Visiting, meditating or praying in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom in Greek) is aesthetically and emotionally exhilarating. Built by the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I between 532 and 537 A.D.

Researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) have discovered an early Christian Basilica in Aquileia, Italy. The church flaunts a monumental ...

The period from the late fourth to the sixth century C.E. saw the collapse of the Roman empire in the West, and the emergence of the Eastern or “Byzantine” empire, with a distinctive culture that ...

Researchers built the most complete Roman road map ever made, charting nearly 186,000 miles across Europe, North Africa, and ...

Justinian's accomplishments in military affairs, the law, and the arts were among the greatest of the Byzantine empire. He reclaimed most of the territory of the Roman empire, codified the old Roman ...

In 552 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire launched a final offensive to retake Italy from the Ostrogoths. Led by the general Narses, the Roman forces confronted King Totila near the town of Taginae. What ...