The vast number of surviving Byzantine coins attests to the level of trade across the empire. Controlled and supervised by the emperor, the producers of coins took care to represent his authority and ...

This myth is sometimes expanded to include Emperor Constantine as some driving political force behind the formation of the canon. This, in actuality, is almost certainly a fable. Dive into the ...

In fact the festival of Christ's birth wasn't invented until 312AD, and not by a peaceful disciple, but by a military leader, the Roman Emperor Constantine. Following his battlefield conversion ...

Emperor Heraclius had attempted to resolve ... and were arrested by Constans for holding the council without his authority. Constantine IV finally decided to settle the issue, having dealt with ...