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Name. Usage of the term "Greek fire" has been general in English and most other languages since the Crusades, but original Byzantine sources called the substance a variety of names, such as "sea fire" (Medieval Greek: πῦρ θαλάσσιον pŷr thalássion), "Roman fire" (πῦρ ῥωμαϊκόν pŷr rhōmaïkón), "war fire" (πολεμικὸν πῦρ polemikòn pŷr), "liquid fire ...
Suda. The Suda or Souda ( / ˈsuːdə /; Medieval Greek: Σοῦδα, romanized : Soûda; Latin: Suidae Lexicon) [1] is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας). It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with ...
This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period. Each weapon is organized according to their purpose in battle. Each weapon is organized according to their purpose in battle. Offensive weapons [ edit ]
Ionic or Ionian Greek (Ancient Greek: Ἰωνική, romanized: Iōnikḗ) was a subdialect of the Eastern or Attic–Ionic dialect group of Ancient Greek.The Ionic group traditionally comprises three dialectal varieties that were spoken in Euboea (West Ionic), the northern Cyclades (Central Ionic), and from c. 1000 BC onward in Asiatic Ionia (East Ionic), where Ionian colonists from Athens ...
Greek Civil War (1945–1949) Korean War (1950–1953) Kosovo Force; 21st century. Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2011 Libyan civil war; List of fortifications in Greece Medieval period Byzantine. Monemvasia; Mistra; Castle of Zarnata; Frankish and Crusader. Passavas; Beaufort; Tigani; Grand Magne, among several castles referred to as Kastro tis Orias
Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. 14th-century Greek writers (2 C, 13 P) 15th-century Greek writers (1 C, 27 P)
Medieval Greek marriage and family life. The Byzantine Greeks (or Byzantines) were the Greek people of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. [1] They lived in the lands of the Byzantine Empire, then called the Eastern Roman Empire, like Greece, Asia Minor and Cyprus. They spoke medieval Greek, preserved Greek culture, obeyed Roman law and ...
