Byzantium
There are 1516 items in Byzantium:
The Council of Chalcedon (451) |
The Council of Ephesus (431) |
The disappearance of ancient books
The disappearance of ancient books: the accidental disappearance of texts when no copyists of texts was found. Sappho Every now and then,…
The First Council of Constantinople (381) |
The First Council of Nicaea (325) |
The Rise of Islam
The rise of Islam: the events between 632 and c.700 CE, when the Arabs conquered the Near East and exported on the one hand their Arabian identity and on the other hand their new monotheistic faith.Summary …
The Second Council of Constantinople (553) |
The Second Council of Nicaea (787) |
The Third Council of Constantinople (680) |
Thebes (Greece)
Thebes: important Greek city-state in central Greece, main city of Boeotia.Mycenaean History Oedipus and the sphinx Mythology: founded by Cadmus; the citadel…
Theodora |
Theodorias (Qasr Libya)
Theodorias (modern Qasr Libya): Byzantine city in the Cyrenaica, (re)founded in 539 CE by the emperor Justinian. Two churches have been identified; the floor mosaics in the eastern basilica are among the greatest artistic treasures of Libya. …