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Constantinople, posted on the waterway between the continents and guarded by the girdle of its landward and seaward walls, through all assaults remained impregnable. Continue reading “The Eastern Roman Empire – An outline”
Bulgars were pastoralists originally from central Asia, who migrated westward to the steppe north of the Caspian Sea, as did the Huns and the Avars. Continue reading “Bulgars and Bulgaria – a quick view”
Belisarios had been Justinian I’s greatest general. His contributions to Justinian I’s reign were considerable.Without him, Justinian I might have lost his throne in the Nika Revolt of 532. The reconquest of North Africa from the Vandals in 533–534 and the early successes against the Ostrogoths from 536–540 were due in large part to his generalship. Continue reading “Flavius Belisarius (or Belisarios); one of the greatest Roman generals of all time – a quick view”
The beacon system had been a series of fire-signals that warned Constantinople of an Arab invasion into Asia Minor through the Taurus mountain range. Continue reading “Primitive tele-communications in the Eastern Roman Empire – a quick view”
Basil II, called “Bulgar-Slayer” (Bulgaroktonos), reigned from 976–1025 as the greatest of the Macedonian emperors. Continue reading “Basil II ‘The Bulgar-slayer’; One of the greatest Roman Emperors – a quick view”
Avars were a Turkic people from the Asia steppe who settled in the plain of Hungary in 568, wresting away from Byzantium much of the Balkan Peninsula. Continue reading “The Avars – a quick view”
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