OCT. 30: THE EASTERN EMPIRE
The Land Walls of Constantinople:
The Empress Pulcheria:
Pulcheria's model, the Virgin Mary:
Constantinople:
The Great Church of Hagia Sophia. More Pictures.
Justinian and Theodora:
Rome's Nemesis in the East:
The Persian King Shapur captures the Roman Emperor Valerian, without even unsheathing his sword
Khusro II, King of Kings of Persia
Coin of Heraclius (610-641):
The True Cross restored to Jerusalem:
