ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
In this article we look at the Christian Roman State (‘Byzantine’ Empire) in terms of Culture, Religion and Diplomacy, just before the first Arab-Roman war. Continue reading “Culture, Religion and Diplomacy in the 7th century AD Roman Empire”
As for the thrice-blessed Photius, the great and most resplendent Father and teacher of the Church, the Confessor of the Faith and Equal to the Apostles, he lived during the years of the emperors Michael (the son of Theophilus), Basil the Macedonian, and Leo his son. Continue reading “Saint Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople”
by Kalliope Alk. Bourdara
In Byzantium both men and women had the possibility to practice the medical profession. Literary texts and inscriptions mention the existence of female doctors who practiced this profession either with their spouse or individually for livelihood. Continue reading “The practice of the medical profession by women in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire and their legal ensurance”
Although foreigners had served in the empire’s armed forces since the fourth century, they had ceased from the seventh century to constitute large, permanent units of a distinct ethnic character. Continue reading “The Normans in the Armeniakon”
Here we present selected parts of the very interesting paper “Constantinople of emperors and Rome of popes in 6th-8th centuries: dialogue and separation“, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 236 ( 2016 ) 327 – 332, by Maria Grafova. Continue reading “Constantinople of emperors and Rome of popes in 6th-8th centuries”
(…) historical research has shown that Christianity on the Northern shores of the Black Sea did not take root until well after the time of the apostles. The first traces left to us point to the end of the third century, and the most ancient Christian inscriptions in South Russia are of the fourth. Continue reading “Empire of God: Conversion Propaganda in the Christian Roman Empire”
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