Byzantium
There are 1517 items in Byzantium:
A Byzantine commentary on Philostratus' "Life of Apollonius"
Photius (c.815-897) was one of the greatest scholars of the Byzantine world, and patriarch of Constantinople between 858-867 and 878-886. One of his main publications is the Myrobiblion, a collection of 280 excerpts of all kinds of literature on every…Abydus (Çanakkale)
Abydus: city on the southeastern shore of the Hellespont, modern Çanakkale.Abydus, already mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, note[Homer, Iliad 2.836.] was an important Greek city on a promontory on the southeastern bank of the Hellespont. That it was easy to…
Abydus, Anastasius' passage law |
Achmim, Funerary stela of Pamim |
Adana
Adana: town in Cilicia. Adana, bust of Hadrian Originally, Adana used to be less important a city than nearby Tarsus, which had…
The bridge of Adana |
Adana, bridge |
Adrianople (378 CE)
Battle of Adrianople (378 CE): important battle in which an army of Germanic tribes defeated a Roman army. Büyükdöllük On 9 August…Adrou
Adrou or Adroa: Late Roman fortress, just east of Petra, modern Udruh.History Barracks Mentioned by Ptolemy as a town; this must originally…
Ailana, Byzantine capital, showing Saint Theodore |
Alexandria
Alexandria: town founded by Alexander the Great, capital of the Ptolemaic Empire.Hellenistic History Alexander the Great as founder of Alexandria The site…Alexandria, Lighthouse
Lighthouse of Alexandria: one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. A fort is all that remains of the lighthouse Commissioned…