Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Byzantine flags and insignia. For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary right. [1] Various large aristocratic families employed certain symbols to identify themselves; [1] the use of the cross, and of icons of Christ, the ...
Likewise, the flags of the Byzantine Empire often depicted "a bowl with a cross, symbol[ic] of the Byzantine worldly domination for centuries and of the ecumenical mission to spread Christianity to all the world". [3] Many officially Christian states and predominantly Christian countries have flags with Christian symbolism. Many flags used by ...
Solidus, denarius, and hyperpyron. The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The eastern half of the Empire survived the conditions that caused the fall of the West in the 5th century AD, and continued to exist ...
Website. www.bcbs.com. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, also known as BCBS, BCBSA, or The Blues, is a United States –based federation with 33 independent and locally-operated BCBSA companies that provide health insurance in the United States to more than 115 million people as of 2022. [2][3] It was formed in 1982 from the merger of its two ...
An earlier variant of the flag, used in the 1980s, combined the double-headed eagle design with the blue-and-white stripes of the flag of Greece. [2] The design is sometimes dubbed the "Byzantine imperial flag", and is considered—inaccurately—to have been the actual historical banner of the Byzantine Empire.
I've noticed Ancient Rome (pre 5th-century) is usually depicted in red, whereas the Byzantine Empire is usually some shade of purple on maps and such. -- Director (talk) 08:25, 24 July 2012 (UTC) Reply Yes, Tyrian purple was the imperial colour, but there were several shades, and red is the colour closest to them.
The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy. A direct continuation of the Eastern Roman army, shaping and developing itself on the legacy of the late Hellenistic armies, [ 1 ] it maintained a similar level of discipline, strategic prowess and organization.
A medieval depiction of the coronation of the Emperor Charlemagne in 800 AD wearing royal blue. The bishops and cardinals wear Tyrian purple, and the Pope wears white. A fragment of the shroud in which the Emperor Charlemagne was buried in 814 AD. It was made of gold and Tyrian purple from Constantinople.