A Morning in Aachen: The Prelude to a Holy Scandal On a late January morning in 828, Einhard found Ilduin […]
The Rise of the Carolingians: From Mayors to Monarchs The Carolingian dynasty’s ascent to power began not with a crown […]
The Merchant’s Dilemma in Imperial Byzantium In the year 900 CE, conducting business in Constantinople required navigating an intricate web […]
The Crossroads of Civilizations: Sicily Under Arab Rule When Arab forces wrested Palermo from Byzantine control in 831 CE, they […]
The Purple-Born Emperor and His Vision Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (“born in the purple”) ruled the Byzantine Empire during two separate […]
The Rise of the Rashidun Caliphate and Uthman’s Controversial Reign The year 656 CE marked a pivotal moment in early […]
The Dawn of a Byzantine Masterpiece In the heart of Constantinople, where Europe meets Asia, Emperor Justinian I embarked on […]
The Solitary Voice of Valerius of Bierzo In the rugged mountains of northwestern Spain during the late 7th century, an […]
The Rise of a British Saint in Post-Roman Chaos Samson of Dol stands as one of the most intriguing religious […]
The Rise of the Visigothic Kingdom in Spain The Visigothic Kingdom in Spain presents one of the most fascinating case […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Political Landscape of 6th Century Francia In the year 589, a dramatic event unfolded in the […]
The Decline of Imperial Authority in the West The Western Roman Empire’s final century witnessed a gradual erosion of centralized […]
A Clash of Faiths in Fractured Rome On February 25, 484, Huneric, the Vandal and Alan king ruling over Rome’s […]
The Making of a Sacred Site in Southern Gaul In the rugged hills of southern Gaul, where the Mediterranean meets […]
A Villa in Kent and the Enduring Legacy of Classical Culture In mid-4th century Kent, the owner of a rural […]
The Clash of Tradition and Innovation in the Early Roman Empire In 48 CE, a small delegation arrived in Rome […]
The World of Independent Gaul Before Roman Conquest The Greek geographer Strabo’s vivid account of central Gaul in the 1st […]
The Mediterranean World in Flux The Mediterranean basin during this period was a dynamic arena where civilizations clashed and coalesced. […]
The Rise of a Conqueror: Alexander’s Early Campaigns The story of Alexander the Great begins in 334 BCE, when the […]
A Narrow Strait of Legendary Passions Between the Aegean and Marmara Seas lies a slender waterway no wider than a […]