Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone is an artifact from the 2nd century BCE that was found in Egypt in 1799. It is a fragment of a carved stone decree. The message on the tablet is written in two Egyptian language scripts—Demotic and Hieroglyphic—as well as in Greek. By studying the known Greek, 19th ce ...
Somewhere between 565 and 578 AD, the Byzantine emperor Justinian II, paid to Rome, what would become one of the most cherished relics – the Crux Vaticana, the Gold Cross of the Vatican. The exact reason behind this gift is not clear, but it is believed that the Gold Cross of the Emperor Justinian a ...
Nikephoros Phokas Nikephoros Phocas was born in 912 , in 943 he was appointed strategos(general with military an d political authority) of the theme of Anatolikon. After 955 when he was appointed Domestikos of scholae(general of the eastern army) he achieved many victories against the Arabs in the e ...
