05-30-2007, 01:02 AM
Oops - 18 days, not 19. May 11th. The High Mass held by Constantine in Hagia Irene, where he dedicated Constantinople as the new Capital of the Empire.
As good a date as any, and better than most, with the shifting of the centre of the Empire from Rome to Constantinople, to count as the beginning of the "Byzantine" Empire.
As good a date as any, and better than most, with the shifting of the centre of the Empire from Rome to Constantinople, to count as the beginning of the "Byzantine" Empire.
"It is safer and more advantageous to overcome the enemy by planning and generalship than by sheer force"
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
The Strategikon of Emperor Maurice
Steven Lowe
Australia
