The Ravenna Mosaics and What to Expect (Special Edition Article)

Posted by Powee Celdran  “God is in the mosaics of Ravenna” -Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) Welcome to another article by the Byzantium Blogger! Alright, so this is my first travel article for this blog site; however, I already do travel articles with my other site, Far and Away, but since this is mostly about the artContinue reading “The Ravenna Mosaics and What to Expect (Special Edition Article)”

The 94 Emperors of Byzantium and their Intriguing Tales

Posted by Powee Celdran  “Glory to God who has thought me worthy to finish this work. Solomon, I have outdone you.” -Emperor Justinian I (527-565) Hello again and welcome to another article by The Byzantium Blogger! Here is another article on the Byzantine Empire and this time about the long history of the Eastern RomanContinue reading “The 94 Emperors of Byzantium and their Intriguing Tales”

Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire (A review on Judith Herrin’s “Byzantium”)

Posted by Powee Celdran “In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel’s notion of the longue durée, the long term: that which survives the vicissitudes of changing governments, newfangled fashions or technological improvements, an ongoing inheritance that can both imprison and inspire.” -Judith Herrin, on Byzantium Hello everyone and welcome back to myContinue reading “Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire (A review on Judith Herrin’s “Byzantium”)”

10 Greatest Special Forces in History

Posted by Powee Celdran Welcome back to another article by the Byzantium Blogger! Now this time, I will return to one of my most talked about subjects… historical warfare. More than 5000 years of history was dominated by warfare which led to the formation and fall of kingdoms and empires. History has been decided onContinue reading “10 Greatest Special Forces in History”

7 Reasons to be Interested in Byzantium

Posted by Powee Celdran  Hello everyone and welcome back to my personal blog site! It’s been more than 3 years since I last published something here, but now I’m back. For now, the topic will not be so much like the usual military history analyses, my bathroom art, or historical figures collection. This time, IContinue reading “7 Reasons to be Interested in Byzantium”

Byzantine naval warfare, siege weapons, battle tactics

Posted by Powee Celdran  “The Greeks began to fling their fire all around; and the Rusii seeing the flames threw themselves in haste from their ships, preferring to be drowned in the water rather than burned alive in the fire.” -Liutprand of Cremona on Greek Fire, 941 As I have written a long post onContinue reading “Byzantine naval warfare, siege weapons, battle tactics”

Military figures sketches- Byzantium

Posted by Powee Celdran  For another time, I am back blogging about the amazing world of Byzantium, this time it would be plainly focusing on Byzantium’s interesting and very detailed military. he military was one of the major and most important parts in the history and civilisation of Byzantium. The Byzantine Empire, which lasted forContinue reading “Military figures sketches- Byzantium”

Byzantium- architecture, fashion, arts

Posted by Powee Celdran I am once again back on blogging, and my first time to blog in 2015, and as I said I would continue my historical blogging especially about Byzantium. Once again, I am back discussing the grew powerful Byzantine Empire, which lasted for about 1000 years. This time the topic would notContinue reading “Byzantium- architecture, fashion, arts”