Kulikowski follows up his impressive The Triumph of Empire, on the two centuries from Hadrian to Constantine the Great, with this equally valuable look at the two centuries that followed, during which ...

Constantine's death would drive a crack through the Roman Empire, splitting it into West and East. Over the next several hundred years, parts of it would even fall to foreign invaders.

The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

Christianity rapidly spread afterward, becoming the official religion of the empire in 380 A.D. Constantine is especially significant to the Greek Orthodox Church, which canonized him for his ...