The relationship between the Byzantine Empire and ancient Armenia was a constant and varied one with an equal mix of wars, occupations, treaties of friendship, mutual military aid, and cultural exchange. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1207/byzantine-armenian-relations/ #History #Armenia #BasilI #ByzantineEmpire

The cataclysmic end of the Roman Empire in the West has tended to mask the underlying features of continuity. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2027/continuity-and-change-after-the-fall-of-the-roman/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #Christianity #RomanEmpire

Spanning across three continents and holding dominance over the Black and Mediterranean Seas, the Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922) was a global military superpower between the 15th and 17th centuries. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1791/battles--conquests-of-the-ottoman-empire-1299-1683/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #MehmedII #OsmanI

The Empire of Nicaea was a successor state to the Byzantine Empire, or rather a Byzantine Empire in exile lasting from 1204 to 1261 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Empire_of_Nicaea/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #Constantinople #DespotateofEpirus

Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1980/trade--warfare-in-the-kievan-rus/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #KievanRus #VarangianGuard

Icons, that is images of holy persons, were an important part of the Byzantine Christian Church from the 3rd century CE onwards. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1161/byzantine-icons/ #History #ByzantineArt #ByzantineEmpire #Christianity

The Battle of Tricamarum (533 CE) was the second and last major battle of the Vandalic War (533 – 534 CE). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1282/battle-of-tricamarum/ #History #Belisarius #ByzantineEmpire #VandalicWar

Byzantine Art (4th - 15th century CE) is generally characterised by a move away from the naturalism of the Classical tradition towards the more abstract and universal, there is a definite preference for two-dimensional representations, and those artworks which contain a religious message predominate. https://www.worldhistory.org/Byzantine_Art/ #History #ByzantineArt #ByzantineCoinage #ByzantineEmpire

On this day, 570 years ago, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror. With its fall, the Roman Empire came to its final end. Constantine XI Palaiologos, the final leader of the empire founded by Augustus in 27 BC, died defending the city and his body was never found. The Roman Empire and Roman civilization ceased to exist after nearly 15 centuries and nearly 22 centuries respectively.
#Romans #constantinople #byzantineempire #history #histodons

On this day, 570 years ago, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror. With its fall, the Roman Empire came to its final end. Constantine XI Palaiologos, the final leader of the empire founded by Augustus in 27 BC, died defending the city and his body was never found. The Roman Empire and Roman civilization ceased to exist after nearly 15 centuries and nearly 22 centuries respectively.
#Romans #constantinople #byzantineempire #history #histodons

Justinian I reigned as emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565 CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Justinian_I/ #History #AnastasiosI #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineEmpire

TIL on @Wikipedia that OTD in 878 the city of Syracuse fell during the #Muslim conquest of the island of Sicily, then part of the #ByzantineEmpire. 👉 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Sicily

The kicker was in the list of belligerents; the #Byzantine Empire has assistance from #Venice but the Aghlabid Emirate of Ifriqiya had assistance from (checks notes) the Duchy of #Naples ! 🤔

Never underestimate ‘turf wars’ between factions after #schisms in #Christianity -for-profit!

The cataclysmic end of the Roman Empire in the West has tended to mask the underlying features of continuity. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2027/continuity-and-change-after-the-fall-of-the-roman/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #Christianity #RomanEmpire

Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1980/trade--warfare-in-the-kievan-rus/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #KievanRus #VarangianGuard

In 1204 CE the unthinkable happened and Constantinople, after nine centuries of withstanding all comers, was brutally sacked. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1188/1204-the-sack-of-constantinople/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineEmpire #ByzantineGovernment

Mehmed II (1432-1481 CE), also known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was the seventh and among the greatest sultans of the Ottoman Empire. https://www.worldhistory.org/Mehmed_II/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #Constantinople #EmpireofTrebizond

In 1204 CE the unthinkable happened and Constantinople, after nine centuries of withstanding all comers, was brutally sacked. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1188/1204-the-sack-of-constantinople/ #History #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineEmpire #ByzantineGovernment

https://www.worldhistory.org/Western_Roman_Empire/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #Diocletian #RomanEmpire

Daily life in the Byzantine Empire, like almost everywhere else before or since, largely depended on one's birth and the social circumstances of one's parents. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1220/daily-life-in-the-byzantine-empire/ #History #ByzantineCoinage #ByzantineEmperor #ByzantineEmpire

https://www.worldhistory.org/Western_Roman_Empire/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #Diocletian #RomanEmpire