Byzantine writers christened the city as "the second eye of the empire", "overseeing the western provinces". Unsleeping vigilance was needed: a Byzantine garrison quartered in Solun had to endure ...

Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire ... condemned by the Church but popular with the people such as slavery, prostitution, pornography, and gladiatorial games.