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How Norman mercenaries toppled Byzantine Italy, the rise of the Hauteville dynasty and the Kingdom of Sicily

From a single act of daring combat at the walls of Syracuse to the founding of a Norman kingdom in the Mediterranean, the ...
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Rare Portrait of the Last Byzantine Emperor Unearthed in Stunning Greek Find

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery in ...
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Constantine VII: The Byzantine Emperor Who Preferred Books to Battles

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...
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Byzantine Viking Warriors – The Varangian Guard

Long-haired Norsemen with gold-gilded axes once guarded emperors in Constantinople. The Varangian Guard wasn’t just elite—they were legendary. South braces for 'potentially catastrophic' winter storm ...
Archaeology

Portrait of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greece

AIGIALEIA, GREECE—ArtNet News reports that a portrait of the Byzantine emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was discovered during restoration work at the Holy Monastery of Pammegiston Taxiarchon in ...