2 Comments TIL that Argos is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe. This Greek settlement has been inhabited for at least 7000 years, and has been under Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Venetian and Ottoman rule. Significant ancient monuments remain there today. by whatilearned January 23, 2022, 4:29 pm 4 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that after a Byzantine army was destroyed at Pliska (811), Byzantine soldiers broke into the tomb of the iconoclast Constantine V (died 775), who was reviled by the church for his heresy but revered by the army for his victories, and begged the dead emperor to arise and lead them once again by whatilearned January 9, 2022, 5:22 pm 10 Points Upvote Downvote
Ancient alcohol: World’s largest Byzantine winepresses uncovered in Israel by HistoryBuff October 12, 2021, 9:01 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that the last recorded member of the Palaiologos dynasty, rulers of the Byzantine Empire from 1259 until its fall to the Ottomans in 1453, was a woman named Godscall Paleologue who was born in London in 1694. Nothing else is known about her. by whatilearned July 29, 2021, 4:45 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Dose anyone here know more about a Byzantine General Called Germanus (He’s Justinian’s Cousin) by HistoryBuff July 17, 2021, 4:11 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL of John Argyropoulos, an important Byzantine scholar and driving force of the Italian Renaissance who died because he ate too much watermelon. by whatilearned July 11, 2021, 1:09 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL the Crusaders planned to finance the Fourth Crusade by stopping first in Constantinople, to assist in a coup. When they were not fairly compensated by the new Byzantine Emporer, they seized control of the city and surrounding territory. Establishing the short-lived Latin Empire (1204-1261). by whatilearned June 24, 2021, 2:38 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that the first major wave of the bubonic plague was the Justinianic plague of 541-547 A.D. It is named after the Byzantine emperor at the time; Justinian I. The disease killed 20% of the imperial capital and the ensuing pandemic is believed to have killed 25%-60% of Europe’s population. by whatilearned April 9, 2021, 2:07 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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