caused Byzantine Empire to be successful and wealthy for so long? Why Empire rich and successful for so long, and why did it finally crumble? Trade routes, the sea, and land made Constantinople ...

Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed ... Lev ...

Founded in 181 B.C. as a Roman military colony, Aquileia became an important economic center of the Roman Empire ... it a key point for both trade and military expansion. This basilica, large in size ...

AMMAN — Cities like Gadara (Umm Qais) and Gerasa (Jerash) were part of the pottery trade/production network in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. Four types of fine pottery could be assigned: The ...

The remains of St Polyeuktos Church, a prominent structure of the Byzantine Empire that was ... location and was connected to more lucrative trade routes and was easier to defend.

(Inside Science) -- By examining the literal dustbins of history, archaeologists have now shed light on how a 125-year "little ice age" might have wreaked havoc on the Byzantine Empire -- an ...