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The most slandered and misrepresented historical period of Romanity [1]
The following interview with the great historian and Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman can be characterized as the quintessence of his great work, which is globally renown and recognized. Continue reading “Byzantium and us; an interview with Sir Steven Runciman”
by Evan Andrews
476 A.D. is usually cited as the year that the Roman Empire came crashing down, but its eastern half lived on for another thousand years in the form of the Byzantine Empire, a mighty kingdom centered in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Continue reading “10 Things You May Not Know About the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
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