Roman bronze of Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Epfig NGC

Theodora was wife to Constantius I Chlorus.

In the year 330, Constantine the Great-established a city on the Bosporus, what had been a sleepy town called Byzantium. He christened the new city, New Rome, but it came to be known as the City of...

Constantine II was the first son of Constantine the Great and his second wife, Fausta. He was born in the purple that is, his father was Augustus when he came into the world and he grew up a spoiled,...

Anastatius came to the throne at the age of 61 after being chosen by the wife of his predecessor, Zeno. He is often recognized as the first Byzantine emperor. His reign was characterised by...

Marican reversed many of the actions of Theodosius II in the Eastern Roman Empire's relationship with the Huns under Attila and in religious matters. In 452, while Attila was raiding Italy, then a...