The Illusion of Divine Right On June 11, 1775, the grand coronation of Louis XVI at Reims Cathedral represented the […]
A Diminished Empire’s Intellectual Resurgence In the twilight years of the Byzantine Empire (1261-1453), as political power waned and territorial […]
The Final Centuries of Byzantium: A Fragile Empire on the Brink The last 250 years of the Byzantine Empire present […]
The Divine Mandate of Byzantine Emperors The Byzantine emperors, as successors to Constantine the Great, were celebrated in court hymns […]
The Dark Age of Byzantine Letters In the early 8th century, Constantinople witnessed a curious paradox in its intellectual life. […]
The Roots of Religious Controversy The Byzantine Iconoclasm, literally meaning the “breaking of icons,” refers to the imperial campaigns against […]
The Perilous 7th Century: A Empire on the Brink The 7th century marked one of the most precarious periods in […]
The Perceived Barbarians: Byzantine Views of Pre-Islamic Arabs To the settled civilizations of Byzantium, the Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula […]
The Religious Landscape of the Early Roman Empire In 312 CE when Constantine shifted his policies toward Christianity, followers of […]
Foundations of Imperial Power: The Roman Urban System Cities served as the fundamental building blocks of the Roman Empire, functioning […]
The Fall of Licinius and the Unification of Rome In 324 AD, the fate of the Roman Empire hinged on […]
