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

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, which he founded in 1968, presented more than 50 of his plays, among them “My Head Was a Sledgehammer” and “Permanent Brain Damage.” By Anita Gates ...

He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 491 to 518 CE ... Anastasius introduced several important reforms, including a new tax system, which helped stabilise the empire’s economy. His fiscal ...

This was truly a golden age of military strength and administrative brilliance that helped the Byzantine Empire shape the mediaeval Mediterranean world. Replica of a miniature of Emperor Basil II in ...