Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived state that emerged during the Fourth Crusade after the sack of Constantinople ...

Foreign warriors recruited by the Byzantine Empire were initially given a suit ... is noted in the Emperor Maurice's [sixth-century war manual] Strategikon, so this might be possible," Dark ...

Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...

The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453 ... The Turks and Arabs, in centuries of war with the Byzantines, never acted so brutally. It's a sobering reminder of how dark Europe's "Dark Ages" were.

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 ...

He writes: "My aim was to produce a clear account of the long history of the Byzantine Empire based on the latest research in all major European languages. I also wanted to highlight and explain ...