Greetings all,
In the news, a nice article about the Varangian Guard:
Always good to see information out there!
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
Friday, September 27, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Greetings all,
In the news, a Byzantine Church has been discovered in Israel:
Interestingly, this church seems to be one of the sites depicted in the Madaba Map mosaic from the 6th century AD, which depicted the Jerusalem area.
The
church itself featured a lovely circular mosaic, and interestingly a
medallion of the Greek Goddess Tyche. Coins discovered at the church
site date
from the 6th to the 8th centuries.
Rather fascinating that archaeology is still going on such a tense part of the world!
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Greetings all,
Today we commemorate the life of the Emperor John VII Palaiologos
who passed on September 22nd in 1408 AD:
He was supposed to become the Eastern Roman Emperor but was deposed by his uncle Manuel
II. John VII never gave up claim to the throne and the two had a
difficult relationship.
However, John VII successfully defended
Constantinople for over three years against a long Ottoman siege while
Manuel II went to Europe for military aid. After the siege ended John
VII was given rule over Thessalonica as "Emperor of all the Thessaly"
and there John VII proved to be an able and well liked ruler.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
Monday, September 9, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Greetings all,
Today
we commemorate with sadness the removal of Romulus Augustus as the
final Emperor of the Western Emperor on September 4th in 476 AD:
Popularly
known as "Romulus Augustulus" because of his young age, his life was
actually spared by the barbarian general Ordoacer. Romulus was granted a
stipend equal to the annual income of a wealthy Senator, and he retired
to the Villa of Lucullus in Naples. Little is known of his life after
that. It is commonly thought he may have eventually become a monk, and
he may well have lived to see the return of Roman rule to Italy when the
Byzantines returned in the time of Justinian the Great.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Greetings all,
Today we celebrate the Byzantine victory at the Battle of
Lalakon, fought between Byzantine and Arab forces on September 3rd in
863 AD:
Abbasid Caliphate forces had invaded northern Turkey, and
reached the Black Sea.
The Byzantines marshaled their forces and encircled the Arab army near
the river Lalakon. The Byzantine forces were victorious and the Arab
emir was killed. The Byzantines were thereafter able to mount a
counteroffensive across the border. The Byzantine victories were
decisive and paved the way for the Empire's ascendancy in the East, and
the generals that won the victory were granted a triumphal entrance into
Constantinople.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
Mezazon
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