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The Byzantine noble women were burning with anxieties and were passionately pursuing to participate in political chess, to excel in letters and to spread the culture of Byzantium. Continue reading “Woman’s position in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) society”
Many Byzantine doctors, who had been influenced by the authors of ancient Greece, have considered rheumatic diseases in their works. Continue reading “Τreatment of rheumatic diseases in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
End-of-life decisions remain a complicated problem in the relationships between physicians and the patient’s family, with social and legal consequences which today face all civilised societies. Continue reading “Abandonment of terminally ill patients in the Byzantine era; a tradition from pre-Christian times”
From the fourth century A.D. until the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the people of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire participated in a wide range of sports and physical recreations. Continue reading “Sports and Games in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
Most of the reign of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) was marked by a considerable amount of confusion in the rural economy with far reaching inconsistencies in the operation of the Byzantine taxation system. Continue reading “The effectiveness of Roman Emperor Alexios I Komnenos’ fiscal policy”
Cherson had been a Byzantine port-city at the southwestern end of the Crimea that provided an important link to northern barbarian peoples, especially in terms of trade (e.g., furs, slaves, wax, honey, salted fish) and diplomacy. Continue reading “Cherson, Crimea; “at the extremity of the Roman Empire””
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