- 𝓝. 𝓙. ♦️ on Instagram: "THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE ROME BAPTIZED AND TRANSFORMED The Byzantine Empire was not the fall of Rome, it was its continuation. When Constantinople was founded by Emperor Constantine in 330 AD, Rome did not disappear, it was reborn. Power moved east, and for the first time in history an empire was openly ordered around Christianity. Orthodoxy became the spine of Byzantium. From the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325 to Chalcedon in 451, doctrine was defined and guar

This is Ancient on Instagram: "Inside a modern H&M Rhodes, archaeological remains from ancient Rhodes are preserved and displayed in situ. During renovation and construction works, ancient structural elements were uncovered beneath the shop floor. Rather than being removed, the remains were documented, conserved, and incorporated into the retail space in accordance with Greek archaeological law. The city of Rhodes has been continuously inhabited since at least the Classical period. Its urban fab