Byzantium
There are 1517 items in Byzantium:
Harran
Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae").Early History …
Hasankeyf, Byzantine Fort |
Hatra
Hatra: city in Mesopotamia, buffer state between the Roman Empire and its neighbors in the east, the Parthian and Sasanian Empires. …
Hegra, Byzantine oil lamp |
Heliopolis (Baalbek)
Baalbek or Heliopolis (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις, "sun city"): town in the northern Bekaa valley, site of the largest sanctuary in the Roman world.Origins …Heraclius
Heraclius: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (r.610-641). Heraclius and his son Constantine The inhabitants of Constantinople must have sighed with relief when,…
Heraclius and his son Constantine III |
Hippo Regius
Hippo Regius: port in Numidia, best-known for its fifth-century bishop, Augustine, modern Annaba.Hippo Regius Basilica, said to be of Augustine Phoenician colony…Historiography
Historiography: the study of the way historians have tried to render account of their past.Ancient Near East Clio, the Muse of…
Hosios Loukas, Joshua, dressed as a Byzantine Soldier |
Icon of Saint Barbara |
Icosium (Algiers)
Icosium (Greek: Ἰκόσιον): Phoenician colony, Roman city, modern Algiers.Icosium Mosaic from Roman Icosium Founded by the Phoenicians; the site is more or…