The dark green part on theByzantine Empire mapshows the lands owned by Eastern Rome after the Roman Empire was divided. However, during the reign of Justinian, the empire expanded to the west and conquered the light green areas. The Byzantine emperors were the heirs of Rome and wanted to re...
Years and decades later, Manzikert came to be seen as a disaster for the empire; later sources, therefore, greatly exaggerate the numbers of troops and the number of casualties. Byzantine historians would often look back and lament the “disaster” of that day, pinpointing it as the moment ...
Self-guided walking tour: Byzantine Heritage Walking Tour in Istanbul, Turkey. The detailed walk route map can be downloaded to your mobile device for turn-by-turn travel directions.
Hagia Sophia Was a Christian church, then a mosque, now a museum. Located in Istanbul, Turkey. Said to be the turning point of architecture. Epitome of byzantine architecture with it’s big dome. Located in Spain, now serves as a cathedral. Mosque of Cordoba Located in Spain, now serves ...
after the sixth century, so they are unlikely to have had any direct influence on the Christian dualists, but they had left 2 For further reading about the Manichaeans see Lieu, Manichaeism in the later Roman empire and medieval China; Puech, Le Manichaeism; Widengren, Mani and Manichaeism....
A map of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I, before his accession and after his death.(Image credit: Dimitrios Karamitros via Getty Images) Justinian I died in 565. The centuries after Justinian's death are sometimes referred to as the Byzantine "Dark Age," as a series of misfo...
In 395 ce the island passed to Byzantium (the Eastern Roman Empire); the Arabs gained control over parts of Crete after 824 but lost them back to the Byzantines in 961. In 1204, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, Crusaders sold the island to Venice, which fitted Crete into its ...