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Byzantine Empire is not a museum theme, its legacy couldn't be more alive. Church of Saints Anargyroi, Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece. Built in the 11th-century, renovated in the late 12th by the locals, Theodoros Limniotis and his wife Anna Radini. https://t.co/mvYcecdyAO

Faces of Byzantion... https://t.co/V8G9n2TgaB

A “Byzantine Outpost” by Edmund Chan (1/3) https://t.co/eHAqblDe0k

Byzantine civilisation is closely associated with fortifications. The mighty Theodosian Walls guarded Constantinople for a millennium. Cities, by definition, had circuits of walls; the countryside is littered with towers. But what of Byzantine castles? 🧵 https://t.co/UloL0sPAGN

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If only you knew how different things could have been. https://t.co/7rIdT5p888

Saint Gregory the Theologian and a young Rhomaios aristocrat donor. 11th-12th century. https://t.co/eXObhqojrK

Jerusalem has frozen the bank accounts of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which represents roughly half of Palestinian Christians and is one of the largest landholders in Israel. The Knesset, for example, is built on land leased from the Orthodox Church. The Patriarchate manages not only churches but also... See more

Welcome new followers! 👋 Allow me to introduce myself. I am a historian of the sixth-century Roman world and I post about all things Roman/Byzantine. My interests range from the founding of Rome to the fall of Constantinople. https://t.co/aAyVvvVB8S