In a total antique PR disaster, the Justinianic Plague a.k.a. the bubonic plague a.k.a. the world's very first pandemic reduces... more

A huge swath of the world goes dim for a year and a half after a mysterious haze covers Eurasia's... more

The Nika Riots leave Constantinople a tabula rasa for Justinian's masterpiece cathedral, the Hagia Sophia. Although, not without petty rivalries,... more

To move forward, we must first look back ... to the early days of T&J's being crowned empress and emperor,... more

Bonus episode courtesy of my new South African and Articles of Interest fans! What was the Birkin bag of the... more

T&J themselves owned enslaved human beings, and they were far from alone. Enslavement in the Roman Empire was the practice... more

One thing we can definitively say is that the Goths weren’t dressing in all-black and ornamenting their buildings with gargoyles.... more

Justinian, now emperor, decides he wants to restore the Roman Empire to its full territorial glory. Piece of cake, right?... more

We cross over the Danube River to uncover the many dichotomies between the Romans and their scruffier neighbors to the... more

The smallest of the Greek letters — or what we'd think of as the letter 'i' — blows early Christian... more