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Paulinus of Pella: A Life at the Twilight of Rome
Paulinus of Pella stands as one of the most poignant chroniclers of the late Western Roman Empire. His autobiographical poem, Eucharisticos (“Thanksgiving”),…
How the Destruction of Christ’s Tomb in Jerusalem Led to
In October 1009, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – revered by Christians as the site of Christ’s…
The Quiet Collapse of Tikal: When a Mayan Super-City Simply
In the year 899 CE, something extraordinary happened in the dense jungles of present-day Guatemala. Nothing. No final siege. …
How Ireland Became the Scholarship Capital of the West
Ireland became the scholarship capital of the western Christian world because it preserved learning when much of post-Roman Europe was…
The Rise of Court Culture in a Supposedly “Dark” Age
For generations, the early Middle Ages have been saddled with a misleading label: the “Dark Ages.” The phrase suggests…
Why did the Byzantine Empire survive while West Rome fell
The Byzantine Empire survived where the Western Roman Empire collapsed because the eastern half of the Roman world had richer…