Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire ... the empire’s thousand years was the Nika revolt of 532, when Justinian the Great, at the urging of Empress Theodora, sent soldiers ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have unearthed five gold coins dating to the time of the emperor Justinian the Great (ruled from A.D. 527 to 565). Although it is not unusual to discover coins during ...

A mosaic depicting the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (left ... The pan-Mediterranean empire Justinian forged gradually disintegrated after his death in 565, and the economic connections that ...

She was the daughter of a bear trainer and made a living as an actress and (very likely) a sex worker before catching the eye of the soon-to-be Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire.

A Byzantine military manual referred to Britons as being good fighters in woodland, and there is evidence that then-Emperor Justinian was ... fought for the Byzantium Empire (Getty Images) Dr ...

The symbol of Western Civilization, the Acropolis' Parthenon was converted to a Christian church for almost a millennium, ...

Judith and Elizabeth, twins of Sir Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet of Lamport in Northamptonshire, were both buried in Westminster Abbey. Their mother was the Baronet's first wife Jane, daughter of Sir ...