God’s Scourge: Attila the Hun
By special guest writer Joseph Kaminski Attila was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453.Continue Reading
Tag: Byzantine History
The Coming of the Huns!
By special guest writer Joseph Kaminski Ah, the Huns! In history, we often recall the civilized empires that brought upon theContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 26 The Road to Adrianople
From the mid 370’s a frightening new nomadic force arrive out of Asia and into eastern Europe. These warrior peopleContinue Reading
Masterclass in Byzantine Mosaics (Part 2)
A good number of Byzantine craftsmen, painters and artists are unknown or anonymous. Yet, they have left us with aContinue Reading
Masterclass in Byzantine Mosaics (Part 1)
Who would have thought that a tiny small square piece of stone, glass or pottery called tesserae would have suchContinue Reading
The Aqueduct of Valens.
In modern Istanbul, standing impressively over the traffic on the busy Atatürk Bulvarı is the Aqueduct of Valens. (Today itContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 25 Emperor Valens: A reign under siege!
Valens was beset by serious problems from the moment he was first appointed by his older brother Valentinian, to ruleContinue Reading
A conversation with Byzantine luminary Averil Cameron.
Averil Cameron is one of the leading English-speaking scholars of late antiquity and Byzantium. She has made Byzantium, in particular,Continue Reading
The 1,700 year old Roman and Byzantine-era mosaics of Lod.
The construction and modernization of Israeli infrastructure across fields, suburban blocks, highways and streets has seen an unprecedented wave ofContinue Reading
Treasure and mystery in Byzantine Cappadocia.
Before the Romans, other ancient civilisations, notably the Achaemenid Empire, once inhabited the mountainous region of central Anatolia called Cappadocia.Continue Reading
Rearview Mirror 