This series has sixteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Necessary Legal Reform.IntroductionJustinian's rule within the first
Constantinople’s Population
Since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial
Constantinople’s Main Buildings
The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length and one hundred in breadth.Constantinople Founded, featuring a
Constantinople’s First Day
Among the great cities of the ancient world its size was smaller than Babylon and Thebes. It yields to ancient Rome, to the 18th. century London, and
Nature Provided the Seat of a Great Empire
When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosporus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply
Constantinople Founded
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Start With a Great Harbor.IntroductionEdward Gibbon is the gold
Greek Commerce Ruined
The ruin of the Greek commerce and manufactures has been ascribed to the transference of the silk trade from Thebes and Corinth to Palermo, under the
Emperor Manuel’s Military Policy
Featuring an excerpt from A History of Greece from the Roman Conquest to the Present Time by George Finlay published in 1877.Previously in Roger
Roger Ravages the Byzantine Empire
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Byzantine Empire Circa 1100.IntroductionGeorge Finlay (1799 –