Ancient Rome

The Byzantine Empire

It is not possible to effectually distinguish between the later empire in Rome and the Byzantine empire centered around Constantinople. For the Byzantines were the Roman Empire, not simply a continuation of it in the East. The capital city, Constantinople, had been founded as the capital of Rome by the Emperor Constantine, but a uniquely Greek or B...

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The City of Rome

ROME, Caput Mundi during the Roman Empire, capital of Italy since 1870, home of the Catholic Church and the Italian government, is placed on the banks of the Tiber, there where the river, running weakly among the seven hills, creates vast meanders which originate little plains....

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The Atrium: For Devotees of Ancient Greece & Rome

The latest incarnation of the Atrium, your portal to the worlds of Greece and Rome....

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Maps and Codices of the Roman Empire

A few maps of parts of Rome and the provinces. With a timeline of the Roman Empire....

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A Chronology of Early Byzantine History

Includes a LIST OF BYZANTINE EMPERORS. Timothy E. Gregory...

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