Mapping The Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also called Byzantium, was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after the western half of the empire collapsed. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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Greek Reporter: Byzantine Empire’s CIA: The Intelligence Network That Secured Its Survival

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The Byzantine Bureau of Barbarians functioned as an intelligence agency, securing the empire's survival through espionage and diplomacy.

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La Brújula Verde: How Robert Guiscard Used an Impostor Monk to Try to Conquer the Byzantine Empire with a Norman Army

In 1081, while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis, Robert Guiscard, Norman Duke of Apulia-Calabria, sought to take advantage and launched his conquest. To maintain appearances, he ...

How Robert Guiscard Used an Impostor Monk to Try to Conquer the Byzantine Empire with a Norman Army

Indiatimes: Was Spain the true heir to the Byzantine Empire? The story of a lost imperial claim

Was Spain the true heir to the Byzantine Empire? The story of a lost imperial claim

Today: Boy, 13, finds mistake on Metropolitan Museum of Art map (of the Byzantine Empire)

Boy, 13, finds mistake on Metropolitan Museum of Art map (of the Byzantine Empire)

Recent archaeological findings and digital mapping of ancient territories have reignited the debate: what truly was the longest-lasting empire in history? While many Americans grew up learning about ...

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CBS News: 13-year-old finds error in New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Byzantine Empire map

13-year-old finds error in New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Byzantine Empire map

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Thanks to politics and the passage of time, grand monuments of the 1,000-year Byzantine Empire are easy to miss in the modern metropolis. Tourists take photographs in the Byzantine-era Chora Church, ...