Byzantine Greece
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Byzantine Greece has a history that mainly coincides with that of the Byzantine Empire itself. After the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Greece continued under the purview of the Byzantine Empire an
Arch of Galerius and Rotunda, Thessaloniki.
Remains of the Palace of Galerius in Thessaloniki (Navarinou Square), near the Hippodromus where the Massacre of Thessalonica took place during the reign of Theodosius I.
Alaric I in Athens by Ludwig Thiersch.
Byzantine era monasteries in Meteora
Despotate of the Morea
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The Despotate of the Morea or Despotate of Mystras was a province of the Byzantine Empire between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size during its existence but eventually
Byzantine Greece
…and by the fifteenth century, the Ottomans were conquering portions of the peninsula outright. The last remaining Byzantine territory in Greece, the Despotate of the Morea, fell to the Ottomans in 1460. The Greek peninsula became a Roman protectorate in 146 BC, and the Aegean islands were added to this territory in 133…
Johannes VI. Cantacuzenos
Restored mosaic of John V Palaiologos
Τοιχογραφία απο τον τάφο του δεσπότη Θεόδωρου Α΄ Παλαιολόγου που τον αναπαριστά ως ηγεμόνα και μοναχό
Manuel II Palaiologos