofAnatolia. However,Emperor Heracliusbecame the savior of the empire at the last minute. He drove the Persians away fro...
The importance of this Byzantine emperor for the first generation of the Nemanjis, ideological patterns used in recounting diplomatic and military achievements of Serbia at the end of 12th and beginning of 13th centuries, recurring mentions of Alexis in several written Serbian sources,...
Greco-Roman medical culture and its reception in the ItalianByzantineworld around the end of the sixth and beginning of the seventh centuries. wdl.org wdl.org 这部作品同时也是研究希腊罗马医学文化以及它在大约公元六世纪末、七世纪初对意大利拜占庭世界影响程度的重要资料。
Byzantine Empire, successor state to the Roman Empire (see under Rome), also called Eastern Empire and East Roman Empire. It was named after Byzantium, which Emperor Constantine I rebuilt (A.D. 330) as Constantinople and made the capital of the entire Roman Empire. Although not foreseen at ...
In the case of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, it is obvious that the power of its incumbent is always defined in reference to his position in the Christianoikouméne, the universal empire and the universal church indivisibly united. The title of ‘Ecumenical Patriarch’ has no other meanin...
Theirs was, in their view, none other than the Roman Empire, founded shortly before the beginning of the Christian era by God’s grace to unify his people in preparation for the coming of his Son. Proud of that Christian and Roman heritage, convinced that their earthly empire so nearly ...