Posted by Powee Celdran “In front of the palace, the emperor ordered the criminal’s hands to be cut off and his eyes put out. I enquired why they did not put him to death, and they replied that the emperor could not order his soul to be destroyed.” -Pero Tafur, Travels Volume 17, 1437 Welcome to another ByzantineContinue reading “Byzantine Life- Crime, Punishment, Heresy, and Medical Practice”
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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”)”
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”
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