All this is indeed evocative of Byzantium, but there is so much more to explore. Little else perhaps exists in the collective imagination. Most will think of Constantinople, which used to be Byzantium and is now Istanbul, and will possibly bring to mind the city’s skyline with the huge dome of the Hagia Sophia. Others think of court intrigues, poisonings and scores of eunuchs. Some associate it with gold: the golden tesserae in the mosaics of Ravenna, the golden background in icons, the much coveted golden coins, the golden-hued threads of Byzantine silks used to shroud Charlemagne. The Byzantine empire means different things to different people.
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