ISTANBUL, June 27. /TASS/. Turkish historian and professor Ilber Ortayli has called for restricting tourists and worshippers' access to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (formerly the Church of ...

The Byzantine Empire, which lasted for over a millennium, is one of history's most fascinating empires, not just for its longevity, but for its territorial evolution. Originating from the Eastern ...

A 1,500-year-old map has led humans to discover a lost city from the Byzantine Empire. The Madaba Mosaic Map built during Emperor Justinian’s reign (527-565 A.D.) shows a total of 157 sites that were ...

T he Byzantine Empire (also known as Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire) was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after it collapsed. With its base at Constantinople (modern-day ...

In the article dedicated to the Mardaites, the Christian highlanders who maintained their autonomy between Byzantium and the Caliphate, we mentioned the Akritai (or Akritoi), a group of light infantry ...

Emperor Justinian and his retinue in a mosaic in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Credit: Roger Culos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Byzantine Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora’s ...

Justinian I: The Visionary Byzantine EmperorJustinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was a Byzantine emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 CE. Born in 482 CE in Tauresium, Dardania, Justinian rose ...

1,500-year-old Christian basilica built under Roman Emperor Justinian discovered The Basilica, dating back to the 4th-6th centuries AD, reveals Aquileia’s significance under Emperor Justinian I.

An ancient Byzantine church in Aquileia, Italy, linked to Emperor Justinian’s reign. Credit: Alecobbe / Public Domain Archaeologists have uncovered an early Christian church in the ancient Roman city ...

The basilica was likely built in the mid-6th century, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I, who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire from 527 to 565 A.D. The architecture of the basilica shows notable ...