The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

Michael III, the "Alcoholic" Byzantine Emperor, ruled surprisingly well despite his controversial behavior and personal ...

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting ... the Western world awoke and arose. Some kinder 20th-century scholars have offered modest corrections to the ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by ... With the revival of art and learning well underway by the late 9th century, the empire entered a military and economic golden age during ...

At the turn of the third century. In the late summer of Constantine's reign, "New Rome" appeared on the scene - an incredible Christian city with monumental architecture, immense wealth, and great ...

in the 9th century B.C., is home to ruins from the Hellenistic (Greek empire built by Alexander the Great), Roman and Byzantine (eastern Roman empire) eras. Stroll through Ancient Thera and you'll ...