Quotes from Roderick Beaton

that trumps any residual loyalty that some may have felt towards the resurgent Greek-speaking state of Byzantium.

Usually translated as 'goodness' or 'virtue'

is called Wilusa by the Hittites and Wilios, later Ilios or Ilion, by the Greeks

the distant origin of the Greek language may reach all the way back to the beginning of the period that we call the Neolithic, or New Stone Age.

eventually to become known by the alternative Greek name, which may be no less ancient, Troy (Troia).

perhaps even thousands, before our imagined Aegean dawn in the year 1500 BCE.

Buried in what he termed 'shaft graves', Schliemann uncovered the remains of the families

that had ruled there between about 1600 and 1450 BCE.

Buried with them was a fearsome array of swords, daggers, and spearpoints

Caligula, probably did not, in reality, appoint his horse as consul but would still be murdered by his own guards

Eustathios of Thessalonica, the city's bishop and famous for his commentaries on Homer, was struck by the exotic speech and costumes of visitors he encountered at the imperial court in the capital.

The top of its dome still rises fifty-five metres above the pavements of modern Istanbul.

speech and costumes of visitors he encountered at the imperial court in the capital.

Philip won the day. As many as half the Athenians and Thebans were either killed or taken prisoner.

in broad daylight in the centre of Rome.

Hagia Sophia successfully marries the old Greek science of theoretical geometry to Roman skills of practical engineering

Athenian politician Lycurgus pronounced the obituary in 330 BCE

the Greek-speaking Roman Empire after the death of Heraclius in 641 had turned into the Byzantine.

not only for those who had lost their lives but also for the 'liberty of Hellas

there are many who date the end of 'classical' Greek civilisation to the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE.

The decisive battle was fought at the beginning of August 338 BCE on the banks of the Cephisus River in Boeotia

a 'dust-veil event', that caused temporary disruptions to the climate over large parts of the world.

Nomad horsemen from central Asia, who depended on the 'delicate grassland ecology

burst westwards and southwards towards Europe and the settled lands of the Middle East.