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
Averil Cameron is one of the leading English-speaking scholars of late antiquity and Byzantium. She has made Byzantium, in particular,Continue 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
I often wonder how do we pinpoint the beginning of the Byzantine Empire? There are so many identifiable dates orContinue Reading
Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) was a king of the short lived Neo Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia (the region that roughlyContinue Reading
There are individuals and groups of communities that argue that there is no such thing as the Byzantine Empire. ToContinue Reading
In the great basilica of St. Peter’s, Rome, Pope Leo III celebrated mass. It was meant to be like anyContinue Reading