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Date: 23 July 2010 Comments
Clothing in Byzantium

Byzantine culture was the mix of east and west. That why the style of clothing wasnt worn only in the city of Byzantium. When Byzantium became the capital of the Roman Empire, their clothing style were followed also in Italy and Greece. Byzantine had in the beginning the exact same style of a garment by Roman traditions. Change of clothing has began in Byzantium in the fourth century with the end of the Roman Empire. Socioeconomic status, occupation, gender and [...]

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Date: 14 July 2010 Comments
Latin Empire and the State of Nicaea

It is an important part on the Byzantine Empire that Constantinople was occupied by Latinos. Because the empire’s capital, for the first time was passed into the hands of foreigners since it was established and the Byzantine monarchy was displaced. Byzantines lived outside the capital in disgrace about 57 years. 30.000 armed men can take a city but that was rare to completely take over an empire. Latins immediately had begun to settle into the city and Baldwin was chosen [...]

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Date: 12 July 2010 Comments
Constantinople Streets and Squares

There are not so much source regarding the streets of Constantinople reached today. Can be known for certain is Mese Street a road more than a hundred meters what called today Divan Yolu. When Teodosius and Constantine were arrengement the ways of the city, at the time Mese Street was already existed. In fact, this street was in the east end point of the old Roman road Via Egnatia which lies along the Balkan peninsula through the wall of [...]

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Date: 5 July 2010 Comments
The Greek Fire or Grejuva

Greek fire was the Byzantine defense system used for many years, the Byzantine navy ships to attack the enemies ships and used catapults to throw enemies which for centuries was proud of their secret weapons. When the first siege of Constantinople by the Arabs, Kallinikos came from in the Syrian city of Heliopolis to help defend the City. He wrote the first formula in September 671. These formulas have created then was moved [...]

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Date: 5 July 2010 Comments
Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia
When Hagia Sophia represents Hagia Sophia Church, Hagia Sophia Mosque or Hagia Sophia Museum is not appropriate to add the term. And beliefs of different societies because it has sheltered for centuries, sightseeing aroused great respect for anyone in a place like sky. Sometimes an emperor was crowned and received the title of the empire, sometimes sermons had a sultan, and sometimes even used in a baptism of a Byzantine and was used as tomb for Henricus Dandola.
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Date: 25 June 2010 Comments
Education in the Byzantine Empire

In the Byzantine Empire, there are many work about  architecture, military , the palace and pray but does not have enough resources about how was education. Indeed, the resources are in this regard is almost negligible. In this case, education was given by whom, where and how the questions are waiting to be discovered. But we know that the educational heritage of Constantinopole comes from Athens, Alexandria and Antioch.
Is the most important issues of education was teaching Greek and Latin. [...]

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