Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

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Small entities might once again need to relearn how to hedge between great powers. One forgotten highborn woman from history provides some ancient realist lessons.

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The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

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The new government coalition provides an opportunity to address Belgium’s fiscal challenges, although the trade-offs between budgetary consolidation and the administration’s social and ...

But the most significant discovery lies in the margins, where handwritten notes from the 14th century provide firsthand accounts of events during the Byzantine Empire. One note, written in the early ...