Byzantine Empire

1 month ago | greekreporter.com | Matthew Norman |Byzantine Empire

The fate of Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city of Constantinople, has been the subject of international debate, as Turkey’s government is slowly attempting to hide Istanbul’s broader Byzantine history by targeting selective and low-grade restoration works, according to some historians. Today’s Istanbul would be a very different city if it weren’t for the Byzantines.

1 month ago | greekreporter.com | Tasos Kokkinidis |Byzantine Empire

Built as Byzantium around 657 BC and then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century CE after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930. Surprisingly, the capital of the Byzantine Empire was not renamed after the Ottomans captured it in 1453. Variations of “Constantinople” continued to be used by the Turkish-speaking conquerors long after they took control of the city.

2 months ago | greekreporter.com | Alexander Gale |Byzantine Empire

As the wealthy capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, Constantinople was a tempting target for many rulers during late antiquity and the Medieval period. For this reason, it was essential to encircle the city with a ring of defensive walls and fortifications to deter and repel any attackers. The ancient Greek colony of Byzantium was protected by walls, likely constructed during the city’s founding in c. 658 BC.

Jan 31, 2025 | historicalnovelsociety.org | Byzantine Empire |Bywater Books |Lara Byrne |Midge Raymond

In 1929 Berlin, Dore Strauch is unhappy with her life—ill with multiple sclerosis, married to an older man she doesn’t love, and straddled with the domesticity of a hausfrau. She falls in love with her physician, Dr. Friedrich Ritter, and they leave the civilized world for Floreana, an isolated and uninhabited island of the Galápagos. Friedrich persuades Dore that she can heal herself by determination alone.

Jan 31, 2025 | historicalnovelsociety.org | Byzantine Empire |Bywater Books |Lara Byrne |Myfanwy Cook

WRITTEN BY MYFANWY COOKDebut novelists Elyse Durham, Joanna Miller, Tiffany L. Warren & Jane Yang explore captivating characters from hidden gems of history. Joanna Miller shares the moment that sparked her debut, The Eights (Fig Tree/Putnam, 2025): “In October 2020, Oxford University shared a series of photographs to commemorate one hundred years of women being awarded degrees.