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BRINGING THE GLORY OF EASTERN ROMAN HISTORY TO LIFE

  • CONSTANTINOPLE
    • The Blachernae Palace
    • Church of the Holy Apostles
    • The Column of Constantine
    • Hagia Sophia
    • Monuments of the Hippodrome
    • The Theodosian Walls
    • LIFE IN BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
    • POPULATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE
    • The Pharos and it’s Relics
    • Aqueduct of Valens
    • The Porphyra Chamber for Imperial Births
    • Philanthrophy, Orphanages, and Hospitals in Constantinople
    • The Sea Walls of Constantinople
    • The Anastasian Wall
    • The Column of Justinian (WORK IN PROGRESS)
  • Byzantine cities:
    • Adrianople (Edirne)
    • Amorion
    • Attaleia(Antalya)
    • Medieval Roman / Byzantine Athens
    • Nicaea
    • Priene
    • Prousa (Bursa)
    • Sinope (Sinop)
    • Medieval Roman Thessaloniki
    • Trebizond(Trabzon)
    • THE DESPOTATE OF THE MOREA
    • Bonus: Arab-Roman Cyprus
  • Roman Battles & Wars
    • Battle of Cape Bon (468)
    • Eastern Roman military aid to the Western Roman Empire (410-476)
    • Battle of Dazimon (838)
    • The siege of Mopsuestia by Nikephoros Phokas (965 AD)
    • The final Rus attack on Constantinople (1043)
    • The First Battle of Manzikert, the Siege of Manzikert in 1054
    • Battle of Dyrrachium (Dyrrachion – 1081AD)
    • Alexios Komnenos’ campaign against the Seljuks (1116)
    • Battle of Beroia (1122)
    • The Roman resistance against John Komnenos at Lake Pousgouse (1142)
    • The Failure of Manuel Komnenos – From Victory to Defeat (1156 -1176)
    • The Norman invasion and the Sack of Thessaloniki (1185-1186)
    • The Battle of Adrianople (1205)
    • The Rise and Fall of the Despotate of Epirus (1205-1242)
    • The Empire of Nicaea and the Mongols (1257-1260)
    • The Mongol Crisis – 1260’s
    • Battle of Demetrias (1270’s)
    • Sabotaging Success: Roman campaigns in Asia Minor (1290’s)
    • The Collapse of Roman rule in Anatolia in the 13th Century
    • The Catalan Company in Byzantium
    • The Battle of Pelekanon (1329)
    • The Fall of Nicaea to the Ottomans (1331)
    • The Alliance of John Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey in the Civil War of 1341-1347
    • Byzantine-Genoese War (1348-1349)
    • THE FALL OF PHILADELPHIA (1390), THE LAST ROMAN CITY IN WESTERN ANATOLIA
    • The Timurid Siege of Smyrna (1402)
    • THE DESPOTATE OF THE MOREA (AND ITS FALL IN 1460)
    • The Last Offensive of the Roman Empire (1444-1446)
    • The Fall of Trebizond (1461)
  • Art & Mosaics
    • My Mosaic Projects
    • My Roman History “Shrine”
    • Byzantine Influence at the Dome of the Rock
    • The Omphalion of Hagia Sophia
    • Chalices of Romanos
    • Byzantine spolia on the exterior of St Mark’s Basilica (Venice)
    • Palace of Theoderic(Sant’Apollinare)
    • Leo VI “The Wise” Mosaic(Hagia Sophia)
    • Ring of Michael Attaleiates
    • Constantine IV Mosaic(Sant’Apollinare)
    • Theodora Mosaic(San Vitale)
    • Justinian Mosaic (San Vitale)
    • Carmagnola (Head of Justinian?)
  • SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
    • The Avar / Persian Siege of Constantinople (626)
    • The Fourth Crusade (1204)
    • The Roman-Bulgarian Joint Siege of Constantinople (1235-1236)
    • Liberation of Constantinople 1261
    • Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1422)
    • The Fall of Constantinople 1453
    • Greek Fire: The Legendary Eastern Roman weapon
  • Fascinating Topics
    • Arab-Roman Cyprus
    • The Slave Trade of captured Romans (14th-15th century)
    • Gift-giving in Byzantine Diplomacy
    • Manuel II Palaiologos in Italy, France, and England.
    • Porphyrios – the Whale that terrorized Constantinople
    • Byzantine Blinding
    • The Varangians
    • Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language?
    • A Byzantine Christmas story
    • Roman/Byzantine? Scholarly views
    • Roman-Chinese Foreign Relations
    • Negative Media Portrayal of Romans
    • The Sarcophogus Lid of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1750)
    • Being Roman: Byzantine Ethnicity
    • Roman/Byzantine Continuity
    • Contemporary Arab Views of Byzantine Women
    • The Christian Parthenon of Athens
    • The Devsirme: Byzantine Children Abducted to Serve as Ottoman Janissaries
    • Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
  • Historical Events
    • What were the mighty Julius Caesar’s last words?
    • Byzantine Blinding (Several examples)
    • The Murder of Hypatia of Alexandria (415)
    • Attila the Hun and the Painting in Milan (452)
    • Porphyrios – the Whale that terrorized Constantinople (6th Century)
    • The Lombard Destruction of Italy (6th century)
    • The rebellion of Phocas and the cruel death Emperor Maurice (602)
    • The First Battle of Manzikert, the Siege of Manzikert in 1054
    • The Massacre of the Latins (1182)
    • The Battle of Adrianople (1205)
    • Did a Seljuk Sultan Offer to Become Christian? Kaykhusraw I and the Fourth Crusade.
    • The Empire of Nicaea and the Mongols
    • The Visit of Manuel I Komnenos of Trebizond to the Mongol court in Karakorum (1246)
    • The Mongol Crisis – 1260’s
    • Theodore Metochites’ speech praising Nicaea (1290)
    • The Catalan Company in Byzantium
    • The Devsirme: Byzantine Children Abducted to Serve as Ottoman Janissaries (14th century)
    • THE FALL OF PHILADELPHIA (1390), THE LAST ROMAN CITY IN WESTERN ANATOLIA
    • Manuel II Palaiologos in Italy, France, and England.
    • The Timurid Siege of Smyrna (1402)
    • The Last Offensive of the Roman Empire (1444-1446)
    • The Last Days of Constantine XI Palaiologos (1453)
    • The Fall of Trebizond (1461)
    • Discovery of the Sarcophogus Lid of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1750)
    • Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
    • THE DEVSIRME – ABDUCTION OF CHRISTIAN CHILDREN TO BE JANISSARIES, A ROMAN / BYZANTINE ACCOUNT
  • Byzantine Intellectual History
    • Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language?
    • The Murder of Hypatia of Alexandria (415)
    • Eastern Roman Astronomy
    • Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
  • The Varangians

