The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

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Meet Belisarius, the legendary general known as "The Emperor’s Sword." Discover how his loyalty to Emperor Justinian and his ...

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

A Byzantine military manual referred to Britons as being good fighters in woodland, and there is evidence that then-Emperor Justinian was ... fought for the Byzantium Empire (Getty Images) Dr ...

In the 6th century AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - including Italy, North Africa and Rome itself - that ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine, Constantine XI Palaiologos (Feb. 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453), dubbed the last Christian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year's greetings in two years. The Emperor and other members of the Imperial family ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his hope that people will work together to overcome challenges such as natural disasters and rising living costs in his New Year address released Wednesday. Voicing ...

Emperor Naruhito, in his New Year's thoughts released through the Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday, expressed hope for world peace the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II is marked ...

He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 491 to 518 CE ... Anastasius introduced several important reforms, including a new tax system, which helped stabilise the empire’s economy. His fiscal ...