Bulgaria

Enigmatic Istanbul is an endless story. It’s the story of Istanbul’s many names, the story of settling the city, ‘Opposite the blind’. Although these two stories might be enough for some, for others they...

Ancient history as commonly retold in European and American societies is pervaded by a great and deluding absence. When it suits us, we can easily turn that absence into a bogeyman and we show...

And after this there will arise another king from the western city of Epidamnos, which is in Latin Dyracchium. The name of the king is hidden from the gentiles, but his name resembles the...

The oracle was written at or near Heliopolis not long after 502. It certainly predates the death of Anastasius, but it also prophesies that Constantinople would undergo a massive disaster in 510, so it...

In Africa and Egypt, what had long been an uneasy peace suddenly erupted into war when a group of five Moorish nations left their normal haunts in the desert and invaded the peaceful and...

The three years spent at Nicomedia while attaining his majority were in many ways a period of frustration for Constantine. For although he was honored by being in the Emperor’s own household, he would...

“Congratulations upon your appointment as an officer of the Imperial Guard,” he said. “It is said in Nicomedia that the Emperor favors you and that you will rise fast.”When Constantine’s face showed his surprise,...