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Memorializing Eastern Roman civilization and the city of Constantinople. Follow & turn on notifications for academically sourced “Byzantine” history! 🇺🇸/🇬🇷

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1Jun 24, '23Imagine if the Roman Hippodrome of Constantinople was still in modern-day Istanbul? Well this recreation created by Dogukan Palaman is a great attempt! Wouldn’t that be awesome?73.1×827k3.7k449180
3Apr 27, '24For 700 years arguably the best way for a Roman Emperor to prove himself was to defeat their eternal rival - the Persians. Before Constantine the Great died, he had “began preparin43.6×493k1.5k113326
4Dec 29, '22“In the days of Justinian, ships around Constantinople were terrorized on & off for over 50 years by a whale whom locals called Porphyrios, presumably from the dark-wine color 39.9×451k3.3k404278
5Sep 30, '24Can we stop this ahistorical lie? Why do people pretend as if Europeans invented conquest & imperialism? That’s the most Eurocentric view I’ve ever heard. Conquering & expl35.1×397k4k6541.2k
7Oct 24, '24Apparently Albanians built the Hagia Sophia! 😂30.8×348k3.6k159185
8Oct 16, '25You gotta admit Venice had a cool flag29×328k11k758946
9Jul 25, '25Who was the greatest Roman to ever walk this earth?28×317k1.8k77187
10Jan 3, '25If you are the Roman Emperor in Constantinople in 1452, what do you do to fix this situation?27.5×311k2.2k122384
11Nov 18, '23Why did the Greeks never accept Latin as their language? They believed their language was superior: “Greek is the most pleasant language and the most fitting for humans. If you obs26.6×300k2.2k359379
12May 6, '24Andronikos II Palaiologos was desperate to save Anatolia, and hired the Catalan Grand Company. “The Catalans performed some remarkable feats of arms against the Turks and showed wh26.1×295k2.1k366801
13Jul 30, '25So many people incorrectly pretend as if Europeans invented conquest and imperialism. That’s the most Eurocentric view I’ve ever heard. Conquest and exploitation is part of GLOBAL 23.7×268k3.5k5281.1k
14Jan 15, '23City we dislike: Venice City we think is overrated: Rome City we like: Antioch City we love: Thessaloniki City we feel most ourself in: Constantinople City we still need to visit: 23.2×263k1.5k12364
15Nov 16, '23My favorite photo of Thessaloniki is the one which shows the Roman sea walls intact21.7×245k3k395245
16Oct 24, '25An epic depiction of the Spanish Conquistadors in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan21×237k7.2k526986
17Jan 12, '23I really find the mosaics in the mausoleum of Galla Placididia in Ravenna to be quite mesmerizing. Helps me imagine how amazing the mosaics in Constantinople must have been!20.4×230k2.8k435119
18Aug 10, '23Why is the Hippodrome of Constantinople mostly gone in present-day Istanbul? It took centuries for this structure to be removed. It was a GIGANTIC building. Think how hard it would20.3×230k1.9k291292
19Aug 14, '23It is very interesting that there is a mosaic depiction of Constantinople in Westminster Cathedral in London. Perhaps a form of credit for the neo-Byzantine architectural style of 20×226k3.3k459148
20Jun 22, '25Very few towns have their medieval character and sea walls well-preserved and intact like Monemvasia. A window into what a medieval Roman coastal town looked like!19.5×220k4.8k5231.1k
21Jul 18, '25The Roman Empire is the only state that ever ruled the entire Mediterranean, and did so for centuries!19.3×218k3.4k186187
22Apr 13, '24Today in 1204 a relatively small army of Crusaders and Venetians took control of the Queen of Cities. The Romans gave up the fight, and gave in. In 717-718 Constantinople resisted 19.2×217k1.6k198509
23Nov 13, '25Is this the most funny looking country ever or what?18.9×214k2.1k60179
24Dec 9, '23I think I have an idea how it happened!18.5×210k1.5k112124
25Mar 4, '24All aboard the Imperial Air Force One, the jet of the Basileus17.2×195k3.7k288270
26Oct 4, '24Why do we call the post-476 Romans “Byzantines?” Politics! After 800AD, many in the West called them Greeks for about a millennium! The independence of Greece in the 19th century m17.1×193k2.2k288728
