The Deposition of Pope Silverius by Belisarius and Antonina

Roland Blows His Horn in the Valley of Roncevaux!

Rus: The baptism of Olga "Olga went to Greece, and arrived at Tsar'grad. The reigning Emperor was named Constantine, son of Leo. Olga came before him, and when he saw that she was very fair of countenance and wise as well, the Emperor wondered at her intellect." [Thread] 🧵

The Saxons Settle in Britain

So many people in government just aren’t clever enough to be there. Do we think David Lammy stays up at night reading about these conflicts? Do you think he has read a single book on either Armenia or Azerbaijan? Or, dare I say, a single journal article? I don’t think so…

I LOVE these Greek port towns

Saint Francis preaching to the Birds

The Domesday Book

Meeting of Edmund Ironside and Canute on the Isle of Alney in the Severn

Septimius Severus is hailed as the first Roman emperor from North Africa. While this is true as far as it goes, it does not mean he was Berber, much less (as some say) that he was Black-skinned. It is believed his parental lines were of primarily Italian and Punic heritage.

Historical question of the day: Could Alexander the Great have conquered Rome if he had lived longer and turned his attention west?

Is everyone enjoying second Summer?

Lazy Waterstones promotion table wank

This is precisely the problem when ideologues try to pin point this supposed ‘fall of Rome’. Ricimer wasn’t the first to rule through a puppet emperor. This supposed monumentally symbolic thing already happened 78 years prior.

Tfw your ideas are such bullshit you have to resort to the endorsement of movie stars

This guy doesn’t have the fortitude to do this stuff. You can see him slipping.

‘hold me back!’ energy

Our friend Martin has just started a brand new history account focused on the history of South East Europe in the Middle Ages! Suffice it to say he understood the assignment! All must follow!

Emperor Manuel Komnenos, after his defeat at Myriokephalon, AD 1176

The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persian General Shahrbaraz (614 AD)