Empress Pulcheria: A woman truly ahead of her time.
One might wonder what the early fifth century Byzantine world would have been like if Aelia Pulcheria was not aroundContinue Reading
One might wonder what the early fifth century Byzantine world would have been like if Aelia Pulcheria was not aroundContinue Reading
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Averil Cameron is one of the leading English-speaking scholars of late antiquity and Byzantium. She has made Byzantium, in particular,Continue Reading
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Julian is such an interesting character that it is impossible to ignore him, even though some tend to treat himContinue Reading
The astounding success of Julian’s rise in five short years, from a bookworm to Caesar, was genuinely celebrated by hisContinue Reading
The peacock has a long history of being worshipped as a pagan deity or used as a symbol by royaltyContinue Reading
For centuries Byzantium’s influence over the Croats waxed and waned, first beginning in the early seventh century. Heraclius was theContinue Reading
Imagine yourself sitting in a lecture hall with a small body of students studying Roman history and as a wholeContinue Reading
About three years ago, when Mike Duncan stopped producing his ‘History of Rome’ podcast, thousands of podcast listeners mourned inContinue Reading