A short history of Byzantium: No. 9 Is Emperor Constantine a saint or sinner?
Constantine, without a doubt in my humble opinion, was a very strange man. Don’t get me wrong, he was anContinue Reading
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A new Crimean War in the making?
A little over two weeks ago, on March 1st, the Russian parliament authorised Putin to deploy Russian troops in theContinue Reading
Amazing Women Who Inspire Us: Anne Frank
International Women’s Day is held every year around the world on the 8th March. Between now and then in anticipation ofContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 8 The first council of Nicaea and its groundbreaking statement on faith.
Just as Constantine had consolidated his power, and the Empire had come together politically, a new deadly heresy threatened to permanentlyContinue Reading
Anyone for Soup? Andy Warhol and ‘The Factory’ production line!
The expression (and I am paraphrasing here) “everyone wants be famous for 15 minutes” was credited to Andy Warhol. WasContinue Reading
Queen of France and England: Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very wealthy woman and one of the most powerful and influential women of the twelfthContinue Reading
Amazing Women Who Inspire Us: Diane, Princess of Wales and Jane McGarth
Diana, Princess of Wales Let me start by telling you the reader I am not a royalist. In 1981, whenContinue Reading
The Portrait Statue of the Four Tetrarchs.
In my humble opinion, I believe that more than any other empire in history, both Rome and Byzantium are bestContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No.7 Nova Roma (Constantinople).
In around 1000 AD, Constantinople was arguably the greatest city in the Mediterranean world, if not the entire world. Trade,Continue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 6 Master of the Universe!
For quite some time, the boorish Maximinus Daia stylised himself in the vain of Augustus in the Asiatic east. HeContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 