The grace of your words illuminated the universe like a shining beacon. It amassed treasures of munificence in the world. It demonstrated the greatness of humility, teaching us by your own words; ...

Telling the history of Constantinople through its monuments and people, this series provides an important academic resource for scholars, journalists, activists, students, politicians and citizens; ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

The people who aren't necessarily the high and ... One such woman was named Olympias in Constantinople. She was a very good friend and, in fact, the confidante of John Chrysostom, who became ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city's plight had been neglected, and ...

Justinian’s Flea chronicles how Emperor Justinian’s golden age was shattered as the plague ravaged Constantinople and wiped out potentially 100 million people across the empire. The Great ...

A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.

The competitors' equipment, made of steel and titanium, must be historically accurate. The sound of steel when a sword hits ...

The Russian tsars dreamt of recovering Constantinople for Christendom ... Modern Ukraine is a nation made up of people of ...

Combining art rock and a sense of the absurd, They Might Be Giants has never fit comfortably into a musical genre. From their ...

Because of his fame, he was chosen to succeed Saint Nectarius as Patriarch of Constantinople. He was taken away by stealth, to avoid the opposition of the people, and consecrated Patriarch of ...