My Roman History “Shrine”

People see this and usually call it a shrine, I do not really know why I suddenly decided to assemble this collection in 2019.
Another angle

My set of custom ordered mugs to get me thinking of the Romans with my morning coffee!

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THE WORLD OF BYZANTIUM

  • CONSTANTINOPLE
    • The Blachernae Palace
    • Church of the Holy Apostles
    • The Column of Constantine
    • Hagia Sophia
    • Monuments of the Hippodrome
    • The Theodosian Walls
    • LIFE IN BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE
    • POPULATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE
    • The Pharos and it’s Relics
    • Aqueduct of Valens
    • The Porphyra Chamber for Imperial Births
    • Philanthrophy, Orphanages, and Hospitals in Constantinople
    • The Sea Walls of Constantinople
    • The Anastasian Wall
    • The Column of Justinian (WORK IN PROGRESS)
  • Byzantine cities:
    • Adrianople (Edirne)
    • Amorion
    • Attaleia(Antalya)
    • Medieval Roman / Byzantine Athens
    • Nicaea
    • Priene
    • Prousa (Bursa)
    • Sinope (Sinop)
    • Medieval Roman Thessaloniki
    • Trebizond(Trabzon)
    • THE DESPOTATE OF THE MOREA
    • Bonus: Arab-Roman Cyprus
  • Roman Battles & Wars
    • Battle of Cape Bon (468)
    • Eastern Roman military aid to the Western Roman Empire (410-476)
    • Battle of Dazimon (838)
    • The siege of Mopsuestia by Nikephoros Phokas (965 AD)
    • The final Rus attack on Constantinople (1043)
    • The First Battle of Manzikert, the Siege of Manzikert in 1054
    • Battle of Dyrrachium (Dyrrachion – 1081AD)
    • Alexios Komnenos’ campaign against the Seljuks (1116)
    • Battle of Beroia (1122)
    • The Roman resistance against John Komnenos at Lake Pousgouse (1142)
    • The Failure of Manuel Komnenos – From Victory to Defeat (1156 -1176)
    • The Norman invasion and the Sack of Thessaloniki (1185-1186)
    • The Battle of Adrianople (1205)
    • The Rise and Fall of the Despotate of Epirus (1205-1242)
    • The Empire of Nicaea and the Mongols (1257-1260)
    • The Mongol Crisis – 1260’s
    • Battle of Demetrias (1270’s)
    • Sabotaging Success: Roman campaigns in Asia Minor (1290’s)
    • The Collapse of Roman rule in Anatolia in the 13th Century
    • The Catalan Company in Byzantium
    • The Battle of Pelekanon (1329)
    • The Fall of Nicaea to the Ottomans (1331)
    • The Alliance of John Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey in the Civil War of 1341-1347
    • Byzantine-Genoese War (1348-1349)
    • THE FALL OF PHILADELPHIA (1390), THE LAST ROMAN CITY IN WESTERN ANATOLIA
    • The Timurid Siege of Smyrna (1402)
    • THE DESPOTATE OF THE MOREA (AND ITS FALL IN 1460)
    • The Last Offensive of the Roman Empire (1444-1446)
    • The Fall of Trebizond (1461)
  • Art & Mosaics
    • My Mosaic Projects
    • My Roman History “Shrine”
    • Byzantine Influence at the Dome of the Rock
    • The Omphalion of Hagia Sophia
    • Chalices of Romanos
    • Byzantine spolia on the exterior of St Mark’s Basilica (Venice)
    • Palace of Theoderic(Sant’Apollinare)
    • Leo VI “The Wise” Mosaic(Hagia Sophia)
    • Ring of Michael Attaleiates
    • Constantine IV Mosaic(Sant’Apollinare)
    • Theodora Mosaic(San Vitale)
    • Justinian Mosaic (San Vitale)
    • Carmagnola (Head of Justinian?)
  • SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
    • The Avar / Persian Siege of Constantinople (626)
