Many people mistakenly think that the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire, but the truth is much more complex. In this video, we explain how the term "Byzantine" was actually coined ...
The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...
The so called Byzantine Empire never called itself Byzantine. Long after the fall of Rome in the West its people still believed they were Romans heirs of Caesar and Augustus. This video shows how war ...
The Byzantium Empire was the longest lasting empire in the western world. It was inaugurated in 330 A.D. when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to Byzantium ...
May 29, 1453, is one of those landmark historical dates. On that day the fall of Constantinople occurred —and with it that of ...