Tag: Empire
Nova Roma (Constantinople) Part 2
Having chosen the site of Byzantium as his new capital, in a traditional ceremony performed in 324, a line was […]
Nova Roma (Constantinople) Part 1
In around 1000 AD, Constantinople was arguably the greatest city in the Mediterranean world, if not the entire world. Trade, […]
Master of the Universe!
For quite some time, the boorish Maximinus Daia stylised himself in the vain of Augustus in the Asiatic east. He […]
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge
On the 28th October 312AD, Constantine The Great “faced off” with Maxentius in what became known as the Battle of […]
The Vision of Constantine the Great?
What are we to believe of the amazing vision of Constantine I The Great on the eve of his battle […]
Over a thousand years of glory, but where does it actually begin?
I often wonder how do we pinpoint the beginning of the Byzantine Empire? There are so many identifiable dates or […]
