Zeno was the Byzantine emperor who witnessed the end of the Western Roman Empire, but he is mostly known for the legend of being buried alive by his wife.
As an emperor, he succeeded in bringing some stability to the...
The Byzantine Empire is known worldwide for many things. However, few people know about the unusual life journeys of some of its most powerful emperors, like Basil I. These remarkable individuals rose from humble beginnings to one of the...
Historians often remember Byzantine Emperor Michael III by the unflattering epithet “Michael the Drunkard.”
This is not something that a Byzantine Emperor would want to be remembered for, but that’s the legacy of the man who ruled the Eastern Roman...
Justinian II is remembered for his brutality as the last Byzantine emperor in the Heraclian dynasty. His reign of terror inspired a popular uprising to his rule, which resulted in his nose being forcefully cut off; he later replaced...
The sole surviving portrait of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was unearthed during the restoration of frescoes at a monastery in the Peloponnese, Greece, the Greek Ministry of Culture said in a statement. The...
