ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
St. Maximus was born in the late 6th century, in Palestine – according to the earliest version of his life. He was well-educated, and served the Emperor Heraclius (610-641) for a time at the Byzantine Imperial court. Continue reading “Saint Maximus the Confessor”
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Continue reading “Monuments from Suzhou, Jiangsu, China”
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of Tāj-ul-Masjid & Taj Mahal; monuments from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Continue reading “Tāj-ul-Masjid & Taj Mahal; monuments from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India”
Egypt under Greek and Roman rule (from c. 332 BC) was a diverse place, its population including Egyptians, Greeks, Jews, Romans, Nubians, Arabs, and others. In this post we attempt a short presentation on how Graeco-Roman Egypt functioned as a diverse multiethnic, multilingual society and of the legal and political frameworks within which this diversity was organised and negotiated. Continue reading “Ethnic identities and women’s position in Graeco-Roman Egypt”
But to us it seems not inappropriate to speak briefly of the Chaldaeans of Babylon and of their antiquity, that we may omit nothing which is worthy of record. Continue reading “The Babylonian Chaldaeans’ antiquity, according to Diodorus Siculus”
From the early seventh century the sources available to us are more numerous and more evenly distributed across the west. By this period, the ‘ethnic’ armies descended from the late Roman field armies had evolved into armies raised from classes of landowners. This evolution continued through the seventh century. Continue reading “Raising an army in Post-Roman Europe – The 7th century Germany & Scandinavia”
