George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife ... survived its losses but had a resurgence in the 9th to 11th centuries, with a revival of classical Hellenic art and ...

Silk production and trade became an important part of the Byzantine economy from the 6th century on. The 4th and early 6th centuries were a time of active long distance trade. During the year 306 CE, ...