    • The Fourth Crusade (1204)
    • The Roman-Bulgarian Joint Siege of Constantinople (1235-1236)
    • Liberation of Constantinople 1261
    • Ottoman Siege of Constantinople (1422)
    • The Fall of Constantinople 1453
    • Greek Fire: The Legendary Eastern Roman weapon
  • Fascinating Topics
    • Arab-Roman Cyprus
    • The Slave Trade of captured Romans (14th-15th century)
    • Gift-giving in Byzantine Diplomacy
    • Manuel II Palaiologos in Italy, France, and England.
    • Porphyrios – the Whale that terrorized Constantinople
    • Byzantine Blinding
    • The Varangians
    • Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language?
    • A Byzantine Christmas story
    • Roman/Byzantine? Scholarly views
    • Roman-Chinese Foreign Relations
    • Negative Media Portrayal of Romans
    • The Sarcophogus Lid of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1750)
    • Being Roman: Byzantine Ethnicity
    • Roman/Byzantine Continuity
    • Contemporary Arab Views of Byzantine Women
    • The Christian Parthenon of Athens
    • The Devsirme: Byzantine Children Abducted to Serve as Ottoman Janissaries
    • Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
  • Historical Events
    • What were the mighty Julius Caesar’s last words?
    • Byzantine Blinding (Several examples)
    • The Murder of Hypatia of Alexandria (415)
    • Attila the Hun and the Painting in Milan (452)
    • Porphyrios – the Whale that terrorized Constantinople (6th Century)
    • The Lombard Destruction of Italy (6th century)
    • The rebellion of Phocas and the cruel death Emperor Maurice (602)
    • The First Battle of Manzikert, the Siege of Manzikert in 1054
    • The Massacre of the Latins (1182)
    • The Battle of Adrianople (1205)
    • Did a Seljuk Sultan Offer to Become Christian? Kaykhusraw I and the Fourth Crusade.
    • The Empire of Nicaea and the Mongols
    • The Visit of Manuel I Komnenos of Trebizond to the Mongol court in Karakorum (1246)
    • The Mongol Crisis – 1260’s
    • Theodore Metochites’ speech praising Nicaea (1290)
    • The Catalan Company in Byzantium
    • The Devsirme: Byzantine Children Abducted to Serve as Ottoman Janissaries (14th century)
    • THE FALL OF PHILADELPHIA (1390), THE LAST ROMAN CITY IN WESTERN ANATOLIA
    • Manuel II Palaiologos in Italy, France, and England.
    • The Timurid Siege of Smyrna (1402)
    • The Last Offensive of the Roman Empire (1444-1446)
    • The Last Days of Constantine XI Palaiologos (1453)
    • The Fall of Trebizond (1461)
    • Discovery of the Sarcophogus Lid of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1750)
    • Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
    • THE DEVSIRME – ABDUCTION OF CHRISTIAN CHILDREN TO BE JANISSARIES, A ROMAN / BYZANTINE ACCOUNT
  • Byzantine Intellectual History
    • Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language?
    • The Murder of Hypatia of Alexandria (415)
    • Eastern Roman Astronomy
    • Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?”
  • The Varangians
A great book on the Greek intellectual tradition in the Roman age
The newest general survey of the history of the Eastern Romans, I think it is also the best yet!
An excellent book on the mighty Roman Emperor Justinian, among the most influential of them as well!
A great book full of different chapters on different topics by different authors
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