The Fall of Constantinople and the Making of a Myth www.medievalists.net/2026/09/the-... #Byzantium

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Also accessible online
#Byzantium #Manuscripts #Monachism

crowds were trapped in the Hippodrome and thousands killed; Procopius gave a toll near 30,000. Justinian also enforced Christian orthodoxy: pagans faced legal restrictions, Athens’ Neoplatonic school closed, and Miaphysite clergy faced periods of persecution. #byzantium #justinian

I wrote up some reflection thoughts on the International Congress of Byzantine Studies 2026, and some of the challenges facing us as a field (some of which we're facing up to better than others):
exilian.co.uk/forum/index....

#History #Byzantium #Byzantine #Medieval

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#Byzantine Ceremonial Reconstruction Project: A visual reconstruction based on the De Ceremoniis (Book I, Chapter 43: The Investiture of a Caesar) Page 12-13. The full series and annotations will be updated on my blog. #byzantium

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𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝘆𝘇𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘇𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿
𝗘𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗭𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴
Michael Altripp

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#Byzantine #Art #ArtHistory #Christianity #ChristianArt #ByzantineEmpire #Byzantium

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youtu.be/0zQARTBEdAg

I don't recall ever being this lost when making a video

Maybe some historians can clear it up

#OneTakeMan #InOneTake #AltHist #AltHistory #AlternateHistory #Christian #Christianity #HistoryOfChristianity #EarlyChristianity #RomanEmpire #Byzantium #History

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Can an empire ever truly restore its past, or does every “restoration” inevitably create something new?

www.diggingupthepast.net/p/the-empero...

#ancient #history #byzantine #rome #roman #romanempire #imperialrome #justinian #holyroman #greek #byzantium #constantinople

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07.09.2026 off #Skaw #Skagen #DK #Denmark

#Russia -outbound #Tanker #Byzantium 9388728 getting service by LN Commander #LNCommander 9905849 ( #LNSupplyShips #LNSS #DKBiz)