Empress Irene of Athens, a pivotal figure in Byzantine history, navigated a world of political intrigue and religious ...

You'll have to pardon those slightly sardonic quotes, because I'm afraid this is that kind of story: a bit iconoclastic, and likely to provoke ... a lifelong student of the byzantine inner workings of ...

Coin with a depiction of Byzas, the legendary ancient Greek founder of Byzantium, from the second or third century CE. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Byzantium was one of the most important ...