Byzantine Empire
55 artifacts · 203 CE – 1453 CE · people (15) · architecture (13) · battle (10) · artifact (9) · art (4) · spiritual (4)
Emerging from the ashes of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as a beacon of art, culture, and political power from its capital, Constantinople. This hall explores the opulence of imperial life, the grandeur of sacred architecture, and the complexities of a civilization that bridged East and West through its stunning artifacts.
The Collection
- Hippodrome of Constantinople — Medieval · architecture
- Constantine I — Medieval · people
- Constantinople — Medieval · architecture
- Hagia Irene — Medieval · architecture
- Battle of Adrianople (378) — Medieval · battle
- Byzantine Mosaics — Medieval · art
- Walls of Constantinople — Medieval · architecture
- Ravenna Mosaics — Medieval · architecture
- Council of Chalcedon — Ancient · spiritual
- Justinian I — Medieval · people
- Theodora — 500 CE · people
- Belisarius — Medieval · people
- Vienna Genesis — Medieval · artifact
- Barberini ivory — 525 CE · artifact
- Archangel Ivory — Medieval · artifact
- Corpus Juris Civilis — Medieval · artifact
- Nika Riots — Medieval · battle
- Basilica of San Vitale — Medieval · architecture
- Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) — Medieval · art
- Rossano Gospels — Medieval · artifact
- Saint Catherine's Monastery — Medieval · architecture
- Heraclius — Medieval · people
- David Plates — Medieval · artifact
- Battle of Nineveh (627) — Medieval · battle
- Battle of Yarmouk — Medieval · battle
- Leo III the Isaurian — Medieval · people
- Second Council of Nicaea — Medieval · spiritual
- Basil I the Macedonian — Medieval · people
- Photios I of Constantinople — Medieval · people
- Triumph of Orthodoxy (843) — Medieval · spiritual
- Nikephoros II Phokas — Medieval · people
- John I Tzimiskes — Medieval · people
- Hosios Loukas Monastery — Medieval · architecture
- Basil II — 958 CE · people
- Paris Psalter — Medieval · artifact
- Pala d'Oro — Medieval · artifact
- Zoe Porphyrogenita — Medieval · people
- Treasury of San Marco — Medieval · artifact
- Battle of Kleidion — Medieval · battle
- Alexios I Komnenos — Medieval · people
- Nea Moni of Chios — Medieval · architecture
- Great Schism of 1054 — Medieval · spiritual
- Battle of Manzikert — Medieval · battle
- Daphni Monastery — Medieval · architecture
- Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) — Medieval · battle
- Anna Komnene — Medieval · people
- Virgin of Vladimir — Medieval · art
- Battle of Myriokephalon — Medieval · battle
- Sack of Constantinople (1204) — Medieval · battle
- Mystras — 1249 CE · architecture
- Hagia Sophia of Trebizond — Medieval · architecture
- Chora Church — Medieval · architecture
- Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy — Modern · art
- Constantine XI Palaiologos — Medieval · people
- Fall of Constantinople — Medieval · battle