we mentioned the Akritai (or Akritoi), a group of light infantry soldiers who guarded the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire and were recruited from the peasants of the border provinces. Today, ...

Josef H. Blechinger was a German soldier who became one of the greatest heroes of the resistance and saved a Greek town from ...

Through Greek and Arabic medical knowledge, the Byzantines were able to provide medical attention to soldiers and civilians alike. Over a long period of time, the Byzantine economy was one of the most ...

The famous helmet from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may be evidence that Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century, a new study finds.

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.