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1 day ago · The Arch of Constantine is an architectural marvel, standing 21 meters (69 feet) tall, 25.9 meters (85 feet) wide, and 7.4 meters (24 feet) deep. It features three main archways, with the central one being the largest at 11.5 meters (37.7 feet) high and 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) wide. The arch is constructed from large blocks of white marble and ...
2 days ago · with Konstantios (1060–1078), Andronikos (1068–1070s) and Constantine Doukas (1074–78; 1st time) [r] Son of Constantine X; made co-emperor in 1060 with Eudokia and Romanos IV. Proclaimed sole emperor after Romanos' defeat at the Battle of Manzikert. c. 1050 – c. 1090.
6 days ago · Memory of Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen. May 21, 2024 | 09:47. in Carousel Front Page, Spirituality. The Church calls Saint Constantine (306-337) “the Equal of the Apostles,” and historians call him “the Great.”. He was the son of the Caesar Constantius Chlorus (305-306), who governed the lands of Gaul and Britain.
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2 days ago · The Eastern Roman Empire, called the Byzantine Empire by later historians, continued until the reign of Constantine XI Palaiologos. The last Roman emperor died in battle in 1453 against Mehmed II and his Ottoman forces during the siege of Constantinople.
5 days ago · To the Romans, Hibernia was an almost mystical place, thought to have been located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, between Britain and Spain. When the Emperor Claudius sanctioned the invasion of Britain in AD 43, which was followed by several years of native resistance, the Hibernians likely played a part in defending against Roman advancement.
3 days ago · Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (/ t aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə s /, ty-BEER-ee-əs; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded his stepfather Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC to Roman politician Tiberius Claudius Nero and his wife, Livia Drusilla. In 38 BC, Tiberius ...
5 days ago · Steven Runciman’s classic Fall of Constantinople lays great stress on the heroic last stand of Emperor Constantine XI on the Land Walls in 1453 but that emphasis can be misleading for two reasons. First, much of Runciman’s narrative was based on the late and unreliable work of pseudo-Sphrantzes and secondly the open military defiance of the ...