27Nov 9, '25My favorite photo of Thessaloniki is this old one which shows the Roman sea walls intact (colorized)15.8×179k5.8k400500
28Oct 6, '23The Theodosian walls were famously impressive and “they could hold off any conventional attack…But they had not been built to withstand bombardment by heavy artillery…” When the Ot15.1×171k1.8k245294
29Aug 8, '25Throwback to when I was told Albanians built the Hagia Sophia 🤦🏻‍♂️😂14.7×166k3.7k142178
30Sep 14, '23“A staggering 200,000 people, it has been calculated, met a violent death in the Colosseum alone, and there were similar, smaller, arenas in every major city of the Empire.” That’s14.1×159k1.6k221166
31Nov 25, '23The imperial door of the Hagia Sophia, where the Emperor and his retinue would enter the Church. Above the door is the mosaic of Leo VI13.8×156k3.2k448123
32Sep 26, '24The evolution of the Column of Constantine from its founding to its present condition12.9×146k2k228287
34Dec 18, '22The first king to go on a crusade was King Sigurd of Norway, leading an army that sailed all the way to Jerusalem. On the way back, him and his army stopped at Constantinople in 1112.7×144k1.5k148117
35Dec 12, '24A rare and incredible thing! An imperial portrait of the last ever Roman Emperor (1449-1453), Constantine XI Palaiologos, has been found at the Monastery of Taxiarches of Aigialeia12.2×138k2.5k501308
36Mar 16, '25It is very epic that there is a mosaic depiction of Constantinople in the neo-Byzantine Westminster Cathedral in London.11.8×134k5.5k470423
37Feb 9, '25The “Dark Ages”11.4×129k1.8k135171
38May 29, '25“Egypt has ordered the closure of the Monastery of Saint Catherine of Sinai, the world’s oldest continuously functioning Christian monastery.” This Greek Orthodox monastery was bui10.4×118k1.9k660230
39Jul 28, '25An old photo of the Theodosian Walls in a slightly ruined but still quite tremendous state.10.0×113k4.5k359356
40Mar 8, '24Anna Komnene, daughter of Alexios Komnenos, wrote a history of her father called the Alexiad in the 12th century. She was the 1st European female historian EVER: “And at dawn on a 9.9×112k2.4k358315
41Jan 12, '25Christ Pantokrator from the Hagia Sophia. A masterpiece.9.8×111k2.7k271120
44Dec 27, '24The Hagia Sophia was formally inaugurated in Constantinople by the Emperor Justinian and the Patriarch on December 27, 537AD. It was the pinnacle of Greco-Roman engineering. Happy 9.2×104k2k328119
45Mar 26, '25Why do you find Eastern Roman / “Byzantine” history so fascinating? What draws you to it?9.1×102k1.6k133143
46Jun 29, '25Mosaic of the Archangel Gabriel in the Hagia Sophia9.0×102k4.7k559277
47Jul 1, '23This is the marriage ring of a 4th-5th century Roman couple, their inscribed names were Aristophanes & Vigilantia. At this time marriage rings with busts of the couple were com8.8×99k2.2k404112
48Sep 23, '24My parents are in Greece and sent me this picture!8.4×95k2.6k158101
49Dec 27, '23The Hagia Sophia was formally inaugurated by Justinian and the Patriarch on December 27, 537AD. Happy 1486th birthday to the Hagia Sophia!8.2×93k2k41392
50Jul 20, '24The imperial box (Kathisma) of the Hippodrome of Constantinople, as portrayed by the artist Eric Chauvin8.2×93k2.3k282219
52Aug 17, '25The Eastern Roman Empire in 1265 AD7.4×84k2.1k214297
53Mar 17, '24░C░O░N░S░T░A░N░T░I░N░O░P░L░E░I░N░B░I░O░7.4×84k1.9k172140
54Jan 11, '25Even after Constantinople fell in 1453, some Christian resistance persisted in the Aegean against Ottoman expansion! The Greek island of Rhodes was Sultan Mehmed’s next target in 17.4×84k1.6k180395
55Jan 19, '25Aerial section of the Hagia Sophia in the 6th century by artist Julia Lillo7.2×82k2.1k255370
56Jul 26, '25You may not like it, but this what peak political performance looks like:7.1×80k2.8k122108
57Feb 10, '25Fun fact: The Roman Empire was Christian far longer than it was pagan7.0×80k3k222239
58Oct 3, '25A rare and incredible thing! An imperial portrait of the last ever Roman Emperor (1449-1453), Constantine XI Palaiologos, was found at the Monastery of Taxiarches of Aigialeia in G6.9×78k1.8k217251
59Jul 17, '25The walls of Constantinople in modern Istanbul6.7×75k3k167175
