In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

which was the longest-ruling of the Byzantine Empire. It produced emperors and leaders for just shy of 200 years, between the 13th and 15th centuries. He is also wearing a bejeweled crown and ...

The newly discovered portrait, the only contemporary of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos XI ... eagles—the emblem of the Palaiologos dynasty—a gem-encrusted crown, and a scepter ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

Most were written in Iceland, although in later times. Thus, the anonymous Laxdœla Saga, composed around 1245, is the first to mention the presence of a Norseman in the Byzantine Empire. It tells how ...

He writes: "My aim was to produce a clear account of the long history of the Byzantine Empire based on the latest research in all major European languages. I also wanted to highlight and explain ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine ...

He is shown holding a cruciform scepter and wearing a crown and a cloak of royal purple ... which was established by the Byzantine emperor Justinian in the Sinai Peninsula, go to "Recovering ...