A big current question is climate change.  This seems very contemporary , so it comes as a bit of a surprise to open the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire at Chapter 9 and find Gibbon discussing climate change and referring to a series of other writers on the subject.  It seems that quite

When Rome was just a rustic settlement a trouble only to, and only troubled by, its nearest neighbours in the centre of  Italy, far away to the east the Persians ruled a great empire.  This empire had possessions on three continents and  controlled a huge territory right up to the borders of India and including

The assertion of authority by the Senate was to prove short lived.  Even while Maximus had been in the field against Maximin, there had been trouble in Rome between the Praetorians and the people, and blood had been shed.  The rule of Maximus and Balbinus was soon brought to an end by the now standard

It didn’t occur to me until I came across this blog post over on the dependable Mybyzantine blog, that I had never read any Turkish historian’s account of anything about either the Ottoman or the Byzantine Empires. Proverbs6to10 has now put this right by posting an article from GÖKNUR AKÇADAĞ.  I have to be honest

With almost no cinema distribution and with the sales of the DVD virtually non-existent, Agora will probably vanish almost without a trace, not unlike its main character. The life of an historical figure few have heard of seems not to be a commercial proposition even when it gets generally good reviews on film buff blogs. 

Byzantine fashion is a coming trend….. The fashion world has latched onto the sumptious and sensuous world of Byzantine dress and art.