60Jul 11, '25The Roman Empire at its greatest extent6.5×73k1.7k189292
62Jul 2, '25View post on X6.3×71k2.5k236127
63Feb 12, '25In the medieval era Anatolia was often simply called “Romania” - land of the Romans.5.9×66k1.8k128147
64Feb 7, '24It’s official, I just found the perfect fence design!5.7×65k2k18977
67Feb 8, '25Happy birthday to Constantine XI Palaiologos. The last Emperor of the Romans! Born February 8, 1405 and died May 29, 14535.6×64k1.8k238117
70Jun 19, '25The Rotunda of Galerius in Thessaloniki5.1×58k2.4k200145
71Apr 19, '25Those poor old walls of Constantinople… It’s bricks receding like an old man’s hairline…5.0×57k2.3k153155
72Mar 31, '25The Hagia Sophia was built by the Romans under Emperor Justinian as a church in the 6th century. Today it is a mosque, but the building itself is remarkably older than the religion4.9×55k2k217149
73Mar 4, '25This building was made in the 6th century. Even if the first Hagia Sophia was a pagan temple converted to a church, this is the third building which is architecturally completely n4.6×52k1.6k11968
74Oct 9, '25It is very epic that there is a mosaic depiction of Constantinople in the neo-Byzantine Westminster Cathedral in London.4.6×52k3.4k309266
75Mar 25, '25An old photo of the Theodosian walls of Constantinople, it even has water in the moat! Love it4.6×52k1.8k192122
76Feb 14, '24Too easy!4.5×51k1.7k13351
78Mar 5, '25Columns at the Hagia Sophia, doing their ancient and eternal duty of bearing the weight of the structure.4.4×50k1.9k25289
79Oct 4, '25Aerial section of the Hagia Sophia in the 6th century by artist Julia Lillo4.3×48k1.7k164305
80Sep 14, '25View post on X4.3×48k1.7k170114
82Jul 17, '25Fun Fact: The Roman Empire was a Christian empire far longer than it was a pagan empire!4.2×48k2k124135
83Sep 11, '24Beautiful details inside the Hagia Sophia4.1×46k2k21276
84Jun 27, '25That the Roman Empire survived past 4764.0×45k1.5k9561
85Oct 7, '25Fun fact: The Roman Empire was Christian far longer than it was pagan3.9×44k1.6k104120
86Jan 21, '25The Hagia Sophia as depicted in the video game Age of Empires IV3.7×42k1.9k111120
87Apr 30, '22“A street in Constantinople” by RAPHTOR on deviantart. This has to be one of my favorite artistic depictions of Byzantine Constantinople. I love the way which the Hagia Sophia loom3.7×05.8k662200
88Mar 26, '24It is rather intriguing that there is a mosaic depiction of Constantinople in Westminster Cathedral in London. Perhaps a form of credit for the neo-Byzantine architectural style of3.6×41k1.7k196103
89May 29Today we remember the Fall Of Constantinople! It was no ordinary city - it was New Rome, the city of Constantine, the Queen of Cities. It was the center of an ancient civilization,3.5×40k96819199
90Jul 13, '25The Circus Maximus3.5×40k2k179114
91Sep 30, '25The Hagia Sophia as depicted in the video game Age of Empires IV3.4×38k2k88128
92May 14, '25The 12th century Church of the Zoodochos Pigi in the Peloponnese, Greece3.3×37k1.6k148128
93Oct 27, '25The remains of the mosaic of the Archangel Gabriel at the Hagia Sophia3.2×36k2.8k281128
94Jul 10, '25Beautiful fruit market3.1×35k1.8k12494
95Jul 4, '25Beautiful golden mosaic dome from Chora monastery2.9×32k1.8k21375
96Oct 9, '25The imperial door of the Hagia Sophia, where the Emperor and his retinue would enter the Church. Above the door is the mosaic of Leo VI2.8×32k1.9k183144
97Jun 29, '25The walls of Thessaloniki2.8×31k1.9k13873
98Sep 30, '25A reconstruction of ancient Antioch during antiquity, in the Roman era.2.7×31k1.8k122175
99Oct 21, '25The Coptic Christian Red Monastery in Sohag, Egypt. A reminder of Egypt’s ancient Christian heritage2.5×28k1.6k239101
100May 12, '22The 9th century Byzantines had a LOTR style beacon system to send a warning from the frontier in the Taurus mountains to Constantinople and possibly other places. It could have tak2.2×03.2k506140
101May 1, '22A sarcophagus from Roman Nikomedia was found in Izmit, Turkey. Only 8 references are known to “Emperors’s protectors,” and this is a rare find as the tomb is intact with its skelet1.3×02.1k26659

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