The Byzantine Empire faced numerous challenges, forcing many Greeks to employ genius tactics to defend the Empire.

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

but it seemed to have been modeled after chain mail worn by some soldiers in the Byzantine army at that time. The gold- and jewel-encrusted Sutton Hoo helmet, too, may not look very Roman at first ...

“This is the largest and most significant site discovered in the region from the Roman and Byzantine periods,” say excavation managers Shira Lifshitz and Maayan Margulis in the statemen ...