1 minThe oldest depiction of the Devil in art dates back to the Byzantine eraThe oldest representations of Lucifer in art date back to the Byzantine era. In the church of Saint Apollinarius in Ravenna is a...
1 minThe "democracy" of the Byzantine state.In Byzantium, the concept of the kingdom was not based on the Western feudal patterns we are familiar with today through movies and...
1 minCypriots still use the Byzantine Greek word for cabbage.In Cyprus they call the cabbage, krabi (κραμπί) In the Byzantine times it was called Kramvee (κραμβή) According to Byzantine sources, the...
1 minAn ingenious Byzantine PadlockByzantine Bronze Mare and Foal Lock 8th-12th century AD . A padlock in the form of a mare standing with flexed front legs, giving birth...
1 minThe Great Anastasian wall of the Byzantines.The unknown Αnastasian wall. The 2nd largest wall in European history We all more or less know about the Theodosian walls of...