Byzantine Head. The Brunette, 1897

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Donald M Nicol: While the Romans looked west “Mongol invasion had caused a great upheaval in Asia. Numerous tribes and families of Turks...had migrated westwards to escape...Seljuq Sultans diverted them into the Byzantine frontier...By 1261 they were numbered in their thousands”

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Harald Hardrada and his Varangians sailed to Sicily in the army of the famous George Maniakes. After almost a century of complete Arab control, the Byzantines moved to realize Basil’s last dream and reconquer the wealthy island.

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Saints Anthony the Great and Paul of Thebes - Scenes From the Life of Saint Anthony the Great

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