Byzantine Empress
History
The Remarkable Women of the Byzantine Empire
The position of women in Byzantine society is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire. It was an empire comprised of different cultures of Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, West Asia, and North Africa.
In the course...
Ancient Greece
The Greek-Roman Empress Who Did Everything to Stay in Power
Irene of Athens was the first Roman empress to rule in her own right as regent, between 797 and 802 AD. Although she ruled solely for only five years, she left a lasting impact on the foreign policy and...
Art
The Regal Crowns of the Byzantine Emperors
From 330 AD, when Constantine the Great proclaimed his new city the capital of the Roman Empire, the emperors ruled from Constantinople until the city fell in 1453. The modern historiographical term "Byzantines" for the Eastern Roman Empire is...